Why Shells Were A Bad Idea
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I agree wholeheartedly with you... on some aspects.
Let's not forget the other expensive rooms.
You expect me to believe he earned 30k from collecting shells? Did he start collecting them before MVMK opened to the public? I see no other logic here...
Roughly 41 (aint gonna count again) x 750 = 30,000+ creds
Let's not forget the other expensive rooms.
You expect me to believe he earned 30k from collecting shells? Did he start collecting them before MVMK opened to the public? I see no other logic here...
Let's not forget the other expensive rooms.
You expect me to believe he earned 30k from collecting shells? Did he start collecting them before MVMK opened to the public? I see no other logic here...
I saw him in one public room this morning... He wasn't collecting any shells though. He was warning us about stuff being retired.. (If that's who I think it is.)
I completely agree. The shells are a good idea, but cause too much trouble, and they're honestly not worth it. Plus, the lag has been absolutely terrible at times today! =/
I completely agree. The shells are a good idea, but cause too much trouble, and they're honestly not worth it. Plus, the lag has been absolutely terrible at times today! =/
I agree with some of the stuff you said about the economy but I feel like the staff are pushing for one this early because the players are being just as pushy to get items that are rare.
On the other hand I think the Shells Game was a great idea. So what if people want to spend all day in a room collecting shells? That being said, I don't think there should be rooms where more shells appear because that gives certain people a really big advantage. If there was a queue system in place then it would be a little better... or even a way to ciculate the people in there but there isn't so...
Overall I think the shells were an excellent solution to the credit problem and I praise the staff for thinking it up.
On the other hand I think the Shells Game was a great idea. So what if people want to spend all day in a room collecting shells? That being said, I don't think there should be rooms where more shells appear because that gives certain people a really big advantage. If there was a queue system in place then it would be a little better... or even a way to ciculate the people in there but there isn't so...
Overall I think the shells were an excellent solution to the credit problem and I praise the staff for thinking it up.
I do agree with some of this, but not all of it.
I was one of the people who constantly said I was annoyed at the amount of credits per hat when it took us an entire day to get 2000 credits with NPCs. That being said, having ICON run around saying "THE SHELLS ARE COMING, THE SHELLS ARE COMING" took me by surprise and when it happened - I was like a little girl in a candy shop. However, my interest very quickly fell when it became a fight. People went into rooms telling people to sc**w off because someone took two in a room. People were calling others names for not moving when one went under a character and people just became flat out obnoxious and greedy.
A little more planned out would've been great, such as a 50-100 shell limit for the day. The fact that people are walking around with 30,000 credits now doesn't make me happy, because now when something comes out, there's no longer the economy. There's people who can afford to spend 4 hours in "Super Shell" room (Quest Quarters, Bazaar) and those who work or were constantly trapped in a room that fell from five people to three, cause nobody really played alone. So a new item comes out, the 30,000 credited people can go buying multiple items while the others have to run around and hope it doesn't leave the catalogue before it's too late.
The fun part about BETA was that although people didn't have credits, the economy was created in an amazing way. People saw their credits at 2,500 and instantly thought, "Okay, I have to get Mickey Ears and... I think I want the tiara first!" and that's TOTALLY fair. Sure, nobody expected the flip hat to retire so soon, but people made their choice when they purchased their hat - In the end, they got the hat they truly wanted and you should never stock up on something that you assume will have value - I'm telling you now, the Mickey Ears will not.
I'm guilty of keeping a few extra Mickey Ears, firewalls and ice cream carts in my inventory just because I wanted to be prepared but I do not think anybody deserves to the right to call it unfair just because they didn't want the flip hat in the first place. One thing I said to a friend of mine when the flip hat retired was, when noticing how many people put it on after that, "HAH everyone's wearing a flip hat now... What show off's" because it's true. The flip hat now is a call for attention and the only reason I haven't taken mine off is because I wore it the second I bought it, while everyone else was prancing around with Mickey Ears.
I, too, asked Kevin directly, in the shoutbox, whether things would leave without our knowledge and he said they wouldn't. Tons of people saw this and the next day, it happened anyway. I'll tell you I was slightly disappointed in him for going back on his word but in the end, the economy has to start somewhere and so it did.
I was one of the people who constantly said I was annoyed at the amount of credits per hat when it took us an entire day to get 2000 credits with NPCs. That being said, having ICON run around saying "THE SHELLS ARE COMING, THE SHELLS ARE COMING" took me by surprise and when it happened - I was like a little girl in a candy shop. However, my interest very quickly fell when it became a fight. People went into rooms telling people to sc**w off because someone took two in a room. People were calling others names for not moving when one went under a character and people just became flat out obnoxious and greedy.
A little more planned out would've been great, such as a 50-100 shell limit for the day. The fact that people are walking around with 30,000 credits now doesn't make me happy, because now when something comes out, there's no longer the economy. There's people who can afford to spend 4 hours in "Super Shell" room (Quest Quarters, Bazaar) and those who work or were constantly trapped in a room that fell from five people to three, cause nobody really played alone. So a new item comes out, the 30,000 credited people can go buying multiple items while the others have to run around and hope it doesn't leave the catalogue before it's too late.
The fun part about BETA was that although people didn't have credits, the economy was created in an amazing way. People saw their credits at 2,500 and instantly thought, "Okay, I have to get Mickey Ears and... I think I want the tiara first!" and that's TOTALLY fair. Sure, nobody expected the flip hat to retire so soon, but people made their choice when they purchased their hat - In the end, they got the hat they truly wanted and you should never stock up on something that you assume will have value - I'm telling you now, the Mickey Ears will not.
I'm guilty of keeping a few extra Mickey Ears, firewalls and ice cream carts in my inventory just because I wanted to be prepared but I do not think anybody deserves to the right to call it unfair just because they didn't want the flip hat in the first place. One thing I said to a friend of mine when the flip hat retired was, when noticing how many people put it on after that, "HAH everyone's wearing a flip hat now... What show off's" because it's true. The flip hat now is a call for attention and the only reason I haven't taken mine off is because I wore it the second I bought it, while everyone else was prancing around with Mickey Ears.
I, too, asked Kevin directly, in the shoutbox, whether things would leave without our knowledge and he said they wouldn't. Tons of people saw this and the next day, it happened anyway. I'll tell you I was slightly disappointed in him for going back on his word but in the end, the economy has to start somewhere and so it did.
It's not forcing an economy, it's just pushing unnecessary amounts of credits into the game. Which in my opinion is a very bad thing for any game... Amy really really needs to create a money sink later on... that or create items that cost a fortune, because having a stupid amount of credits flood the game won't be good in the long haul.
yes the hat going away wasnt what upset me the most. which by the way kevin has no say in when things come and go only amy does. its the fact that people are stocking up on things because they have a million credits. some people were telling me this morning they played all night and had almost 100k. that is whats going to kill the economy. and the mickey ears will be rare eventually but it takes time. amy is trying to push an economy the first few days of the game. its not about what you put in and out of the shops and for how long but its about giving it time. There were items that were sold the entire beta on vmk and were super rare within 6 months.
