I don't know. I distinctly remember Cyndarin scoffing at it a bit when these came out and saying something along the lines of "50cr for a word?" and yet she has one too now. I think it is priced just right.
Maybe. I know to me, personally, it won't be worth 50 credits unless I've been playing a while and have a big stockpile, or something really big happened RP-wise that I wanted to express. Maybe I'm just not the target audience, which is totally ok!
I don't know. I distinctly remember Cyndarin scoffing at it a bit when these came out and saying something along the lines of "50cr for a word?" and yet she has one too now. I think it is priced just right.
The price is silly, it's 50 credits for a word. My resources far outweigh my needs in terms of credits though, so I dumped some on it. For the bulk of the players, though, that's not the case. I don't know if I'm a good example of what people will/can afford for X thing.
Context is important. 50 credits is nothing to someone with a tam, a cameo, a gem, a cubix (or medallion), full resistance runes, goop arties, demigod pendant, etc etc etc. It's a lot for other people. I remember when 50 credits was a lot to me!
ka-disciple - transcend a kata specialisation melodic - transcend a music specialisation pastoral - transcend a cosmic or wiccan specialisation puissant - transcend a knighthood specialisation soulbinding - transcend a *mantic or druidic specialisation unbound - transcend a *chemantic or *wood specialisation
ritualistic - transcend a rituals specialisation totemic - transcend a totems specialisation illusory - transcend an illusions specialisation psychic - transcend a psionics specialisation hunter - transcend a hunting specialisation
x paragon - transcend a primary, secondary, and tertiary skill for x class (ie: Paladin paragon would be a knighthood spec, Sacraments/Tracking, and Athletics) learned - transcend at least one skill transcendant - transcend all common skills, at least one tradeskill, and a primary, secondary, and tertiary skill choice. multidisciplined - transcend a primary skill from all five archetypes (wiccan/guardian and mage/druid being counted as a single archetype for the purposes of this, since you shouldn't have skills from another org and we don't want to encourage that...)(Halli/Gaudi might need a pass on Monks) multitalented - transcend a secondary skill from all five archetypes multifocused - transcend a tertiary skill from all five archetypes omnidisciplined - transcend all primary skills for your org omnitalented - transcend all secondary skills for your org omnifocused - transcend all tertiary skills for your org
self-sufficient - transcend all trade skills available to you hat-trick - maintain three transcendant trades at once.
I'm done for now. Might loop back and do some trade/common skills, but this took me two weeks.
Apparently it can mean 'priestly'. As in 'posessing the qualities of a pastor'.
I was having a hell of a time trying to find some of them. Psymet and phantasms nearly melted my brain, and I still don't know how I feel about 'minstrel', 'cavalry', and 'mutant'. In fact 'mutant' is probably one of the worst fits on the list...
Given that I have literally paid 100$+ for an imaginary spatula that doubles imaginary food eaten by imaginary people, 20$ for a custom, private title isn't bad.
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
I'm sure I could find a dozen more, but this should cover most of my moods.
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Instead of pastoral, why not reverend/revered?
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Alright, after thinking a bit more about it, I do think the cost is worth reconsidering. 50 credits is currently just too much to be an impulse buy - it's more into investment levels. I can see the pros and cons of each: With easy purchases and low cost, it encourages us to adapt to reflect current RP; for example, for a low cost, people may have elected something like "plagued" or "rotten" as a short-term enhancement to this event's RP. However, making the cost high encourages players to make a serious choice for a long-term role.
Estarra and co are the ones with the analytics and reaching insight, but I just wanted to make sure that they were considering the potential for shifting purposes based on changing personal stories. I know that I, personally, would definitely buy a new typecast for every storyline and change my character went through, if it was only 5-10 credits. Over time, imo, that is far more profitable to IRE than singular 50 credit purchases.
Eh, debatable. The feature is new and there are always early adopters. Just because something initially sells well does not mean that there is not more profit in the slow, steady sales.
Ok, thought a bit more. Here is a more in-depth reply:
I don't usually buy extreme amounts of credits at once, but I do impulse buy a few hundred or so a month - I think people like me are far more common than the people buying thousands at a time.
Now, if the thousands at a time people are an anomaly - which, let's be honest, they almost certainly are - that means most big credit spenders are more in the 50-500 at a time range. Estarra would know this best, of course. 50 credits out of this amount (the average monthly purchase) is actually fairly high - it won't deter people who really want something from buying it, but for the casual "sure why not" crowd, it's definitely not appealing.
I understand that established players with a credit bank see this price as fine, but you guys are not where IRE makes the bulk of its money from, unless you guys are buying hundreds of credits each month (maybe you are?). Once you guys all set your preferred typecast, that's it - the market is dry....whereas if the game set the price lower, you'd see CONTINUAL purchases, which will almost certainly outperform any momentary spike you see from the initial introduction.
All that being said, I would certainly buy a "typecast" arti, akin to racechange artis, but where you can set x # of types, if the price were reasonable. I'd also buy a typecast package, akin to the mob reaction packages other IRE games offer, where you get x amount of options for a price. I'd happily purchase a few options...but not for 50 credits per, until I am swimming in credits.
My own opinion, though. Just figured it was worth expressing, as I do often buy credits.
It ideally is something special and something unique, the high credit price ensures that the people who buy it are the people that really want it and have developed that 'typecast' as their own previously. It also makes it so people aren't randomly switching all the time.
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Context is important. 50 credits is nothing to someone with a tam, a cameo, a gem, a cubix (or medallion), full resistance runes, goop arties, demigod pendant, etc etc etc. It's a lot for other people. I remember when 50 credits was a lot to me!
melodic - transcend a music specialisation
pastoral - transcend a cosmic or wiccan specialisation
puissant - transcend a knighthood specialisation
soulbinding - transcend a *mantic or druidic specialisation
unbound - transcend a *chemantic or *wood specialisation
ritualistic - transcend a rituals specialisation
totemic - transcend a totems specialisation
illusory - transcend an illusions specialisation
psychic - transcend a psionics specialisation
hunter - transcend a hunting specialisation
aerial - transcend aeromancy or aerochemancy
ancestral - transcend wildarrane
angelic - transcend celestialism
arboreal - transcend wyrdenwood or wildewood
aquatic - transcend aquamancy or aquachemancy
cavalry - transcend cavalier
cleaving - transcend axelord
demonic - transcend nihilism
evolved - transcend transmology
forestal - transcend druidry
foretelling - transcend shadowbeat
halcyion - transcend shofangi
hymnist - transcend starhymn
kytonic - transcend ninjakari
metal - transcend necroscream
minstrel - transcend minstrelry
operatic - transcend loralaria
piercing - transcend blademaster
predatory - transcend nekotai
pyric - transcend pyromancy or pyrochemancy
shearing - transcend pureblade
synergistic - transcend harmonics
terrestrial - transcend geomancy or geochemancy
tranquil - transcend tahtetso
smashing - transcend bonecrusher
accursed - transcend hexes
autoencratic- transcend psychometabolism
cadaverous - transcend necromancy
cartomantic - transcend tarot
contortionist - transcend acrobatics
dreaming - transcend dreamweaving
duplicitous - transcend phantasms
fetishist - transcend ecology
glamourous - transcend glamours
hardy - transcend athletics
Hamhadic - transcend healing
lunatic - transcend moon
mentalist - transcend telepathy
murderous - transcend crow
mutant - transcend paradigmatics
psychokinetic - transcend telekinesis
sacred - transcend sacraments
serene - transcend harmony
soothseeker - transcend runes
spectral - transcend stealth
stalker - transcend hunting
stargazer - transcend astrology
time-warped - transcend aeonics
vaudevillian - transcend dramaturgy
x paragon - transcend a primary, secondary, and tertiary skill for x class (ie: Paladin paragon would be a knighthood spec, Sacraments/Tracking, and Athletics)
learned - transcend at least one skill
transcendant - transcend all common skills, at least one tradeskill, and a primary, secondary, and tertiary skill choice.
multidisciplined - transcend a primary skill from all five archetypes (wiccan/guardian and mage/druid being counted as a single archetype for the purposes of this, since you shouldn't have skills from another org and we don't want to encourage that...)(Halli/Gaudi might need a pass on Monks)
multitalented - transcend a secondary skill from all five archetypes
multifocused - transcend a tertiary skill from all five archetypes
omnidisciplined - transcend all primary skills for your org
omnitalented - transcend all secondary skills for your org
omnifocused - transcend all tertiary skills for your org
self-sufficient - transcend all trade skills available to you
hat-trick - maintain three transcendant trades at once.
I'm done for now. Might loop back and do some trade/common skills, but this took me two weeks.
I was having a hell of a time trying to find some of them. Psymet and phantasms nearly melted my brain, and I still don't know how I feel about 'minstrel', 'cavalry', and 'mutant'. In fact 'mutant' is probably one of the worst fits on the list...
Eldanien arcane N/A Custom
Eldanien enigmatic N/A Custom
Eldanien empyrean N/A Custom
Eldanien sublime N/A Custom
Eldanien idyllic N/A Custom
Eldanien luminous N/A Custom
Eldanien resplendent N/A Custom
Eldanien esoteric N/A Custom
I'm sure I could find a dozen more, but this should cover most of my moods.
Estarra and co are the ones with the analytics and reaching insight, but I just wanted to make sure that they were considering the potential for shifting purposes based on changing personal stories. I know that I, personally, would definitely buy a new typecast for every storyline and change my character went through, if it was only 5-10 credits. Over time, imo, that is far more profitable to IRE than singular 50 credit purchases.
I don't usually buy extreme amounts of credits at once, but I do impulse buy a few hundred or so a month - I think people like me are far more common than the people buying thousands at a time.
Now, if the thousands at a time people are an anomaly - which, let's be honest, they almost certainly are - that means most big credit spenders are more in the 50-500 at a time range. Estarra would know this best, of course. 50 credits out of this amount (the average monthly purchase) is actually fairly high - it won't deter people who really want something from buying it, but for the casual "sure why not" crowd, it's definitely not appealing.
I understand that established players with a credit bank see this price as fine, but you guys are not where IRE makes the bulk of its money from, unless you guys are buying hundreds of credits each month (maybe you are?). Once you guys all set your preferred typecast, that's it - the market is dry....whereas if the game set the price lower, you'd see CONTINUAL purchases, which will almost certainly outperform any momentary spike you see from the initial introduction.
All that being said, I would certainly buy a "typecast" arti, akin to racechange artis, but where you can set x # of types, if the price were reasonable. I'd also buy a typecast package, akin to the mob reaction packages other IRE games offer, where you get x amount of options for a price. I'd happily purchase a few options...but not for 50 credits per, until I am swimming in credits.
My own opinion, though. Just figured it was worth expressing, as I do often buy credits.
It ideally is something special and something unique, the high credit price ensures that the people who buy it are the people that really want it and have developed that 'typecast' as their own previously. It also makes it so people aren't randomly switching all the time.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."