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Jimi the Hendrix

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:55 pm


I'm pretty sure you've all seen the announcement concerning the new Gold Shop, which charges users upwards of 6 million gold for one item. The items are also limited, so we just can't save up and quest for them because we won't know how long they can last!

Any thoughts on this? Theories are spouting off that this is a plot element, that we are being tricked by the Admins, or just a crazy Cash Shop scheme.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:18 pm


If it was almost April I would think of April Fools but it is ******** October! And I am with you. What the ******** is up with this shop?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:38 pm


I'm not sure if its just me, but it kinda takes me awhile to save 6 million...
PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:41 pm


I think Brennivin thinks to highly of his work... >>;
I would understand if they charged like 100k-300k or something (which was what I thought when they said expensive in the announcement)

The Frogger

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:42 pm


Few words can represent this shop. But I know one appropriate one. RAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEE
PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:30 pm


I would understand 500k at most for these items but the only ood one there is like the wizard hat because it looks like an over sized pimp hat, but anything over 1 million gold is alittle much for me to spend on crap. I am the one to know when Im spending money on crap or not because I do that a lot.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:54 pm


it's a trick, or else they would allow you to pay with gaia cash. It has something to do with halloween, i'll bet.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:08 pm


TokioDoII
it's a trick, or else they would allow you to pay with gaia cash. It has something to do with halloween, i'll bet.


The GCD is saying that's a way to deflate the Marketplace: due many people getting uberly rich with EIs, to get these UBER EXPENSIVE ITEMS they'll batch buy MANY EIs which will eventually make them sell less
That's a theory I've heard

Then again, I do really wish it has to be with Halloween.
Of course, this solves who was the mysterious guy on the Dark Reflection


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:54 pm


As I've posted elsewhere, this shop also conveiniantly serves as a bit of a gold sink to any of those jackpot lottery winners..
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:20 am


It's a gold sink... albeit not a very effective one. Medium priced items sink more gold in gross... I do think it's interesting, but I don't find the items appealing enough to quest for them.

Burning Crimson



Dalvar


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:24 am


Well, I'm amused.
Waiting about a month before I allow any other emotion.
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:15 pm


I second the "amused" emotion.

Watching others frantically sell most of their items to buy a different items is quite amusing.

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eFallon

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:28 pm


I think people will feel pretty stupid when the prices go down.But, maybe they'll go up first.... XD
The only item I really like is the Wizardly hat
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:38 pm


Burning Crimson
It's a gold sink... albeit not a very effective one. Medium priced items sink more gold in gross... I do think it's interesting, but I don't find the items appealing enough to quest for them.

Agreed on both counts. I don't consider the items to be worth the price, and it would be a much more effective gold sink if the prices were around the hundreds of thousands.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:46 pm


I'm not sure. I just think it's an expensive regular store; a basic money sink. They don't have an expensive regular store yet.

Although Imo I think it should start at like 100,000 and have like possible letter items.
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