Platinum Pricing Changes

[jaeden.]

what are you talking about? after this change there is more platinum for less money
it literally makes platinum easier to get not harder
that's the whole point


on the contrary
platinum only items should be cheaper
if we get more plat for less money every1 will have more plat resulting in more crates being opened and more platinum only items in the auction
which translates to lower prices in gold


I fail to comprehend how you got to these conclusions honestly
what you're describing seems to be the complete opposite of what's intended with this change

Honestly, I get what you’re trying to say, but I think you’re missing the point. Sure, more platinum for less money seems like a win, but what’s actually happening is the value of platinum is dropping like a rock. The market will get flooded, and that ‘extra platinum’ everyone gets just means the platinum-to-gold exchange rate will skyrocket. In other words, it’s not ‘easier to get platinum,’ it’s just easier to spend more to get the same stuff.

You also said platinum-only items should be cheaper. Yeah, maybe in some fantasy world where the economy works that way, but here’s the reality: More platinum doesn’t mean more buying power. It means prices on platinum-only items go up, because more platinum just makes everything more expensive. The economy won’t magically balance out because of this change.

At the end of the day, players, especially casual ones, will just need to buy more platinum to keep up, which is exactly what the game is not supposed to be about. But hey, if you think this change is going to ‘improve’ things, I’m curious to see how well it works out when everything costs more and people are spending even more real money just to stay in the game. But, sure, you do you.

[Maisakurajima]

Meh change, players get no benefit. If drop rates stay the same, items will go down resulting in less value of platinum, if they reduce drop rate platinum will also lose its value. Im a spender and dont see why this change is being done aside from filling pockets of sts. I just got annoyed by the 24/7 40% discount, finally its getting removed

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[iulicutu]

It shows that u dont know what youre talking about

what exactly did I say that was wrong? can you bring some counter arguments instead of just accusing? you should notice that's exactly what I did for everything I said

1. Crates isnt the only thing you can do with plat to make gold

yes and I said "platinum only items should be cheaper"
this includes any item that is obtainable with plat(awakening gems, keys, event elixirs, auras, etc.) not only the crates
I gave the crate example cuz it's a very common use of plat
every plat to gold conversion will have a lower price in gold which is something that should happen obviously
but that doesn't mean the real money to gold conversion will be lower, I would say it's probably gonna be a better conversion than we currently have

2. If sts can change platinum prices (to make people open more locks) they can also worsen the drop rate of gears from locks

this already happened and has been happening for a couple of years now
I assume you're somewhat new to the game?
so you don't know how the crates used to be?
with a couple thousand plat we could get quite a few arcanes some years ago
currently you can spend tens of thousands and not get one...

I also suppose you didn't read the initial comment I made on this thread?
"all the rng has been getting so bad that I could easily argue 4k plat for 60$ is barely worth it"
"I'm not even sure if the value you can get for 4000 plat today is close to the value of 1700 plat some years ago"
the above affirmations refer exactly to this phenomenon you're describing that has been happening for a long time now
the drop rate from locks and literally the overall value of plat in the game has only been getting worse and worse to the point that the real money plat price was absurd

so yes they can lower the drop rates even further if they consider it necessary
but it is already unbearable imo

which is why they made this change in the first place
most of us plat buyers were getting more and more unsatisfied with the value we got from the plat we bought

that being said feel free to elaborate a little bit on how exactly I don't know what I'm talking about

[Americanarmy]

So plat prices is going up gotcha


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[iulicutu]

Honestly, I get what you’re trying to say, but I think you’re missing the point. Sure, more platinum for less money seems like a win, but what’s actually happening is the value of platinum is dropping like a rock. The market will get flooded, and that ‘extra platinum’ everyone gets just means the platinum-to-gold exchange rate will skyrocket

market will get flooded with what? platinum only items? that's exactly the thing the rates are already so bad that it won't happen just like that
if before you couldn't loot a blood artifact with 3400 now with 8k you're more likely to loot one but that doesn't mean you're gonna loot 10 artifacts
yes the prices will shift a little bit but I definetly don't think the exchange rate will "skyrocket"
on the contrary the plat to gold conversion will be lower
take for example the event elixirs; a 10 20 60 plat elixir has absurd prices
those should be cheaper and hopefully they will

In other words, it’s not ‘easier to get platinum,’ it’s just easier to spend more to get the same stuff.

this is already the case...you already need to spend tens of thousands of plat to get something...now you will just spend less dollars on those tens of thousands of plat

More platinum doesn’t mean more buying power. It means prices on platinum-only items go up, because more platinum just makes everything more expensive.

why would the prices go up if there will be more items? it makes no sense

At the end of the day, players, especially casual ones, will just need to buy more platinum to keep up, which is exactly what the game is not supposed to be about. But hey, if you think this change is going to ‘improve’ things, I’m curious to see how well it works out when everything costs more and people are spending even more real money just to stay in the game. But, sure, you do you.

I simply can't agree with this!
I'd say everyone will benefit from this change especially the casual players.

[asommers]

This is now live (link).

Platinum adjustments have been performed for packages purchased on or after 2025-01-22.

-ALS

[asommers]

Moving discussion to feedback thread (link).

-ALS