Allow a toggling ability for the L2 Store button in game.
If there are any new items in either the L2 Store or the L2 Galleria, include it in the "Announcements" when logging in, kind of like how there was an announcement for the Seven Signs (whether it was the quest period or competition period).
Add more fashion items and/or agathions, preferably permanent ones. I'm still itching for a permanent Assassin's Bamboo hat. (Whatever happened to the Butterfly Hairpin and Scar accessories from the Festival of Darkness? Moxie said she would inquire about that. Haven't heard any updates since.)
I would like to see more decorative hats, agathions and permanent decorative items too.
Also can we expect to see tradable items in L2 Store(for example Rune XP packages)?
1.) We need to receive an time-stamped receipt via email when we purchase items from the L2 Store and L2 Galleria.
That way, when players who purchase things like the Dynasty Pack and did not receive items like Vesper Weapons of Destiny that they should have received, they can point to the time-stamp on the receipt indicating that their purchase was within the promotional period.
2.) Post details relevent to items in a timely fashion.
Denoting AFTER people bought the Destiny Pack that the Vesper Weapon of Destiny can break (when earlier communiques from NC staff stated that it would not break) is misleading.
3.) Post details relevant to items on the item purchase page.
Please include the fine print on the Promotion page, or on the page that appears when hit the buy button on the Promotion page.... and not buried in a forum post. We don't want to play 6 Degress of Separation in order to find details that can impact our decision to purchase NC Coin and what not. NC should behave like a respectable business and not a scam artist.
4.) Improved game support response time.
I am still waiting on a ticket I opened on Wednesday. Getting a single response that tells us to wait another 24 hours for a response... and then not responding when they said they will... does not improve NC's image. (currently waiting 7+ hours and counting after having waited the 24 hours mentioned in the support email, btw).
Thanks for starting this thread, Sace! Now, this will tread on some ground I've already mentioned in the feedback thread (store content), but here we go... ^_^
The in-game store has a lot of good, practical items. I'm very happy with what's offered, and don't feel its abusive or ridiculous in terms of what's offered (mind you, I'm new to the game and might not see all the possible ramifications). I think its easy to navigate, although being able to resize the window would be a nice, albeit minor, improvement.
I would really like to see more "fun" items, even if they don't strictly adhere to the established visual style of the game (but then the cheese hat doesn't either). The vast majority of money I've spent in City of Heroes over the years in non-subscription purchases has been for costume pieces, emotes, and novelty, non-game breaking powers (usually as a bundle).
COH's pricing, however, has affected my expectations on things on the cosmetic side of things, so I find the pricing on temporary, cosmetic only items to be a little high. The Chicken Hat, for instance, does nothing aside from looks, so 240nc is a little high for 7-days. If it was permanent or for a longer duration at that price it'd be a bit better, with maybe 70-80nc for it being 7-days. For items with skills associated with them, the price isn't quite so bad, in my opinion, since I'm getting something that's useful as well.
I do realize that L2 is purely F2P, so I do expect higher prices than COH as a result.
I would like to see NCSoft utilize its other IP if possible, as appropriate. I think Robert Garriott noted that one reason NCSoft has such a diverse portfolio is because if you leave one game, they had another for you - either way, that's money for the company. This might offer a wealth of inspiration for items, plus function as advertising for the other NCSoft games. I think the Guild Wars/Aion cross-promotion was a great idea (buy the Aion CE, get wings in GW), and there needs to be a higher level of this.
Guild Wars and Aion have a wealth of costume sets that might work well for inspiration. Having purchasable costumes for social events would be nice, as well as emotes appropriate for such. While genre-bending, some City of Heroes outfits might be pretty cool, too, or at least some of the weapons (the Arachnos armors, maces, etc, for instance).
Seriously, give players a chance to fly their colors, show their pride. Particularly with the PVP games like Lineage 1 & 2, Guild Wars and Aion. Even COH players are a fun group, proud of their game.
I would strongly recommend following what another game or two has done in the past, with proceeds of the sale of a given item going towards charity, disaster relief, etc. Give the players a chance to get something good while helping out. It could be costume parts, in-game boosts, participation in special events (a charity PVP tournament or special quest/raid, for instance). For special events, though, allow players to contribute Adena towards a pot to be split between the top 10 players/groups participating and allow them to gain the benefits from it - maybe a special for donors, or gain access without spending NCoin. This would encourage participation overall, I think.
Because sometimes players do log in for more social reasons than leveling and such, having an in-game parlor of sorts might be fun. Buying or getting access to mini-games (chess, checkers, go, poker, hearts, spades, etc) might be fun. If a tournament system could be implemented too, hey, so much the better ^_^
One odd suggestion: one game has an interesting PVP mechanic where players temporarily turn into monsters to engage other players. A temporary power that changes a player into a monster of some sort with specific skills/powers could be very interesting. Now, the balancing of this to provide an entertaining experience versus being abused to grief will be difficult unless its restricted to specific time periods, locations, etc., but it could be fun (similar to the cursed swords).
I'll likely have more ideas as I play more. Generally speaking, my ideal microtransactions are "fun" or buying convenience (spending money instead of time). But, if you're going to go Whaling, go WHALING ^_^
1.) We need to receive an time-stamped receipt via email when we purchase items from the L2 Store and L2 Galleria.
Actually, I would like to see this also. This way a parent (or gamer-spouse :p) can monitor how much is being bought, or a player can see if someone is buying things with their account.
I would like to see more decorative hats, agathions and permanent decorative items too.
Also can we expect to see tradable items in L2 Store(for example Rune XP packages)?
Well most likely they will add more of that stuff since atm all that stuff decorative stuff you kinda see was on the old L2 store.
But ya they will add more decorative stuff to the store now since that will be also on of there main incomes
Actually, I would like to see this also. This way a parent (or gamer-spouse :p) can monitor how much is being bought, or a player can see if someone is buying things with their account.
Erm dont you get a email/time stamp when they charge you for Ncoins ?
Erm dont you get a email/time stamp when they charge you for Ncoins ?
But if you use time cards, will that show up?
Its sort of a form of accountability if you've got shared finances, but also to make sure junior didn't log on after figuring out your password and buys tons of stuff with NCoin. Likewise, if you get hacked and have NCoin, couldn't the thief use your account to grind stuff, buying boosts to make it go faster, before unloading?
Of course, that in mind, a PIN pad like Aion has would be nice...
If there are any new items in either the L2 Store or the L2 Galleria, include it in the "Announcements" when logging in, kind of like how there was an announcement for the Seven Signs (whether it was the quest period or competition period).
I would say this is a great idea, and that another location for specials, new items, etc., would be the NC Launcher itself.
Quick thought: the 5-hour XP boost (240nc) is nice, but for me? I tend to play in shorter stints, so a 1-hour XP boost would be good. Now, buying in bulk is cheaper for pretty much everything (be it a big box store or ordering flowers at a local florist), so maybe 80nc would be good? Its still inexpensive, but the cost per hour is higher than buying a 5-hour boost, so it doesn't invalidate that as a saleable item.
Tbh, I like the in game store a lot. It's convenient and fairly well organized. I've purchased the destiny packs and the runes; however, I'm not happy you nerfed the vit items we picked up pre-update. It replenished 1/7 of my vit when I used one of my 120+ cakes, which lasts like a few minutes at lvl 86. I can understand the need to make money, and I think many of us will continue to buy from the store, but the nerf to those items is sort of a kick in the face. Especially since there is a 5 item limit per week.
Edit: My understanding is that even the destiny pack vit items don't work as advertised. There's almost no reason to buy those packs except for the vit replenishment. Understand who you are marketing this to. The kids don't/won't spend money here, it's going to be the adults with disposable cash that will. Time=money, so if what you're selling is going to save me time, then it's not worth my money.
I would love to see more permanent fashion (hairstyles,clothes etc.) and then you should definitely add a preview of all fashion items, so you know what you are buying.
The only thing i buy from cash shops are fashion items xD!
The duration of the cocktails and vitality maintaining potions in the store is far too low. The cocktails should be 1 hour minimum, and the vitality maintaining potions should be 4 hours like the birthday vitality potions. In addition, the vitality restoration potions need to restore full vitality, and the amount of them that you get in each pack should be doubled or tripled. As I said in another post, all of the exploration packs are overpriced. The majority of the items in the 400 coin pack are only going to last for 2-3 hours total, and that's not nearly enough for $4.
I guess I (foolishly, maybe) expected to be able to get a decent value out of spending $15 per month in the Galleria, but as it stands, the prices are just far too high. For $15, I would expect (at the very least) to be able to get full buffs for most of the month, as I would've running a Warcryer on a second account previously. Instead, it seems like I get to pay $4-40 for what is basically and handful of cocktails that don't last long enough, some soulshots that I can just pay adena for in-game, vitality restoration that is limited and nigh-uneffective, and some limited-time buff pets that are significantly less effective than even the baby pets that are already in-game.
I do like the Valkyrie Circlet, and I bought one of those, although I felt $10 was a bit high, but I don't see myself buying anything else unless some major changes happen. :(
P.S. Even the Valkyrie Circlet is not without its flaws. It just sits on top of your head, regardless of what your hairstyle is like, and your hair (My Dark Elf's bangs in this case) just clips through it. It should look more like the Angel Halo were it removes the bangs, and all the hair gets tied back. I have a feeling this won't be getting fixed though. :(
There are some cosmetic items I really want on my characters, but I can't even find out how to get them, let alone afford them when they're occasionally being sold in private store/auction house.
Also, the $$ to NCCoin conversion rate is a little too ridiculous.
Oh and, you guys should do something like just stick an exact price tag in dollars/euros on items, and allow people to directly buy the item for that price. Otherwise people end up with weird numbers of NCCoin and things like that, because of the limited number of choices for NCCoin amounts you can get. So if something costs a little bit more than one of the payments, but is still under the next tier, they have to spend more money than necessary to buy what they want. While that's good for you guys, that's not cool for us, and I think overall you guys could make more money by selling items for specific real currency prices. That way, people don't end up with unusable NCCoin also, due to the weird numbers for their purchases.
Systems that convert real life money into cash shop cash are highly annoying, honestly. Just stick a real life money price tag on things, please.
Systems that convert real life money into cash shop cash are highly annoying, honestly. Just stick a real life money price tag on things, please.
I've heard that credit card companies add a charge to transactions, so even if the amount bought is the same (say, $20usd), 1 big transaction gets the fee once whereas 4 smaller transactions gets dinged 4 times. A good number of restaurants I go to used to not accept credit cards or have a minimum charge to use credit cards because of this. When I've bought music from iTunes, Amazon, or the WP7 music/app store, they wait a few days in hope I'll buy more before charging me, presumably for this reason.
The point of point/cash shop cash systems (here, COH, Sony Station Cash, Xbox Live, etc) is you buy in bulk first, reducing the number of times they get charged. This reduces costs (which, when multiplied over thousands or tens of thousands of players, will be a non-trivial amount).
I do agree its not as convenient, but there seems to be a method to the madness.
I've heard that credit card companies add a charge to transactions, so even if the amount bought is the same (say, $20usd), 1 big transaction gets the fee once whereas 4 smaller transactions gets dinged 4 times. A good number of restaurants I go to used to not accept credit cards or have a minimum charge to use credit cards because of this. When I've bought music from iTunes, Amazon, or the WP7 music/app store, they wait a few days in hope I'll buy more before charging me, presumably for this reason.
The point of point/cash shop cash systems (here, COH, Sony Station Cash, Xbox Live, etc) is you buy in bulk first, reducing the number of times they get charged. This reduces costs (which, when multiplied over thousands or tens of thousands of players, will be a non-trivial amount).
I do agree its not as convenient, but there seems to be a method to the madness.
great example most would only take Debit..... or your would have to spend a X amount of money before the store would take a card.
Thus why some of the store wont touch American Express (AE) bc they charge out the butt for a store accepting them OR again would have to spend X amount before the store would let you use a AE card
I've heard that American Express takes their time passing money back to the business, especially compared to Visa and American Express. Instead of receiving payments with a few days, it can be a week or two with Amex. Drives one accountant I know crazy because the books won't balance until they see, "Oh, that payment was an Amex." I could imagine a small business sweating payroll or paying their vendors as they wait on Amex.
Anyhow - yes - there's a method to the madness behind payment options.
My experience is over two years running an online game that generates profits from an item shop/mall. This year, with just a few servers and less than 5 people running the operation, we will make a million dollars in profits (seriously).
So I kind of have an idea of what works considering our small scale and decent profit margins.
1. Any buffs sold through the shop should be protected from stripping and from removal on death.
2. Appearance items are a big deal. Learn from Aion BUT do not be the ******bags they were and overcharge for items ($20 for a legion name change is ridiculous).
3. Going on with the idea of #2, you want to keep small things (name change, appearance change, small consumables) relatively cheap. People are more inclined to buy and rebuy these items if they're affordable.
4. Don't sell end game gear. This turns the server into a "pay to win" which ruins it for everyone else. That means those who would have purchased lower items are now less inclined to because it doesn't matter since some people paid $200 for a vesper weapon.
5. Protect the economy. Try to make sure that whatever goes in game does not allow a player to profit by selling it in game. So far, you've been very good about this.
6. I know marketing and pr and sales people are greedy ********, fight them. They'll go "oh but we can sell this at $10 instead of $5 and people will still buy it!" Sure, people will still buy it, but that makes the entire company look like greedy ******** and it doesn't make the players happy at all. A happy player is a player who buys from your shop again and again. Not just once and then goes, "**** ncsoft, that'll be the only thing I ever buy from them". You want people going, "sweet, this is a great deal, i need to buy this on all my chars".
7. Don't force the in game store button on people. Include it in the menu and near the map. But don't shove it in their face every time they log in. Those who want to buy stuff, will. Regardless if you push it in their face.
8. Run events. Make people think they're getting a bargain when you reduce the cost of certain things by 20% or whatever for a week. Offer limited time items as well. Make sure people know it's a limited offer. Go look at how S2 does their money store.
9. Make sure most of the things you offer in the store are obtainable in game. Make sure they aren't EASILY obtainable, but obtainable none-the-less. Take a look at HoN run by S2. Players can earn coins via playing the game, or they can purchase coins.
I liked it, until I used an item that said it would restore all my vitality. Now I feel stupid and probably won't be back to visit the store again unless that issue is resolved.
My Teleport system with My Teleport Flag, my teleport scroll and my teleport book and too many cosmetic items. I will add Hair Change Potions, Face Change Potions and Hair Color change potions too.
And a service account, change race awakaned, it's a great service ;). For example I'm Aeore Healer but I'm orc. With change race will change to Elven Elder for example what is Aeore Healer too ;)
Permanent cosmetic items with no bonuses. don't underestimate what the carebear crowd is willing to spend on making them look different from everybody else.
No actual gear, even tough you could sell enchant scrolls, or blessed enchant scrolls; never fall into the trap of 100% enchant items; turns the game into pay to win.
PLEASE, don't succumb to the temptation of making a game pay to win blatantly; we know levelling enhancement items are kind of pay2win; but that's tolerable specially in a grind heavy game like this.
But start selling permanent tradable gear (armor/weapon) or 100% enchants, and watch your playerbase plummet.
ROHAN online did this, sure, they made a ton of quick cash off the uber weapon sale, but servers were dead by next day as those who couldn't or wouldn't buy them, were effectively removed from actual competition.
Bug NCK to make more faces, hairstyles and clothing; or an armor look to go on top of your player model.
Permanent cosmetic items with no bonuses. don't underestimate what the carebear crowd is willing to spend on making them look different from everybody else.
No actual gear, even tough you could sell enchant scrolls, or blessed enchant scrolls; never fall into the trap of 100% enchant items; turns the game into pay to win.
PLEASE, don't succumb to the temptation of making a game pay to win blatantly; we know levelling enhancement items are kind of pay2win; but that's tolerable specially in a grind heavy game like this.
But start selling permanent tradable gear (armor/weapon) or 100% enchants, and watch your playerbase plummet.
ROHAN online did this, sure, they made a ton of quick cash off the uber weapon sale, but servers were dead by next day as those who couldn't or wouldn't buy them, were effectively removed from actual competition.
Bug NCK to make more faces, hairstyles and clothing; or an armor look to go on top of your player model.
*cough* S.U.N *cough*
Only why to win in that game against other players is who has the best Cash Shop buffs lol
They should have kept the hybrid model,Subs+Shop ,or separate F2P servers.
How can a company litteraly get rid of thousands of regular paying subscribers in a blink of an eye,is beyond my understanding.
Watch by yourself,for god's sake ,"It's really totally free",you don't need anything from the shop.Plz think about it twice.
Paying a Sub gives you rights and limits,there are no limits anymore.
Beside that,the update is fantastic,beyond expectations.
NC coins should have some sort of discount depending on the ammount you buy, not just 2,000 = $20 -> 4,000 = $40.
A monthly GOOD deal (7 day duration period) like the vesper weapon of destiny was on the Destiny packs. I'm sure like 90% of the people just bought the destiny pack because of the vesper weapon / bonuses.
Please be sure to add items to the store regularly. That'll keep people checking more often, buying NCoins (even if they don't use them right away), and make people feel more comfortable with the shop (ie, its not a one-trick pony).
They should have kept the hybrid model,Subs+Shop ,or separate F2P servers.
How can a company litteraly get rid of thousands of regular paying subscribers in a blink of an eye,is beyond my understanding.
Watch by yourself,for god's sake ,"It's really totally free",you don't need anything from the shop.Plz think about it twice.
Paying a Sub gives you rights and limits,there are no limits anymore.
Beside that,the update is fantastic,beyond expectations.
That's really the key there. There are players who, if given a chance, would fork over more than $15/month. A subscription puts a cap on how much they can spend. You go to F2P in order to maximize what those players can spend if they want, which then (if its a successful game) subsidizes the lower-revenue players and generates profit.
Its a proven model in Asia, and doing not too bad over here. Is it a gamble? Yes, but so is launching a MMO in the first place @_@
I would like to see more functional items for the game in the L2 Store and Galleria. Things like weapon and armor unbind scrolls, enchants, and things like that.
Edit: My understanding is that even the destiny pack vit items don't work as advertised. There's almost no reason to buy those packs except for the vit replenishment. Understand who you are marketing this to. The kids don't/won't spend money here, it's going to be the adults with disposable cash that will. Time=money, so if what you're selling is going to save me time, then it's not worth my money.
Quoted For Truth.
Buying packs with vitality items that add little to boosting vit past level 85 does not make a whole lot of sense to buy. Where's the value?
This is going to be a freakish idea, but here goes...
Half and No XP potions.
No, really.
From what I've read about leveling, its going by very fast. And, in my playing of Aion I leveled too fast a time or two, so I outleveled content (no fun) and felt I didn't really have time to deal with all the new skills I got.
This is going to be a freakish idea, but here goes...
Half and No XP potions.
No, really.
From what I've read about leveling, its going by very fast. And, in my playing of Aion I leveled too fast a time or two, so I outleveled content (no fun) and felt I didn't really have time to deal with all the new skills I got.
huh?
Just DONT exp 24/7 and problem solved. Theres a world out there, ya know.
Quick thought: the 5-hour XP boost (240nc) is nice, but for me? I tend to play in shorter stints, so a 1-hour XP boost would be good. Now, buying in bulk is cheaper for pretty much everything (be it a big box store or ordering flowers at a local florist), so maybe 80nc would be good? Its still inexpensive, but the cost per hour is higher than buying a 5-hour boost, so it doesn't invalidate that as a saleable item.
yeah 5 hours is too much we have a real life too so we waste the item. One hour will be great
if i am playing in Naia and my location is in Europe, i should be able to use Paypal to purchase NCoins ! Not only directly by credit card.
Because if i made the account in A country and i have a credit card issued in B country and i am living in C country at the moment i can't purchase because of the " FRAUD SUSPICION " Europa is not like North America or Canada !
Main reason i bought dstiny pack was for the vit replenish potions.Since these do not work really you should refund me and remove pack items from my wh.The black smith of mammon does not also accept the binding removal scrol r grade and asks for an unbinding scroll to unbound my weapon... total ****.
My wife made an account to play l2 now but cannot complerte class 1 transfer as quests say go to home village to speak to npcs there (lol there is nothing in starting villages).How you can introduce goddess with such basic bugs is beyond me
I would like more payment options. I am not using a CC and I don't intend to.
Personally I am using Paysafe cards and mobile phone for this kind of transactions.
Just DONT exp 24/7 and problem solved. Theres a world out there, ya know.
I said it was freakish! One nice evening with friends (an hour or two) can really pack on levels when you're a lowby. Since L2 isn't 95% instanced like COH or STO, there's no chance of auto-adjusting content. The other option is turning off XP, which a few games do, but then you might forget to turn it back on.
And ai live in Hawai'i; I know there's a world outside! Games do provide inexpensive entertainment on work nights, though. Weekends? Then I can stay out, do whatever :)
I would like more payment options. I am not using a CC and I don't intend to.
Personally I am using Paysafe cards and mobile phone for this kind of transactions.
Perhaps they will let u go clean thier offices as a form of payment? Or service thier needs in a tender manor. I heard they have this one guy in the basement who rides a stationary bike to give them electricity and in return he gets NCPoints..... :p
It's very important Account Services. There are 3 items in Marketplace: L2 Store, L2 Galeria (the same via web) but we need account services to change name, sex, race, subclass....
Perhaps they will let u go clean thier offices as a form of payment? Or service thier needs in a tender manor. I heard they have this one guy in the basement who rides a stationary bike to give them electricity and in return he gets NCPoints..... :p
...and then you woke up.
Go back to your cave worm.
I would like more payment options. I am not using a CC and I don't intend to.
Personally I am using Paysafe cards and mobile phone for this kind of transactions.
Perhaps they will let u go clean thier offices as a form of payment? Or service thier needs in a tender manor. I heard they have this one guy in the basement who rides a stationary bike to give them electricity and in return he gets NCPoints..... :p
...and then you woke up.
Go back to your cave worm.
You can always tell when you upset a women by their response... guys would be "oh yeah, I'll service their basement!!"
Sace, new items on regular basis (once per month?).
More permanent items, fashion items, hats, hairstyles.
And especially BUNDLES.
Instead of having 1 week 50% exp bonus, give us a bundle of 8 x 3 hour items for the same price (thats just an example). Or for example bundle of vitality manitanance potions. Buy 10, get 1 for free, buy 30, get 6 for free and similar discounts.
Permanent cosmetics
Lower prices
Option to close the in game L2 Store button or put it in the alt+X menu thing...the current spot is not a good place for a button & it's annoying moving it every time you log in...
I'll probably never buy a temporary hat or agathion, but you might see my money if you sell a permanent one. I realize the idea here is that temporary items mean people will have to buy a new one, but please realize it can be counterproductive in the sense that a lot of people won't buy one at all.
A compromise is to make promotion sales for items. Sell a permanent item for a week or a weekend as a limited time offer. I'm not very confident on whether this would boost your revenue more or less than just selling permanent items at all times. Not sure if you already did this or plan to do so; I haven't been watching.
I won't pay for a cosmetic item if the cost becomes prohibitive, either. I saw in another MMORPG that a player needed to spend $200 USD to be competitive at a specific class in their game. I would never purchase such a thing.
People want permanent hats. There are a large assortment of hats available in game already. Why not sell the hats in the shop? Well then they would be flooded in the server and nobody would buy them after a short time. I would suggest selling 1 unique hat every month for a limited time, say maybe a 1 week window. After the hat is available for 1 week it would not have to be available again for a long period of time. The Next month you could make another hat available for 1 week. You could even limit the number of hats available to be purchased. These hats could be bound to your account, only trading thru the dimensional merchant so they are not flooded in the market.
How many hats are available in game nowadays anyways? I am sure you could go 4 years without offering the same hat again. People will want some of these rarer hats, like jester hats and wizard hats and I am sure they will be willing to part with some NCCoin to get them.
I dont know where NCsoft got their pricing model but ****! 5$ for a 7 day buff or a 7 day pet? What the hell! Do some market research please.
What I would suggest, if you dont want to change your prices, is offer us something to actually peak our interests. Cool vanity transformations, Hats, Companions, Mounts. And dont reskin everything 5 different colors. Get creative and the money will flow in.
The PK system is another good reason not to pay for overpriced ****. All they want is your money. FTP is simply a lure to try to get more than 15 dollars a month per account.
The Reputation thing replacing the PK/karma system ensures that some will wind up succumbing to their addictions and replace their Red toons with new ones and new NC Coin purchases to catch back up to the meat of the game.
FTP is ALL ABOUT MILKING MORE MONEY. It is simply a psychological game.
FTP is simply a lure to try to get more than 15 dollars a month per account.
They need to get more than $15/month from players who purchase items from the L2store because most people who play will never spend anything, or very little. If they can't bring in > $15 from their customers who do spend regularly, the system fails and instead they're looking at bloated servers of people who don't bring them as much of a revenue as before they went f2p.
The current items don't seem very appealing though, mainly because they're limited on time. F2p games typically release new items in their shops over time and independently of major updates, so I would hope L2 will do the same.
120 NC coin----Instant character deletion, shows up in Dimensional Merchant. POOF GONE!! No more waiting 7 days. Believe me, this will sell like friggin hotcakes!!
120 NC coin----Instant character deletion, shows up in Dimensional Merchant. POOF GONE!! No more waiting 7 days. Believe me, this will sell like friggin hotcakes!!
Why?
Vita pots are too ineffective for their cost/limits. 30 minutes for 5 pots a week? Really? Slap another 3 hours and 30 minutes and you've got something thats worth using.
Vita pots are too ineffective for their cost/limits. 30 minutes for 5 pots a week? Really? Slap another 3 hours and 30 minutes and you've got something thats worth using.
i would welcome permanent hats and some funny stuffs..... remove hats and agathions with bonuses (attack speed, crit, etc.), remove super healty juice HP/CP...that is items which decay game....
Hi Sace - this is my feedback :
I used L2 galleria and I can say what I think:
The weapon of destiny promo was great. It's a pity it was only for 1 week and the last week of month when some people had no more money to purchase the missing points.
It's a pity that vit potions replenish only a little bit our vit.
It's a pity that you deliver a "bind removing" scroll and not the "unbind" scroll announced. Mammon doesn't recognise the "bind removing" scroll so your scroll is useless.
It's a pity that you sell only useless things when we need, for instance, the giant's reorin's mold to craft R grade (R grade is not craft able without this mold)
I didn't try your weapon seal scrolls but they change a bound weap in an unidentified one ... so we can try 3 times with the hope to get a good weapon. How to unbound a weapon?
3600 NC coins = 45 Euro this is to much to have R shots, 3 enchant scrolls, 5 life stones and some little help potions.
For my game I don't need to spend money in fashion, for 7 days!
Why you don't sell stone of destiny for example? My stone has disappeared from inventory and I didn't awake in another class- I was fortune seeker and I awake Othell Rogue. So if I wish, my dual main don't have it to change class (I didn't know that we MUST leave the stone at WH). We don't know lots of details in this new game!
In conclusion your L2 Galleria is useless and too expensive - destiny pack = 45 Euro - we deserve ALWAYS a weapon of destiny. You can win much more money with a good galleria than with the old system (pay to play) but sell items that we need to craft or to solve our game problems: giant's reorin's mold, true unbind scrolls (armor and weapon) for example! No normal person buy coins to purchase a fashion for 7 days! what you have sold until now was to spend coins we had!
EDIT: sorry for misunderstanding! Mammon has an option (the one at bottom to accept the "bind removing" scroll
I´d like to buy access to some solo instance for lvl 40-84. It would be the most useful for me. I don´t need buffs or different vitality and XP items when there isn´t any free spot for exp.
I hate to imagine half the ones qqing playing this game before vitality. With that said I am a little annoyed that the vit pots were nerfed to 5 per week including b-day pots. Then when you DO use one it barely replenished anything plus the timer on them to reuse. The store is great,easy and instant. There were items I found useful and some not,but they were sellable. if you're new to game its an easy way to get a small bank roll. Take the Destiny pack with its R grade bonus items till end of December. The R life stones I used 2 of them and the others if you NPC them are worth near 1.5 mil. Shot packs are another valuable item to sell or keep to use. It'll save you money not buying shots. $50 is a steep price for the coins to buy a destiny pack,but if you're able its worth it once especially if you're 85+
My first forum post, for a long time L2 player, do hope this gets read and acted upon (what everyone said).
When i saw L2 Retail was F2P i also returned, and with the shop in mind you would really see me paying for conviences. Yet the shop now you will not see my money in any form, simple reasons for this are;
- Permanent items, im not going to spend 5$ on a 7-day worthless item which doesnt even stay 7day ingame time but keeps expering even offline, giant waste of money.
- Buffs, "combat pets" are to useless or expensive due to there lost when u die.
- XP/SP runes expensive especially consider you have to use it 5 hour straight or even more. A subscription like model for exp increase like some suggested seems better.
- Add more usefull stuff. Like diffrent scrolls, enchants (up to S for example?), more buffs (which last even while dying), usefull pets (the pickup pet sounds godly i would spend 20 euro on that just to have him forever, probably on every char).
- Access to certain stuff like a solo kama (yes this is tricky)
- Vitaly stuff that actually does replenish your VP
- Be clear on descriptions "partially replenishes your VP" means apprently 1/7th? I would feel ripped off
Hope this helps you making a better shop where i actually could spend my money without feeling guilty after ;)
I'd suggest the 1hs XP boost runes. 5hs as a min is too high. Many ppl work and/or study during the week so it's only useful during weekends. Having runes for 1/2hs would make more ppl buy them during the weekdays and not only on weekends.
I hate to imagine half the ones qqing playing this game before vitality. With that said I am a little annoyed that the vit pots were nerfed to 5 per week including b-day pots. Then when you DO use one it barely replenished anything plus the timer on them to reuse. The store is great,easy and instant. There were items I found useful and some not,but they were sellable. if you're new to game its an easy way to get a small bank roll. Take the Destiny pack with its R grade bonus items till end of December. The R life stones I used 2 of them and the others if you NPC them are worth near 1.5 mil. Shot packs are another valuable item to sell or keep to use. It'll save you money not buying shots. $50 is a steep price for the coins to buy a destiny pack,but if you're able its worth it once especially if you're 85+
just lololol real life money to buy shots! are you mad? do you work? do you have a family? I guess not! your parents must put your food on your table and give you some money each week!
Vitality Replenishing pots that replenish FULL vitality of course.
Current price is absolute ripoff and worthless for 85+ characters. Basically you pay $50 for scrolls (until January) and some shots, this is ridiculous.
Looking forward to what new items/packs we can buy soon!
EDIT: I guess Vitality Maintaining Potions are the most valuable item in Destiny Pack.
"The Stone of Destiny disappears when a character Awakens, even if the character Awakens into the destined class."
So if I wish, my dual main don't have it to change class (I didn't know that we MUST leave the stone at WH). We don't know lots of details in this new game!
"Upon the launch of the Goddess of Destruction update, characters with one or more subclasses will receive a Class Change Certificate for each of their subclasses. Using the Class Change Certificate will instantly change the character's current subclass to a desired subclass of the same level and having all skills relevant to that level. However, skill enchantments from the previous subclass will be lost."
With all the adena selling sites being spammed in both trade/shout and shops up with store addy being adena seller's(happening in all towns ingame now) website why not sell Adena on your shop for 1/10 the price they charge and put them out of bussines?The credit card warrior's are buying it anyways. You should capitalize, you could also sell OE'D gear of all grades.NCSoft would rake in the money like they've never seen be4.Also would create a much more lvl playing field,Oh and your flagging system sucks, srry to be a debbie downer but only ones who like it are the pixil hugger's.Also you should increase pet xp gains to match player's and increase drops/spoil's for the same or reduce them to sell more Adena in your shop.
With all the adena selling sites being spammed in both trade/shout and shops up with store addy being adena seller's(happening in all towns ingame now) website why not sell Adena on your shop for 1/10 the price they charge and put them out of bussines?The credit card warrior's are buying it anyways. You should capitalize, you could also sell OE'D gear of all grades.NCSoft would rake in the money like they've never seen be4.Also would create a much more lvl playing field,Oh and your flagging system sucks, srry to be a debbie downer but only ones who like it are the pixil hugger's.Also you should increase pet xp gains to match player's and increase drops/spoil's for the same or reduce them to sell more Adena in your shop.
That were the setting on the server you come from?
That were the setting on the server you come from?
Just wondering.
that's what i'm seeing on chronos server they everywere spamming there adena selling sites
rhey even announce the names of their most recent customer's on occation lol
Didn't Sony sell gold in EQ for a while? Do they still do that?
I do agree, that NCsoft should sell adena if that will help to get rid of farmers without loosing any real players. But that is a tricky thing and unbelievable hard to predict and execute it correctly.
And as long there is a demand people will try to go around everything to meet that demand. This also means that not always you should be trying to cut down every problem you encounter, often you just have to let it play out.
But the rest of the suggestions made me giggle. :D
Also NCsoft is not our parents and don't have to tell us, dont use bots, dont buy adena, dont visit dodgy sites and get hacked. But then again lots of kids playing this game :D Sadly because of those choices we have adena sellers and botters not because NCsoft not getting rid of them.
Traditionally, RMT customers are likely the kid's parents. They don't have the time, but do have the money. Kids don't have the money, but they do have the time.
Cryptic's Stat Trek Online has a fascinating system were players can sell refined dilithiun to each other, with the buyer using Cryptic Points. EVE players can buy and sell PLEX to each other. Implementing something similar here could be interesting, but not something I'd look at lightly.
I thought that after wednesday maintenance will be avaible s grade or sth like that in the l2 galleria but still i'm not interesting in destiny packs because it is a waste of money. NSsoft will not see any cash from me if there will not be any interesing things in cash shop.
But still it is cool to play for free :D Few people are buying sth in cash shop because nothing is interesing :D
I will have to say that the shop has been lacking for me. I've bought a few things, but overall I'll have to say that too much had been given away for free early on. While a dedicated player can get through the early bits quickly, casual to infrequent players like myself are still slow going. As such, all the goodies given free are potential sales lost. I do understand there's a balancing act here, though, buy all those marks of courage so early on? Maybe a little too much?
With regards to vitality items, would it be too much to ask for things to be a little more specific? I have no idea what "partially" means... it could be 10% or 25% or more. I have a hard time wanting to commit even $1 to purchasing an item that might completely underwhelm me.
Can you add Destiny Stone to the shop? I really would lile to have one... But lvling tank on new server to 76 with in 1 week is imposible... Unless you bot 24/7
Here's a good one, there is this other game (I won't mention the name) that sells a monkey that picks your loot up for you. It sounds funny, but it will probably do as much for you EXP rate as a 50% rune will do. Think about how much time you spend running over to your loot and picking it up. I know you're thinking, "just send your pet over to loot". No. This monkey in this other game went and picked up all your loot automatically without pressing any additional buttons.
Well, everthing is overpriced!! I bought once for weapon. Not sure if items I have even work properly. I wont spend any more money unless things are priced reasonably. Nuff said!!
Some of the items on the L2Store are pointless/useless/overpriced.
Under Supplies Why do you have soul shots there? Its POINTLESS! You get soul shots from the "Path to Awakening Page" which is enough to get you to the next lvl.
Under Supplies the buff pots are overpriced for the the time they last (30mins) there are items in-game which last 1-2hrs and give the same benefits. Reduce cost of those items or increase duration. Better yet here's a suggestion switch out those buff pots with ISS Enchanter Buffs and have the duration set to 1hr then set the price to 100 NC Coins.
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Remove all this from the store: Soulshots C,B,A Beast Shots, Blessed Beast Spiritshots.
Merge Mysterious Scroll / Luxury Cocktail as one package and set the price to 100 NC Coins and increase the duration to 1hr.
Add a ISSEnchanter Dance/Song Pot which last 30mins and set the price @ 100 NC Coins
Remove the restriction on Nevit's Rune and Allow All lvls to use it.
Increase Duration of Vitality Maintaining Potion (XP/SP) to 1Hr. Keep price as Is.
Remove "7-Day" Restriction on all items and increase all "7-Day" item prices by 2x (Ie: Cow Agathion 240 Nc Coins x 2 = 480)
+1 to an option to buy a Stone of Destiny from the in-game store. It wouldn't unbalance the game and makes it easier for players to play de race/class combo they prefer....
I've personally played FTP (Free to play) MMO's for years now, and can honestly say with the utmost respect this L2's has got to be one of the worst.
With money making in mind, meaning I love your company and have been a L2 fan since 2004 you guys MUST implement additional changes to MAKE MONEY!
I do not feel it's current state is making you guys any money at this point.
Allow me to explain;
Currently with the whole reward system, giving players FREE GEAR all the way to level 76 (S-Grade) and the option to exchange your mentee ticket for a permanent level 86 (R-Grade) set is an excellent incentive! However now you need to give players SOMETHING to purchase from the item shop, and a reason to!
Please read my suggestions to help enhance your gaming community experiences, as well as put additional moneys into your wallets, as I feel these suggestions will most certainly do so.
Apparel (7 day and 30 day options):
These things PEOPLE LOVE! Offer additional apparel (may or may not offer minimal stat bonuses). I dunno about you, but I love personalizing my character to fit my personality. I believe I speak for 90% of this community in saying so. The apparel can range from hats, cloaks, back packs, eye wear, etc.. This is an extremely successful way for FTP games with Item Shops to make additional funds. Keep in mind these prices MUST be at a fairly obtainable price! Your current prices and time frames of the small apparel selections you currently have DO NOT MATCH up for a reasonable purchase! And offering apparel BY THE HOUR is just silly, and I dunno anyone who will waste real money on such. This was a bad idea.
Consumables:
You need MORE consumable products to purchase. Why isn't there an item in item shop to prevent EXP loss (for a specific time period) upon death? This seriously would be a HUGE success! Such items already exist in almost EVERY free to play MMO. Larger HP/MP restoration pots? I understand these may turn the table in PVP scenereios, but make them so if you're flagged they are NOT useable. Easy fix I would think.
Weapon Skins:
This has ALWAYS been a BIG HIT in ALL MMO's!! Once again, GAMERS LOVE SKINS!! If you don't want to offer skins, offer AURA'S! Something additional for the visual aspects of the game. I myself am a sucker for such items. Allow the option for 30 day weapons skins, and a higher price for permanent ones. I mean this is an excellent source for making money. No stats is needed. Just the basic skin.
Pets & Mounts:
Another HIGH DEMANDED item. This alone speaks for itself. Offer 7 day periods, 30 day periods, and some Permanent! I know I would certainly purchase cool mounts, and/or pets. Things like this do not effect the game balance.
Leveling Packages:
I'm sorry to say this, but your current Leveling packages suck! I mean for 1400 NCcoins you get a 7day leveling pack?!?!! It costs $20 for 1600 NCcoins. So if you wanted a 30day package that's almost $60 month!!!!!! Who in their right mind would pay $60 for a 30day leveling package when the Mentor system offers currently 200% exp bonus? NO ONE!! Hell the #1 MMO (World of Warcraft) only charges $15 month to play. YOU MUST change the package to a 7day and a 30day option at a MUCH LOWER PRICE! You will NEVER make money off that package in it's current state. That's a clear fail attempt in my opinion. The 100% value is a nice addition, however until the price or time frame of that package CHANGES I'll never purchase it. You MUST make these things more easily accessible money wise for people to justify purchasing. Otherwise no one will buy.
Beauty Shops:
Once again, offering additional hair styles, Tattoos, hair colors, Gender Changes, gamers LOVE personalizing their characters!!!! I don't understand why this isn't more of a focus?!! These are simple additions, and I would think easily implemented, and DO NOT effect game play. But people love it!
Name Changing Option & Guild Name changing Options & Possibly server transfer options:
Just another option for gamers. Easy way to make additional funds. Doesn't effect gameplay.
Enhancements:
Scrolls to prevent Item breakage. Some may argue this will unbalance the game. But if you offer for all to buy, then whats the big deal? All free to play MMO's are based around the money train. So either your aboard, or you fall behind. Your making money either way!
Essentials:
Purchasable items to increase INVENTORY space. Guild storage space. These things are also very popular!
Hunting Aids:
Once again, larger potions to increase or replenish HP/MP. Scrolls to increase DROP RATE of spoils, etc.. Currently Dwarfs have almost NO PURPOSE until HIGH LEVELS. Give them something more! Make people 'WANT' to roll the Dwarf class. Give them something additional to make them more demanded. Scrolls to prevent EXP loss upon deaths. Allow Dwarfs to do the weapon/armor unsealing as apposed to going to Mammon. There is a lot of things here that could be changed. Allow the Dwarf race a higher % of success rate when enhancing weapons and armors than the other classes? All of these are just ideas to help enhance the gaming experience.
Hope this helps. It took some time to type all of this up.
it could be useful 24 hours offline shop tikets for crafting because there is the auction house for private store, and it could be nice to anounce where is the merchant of mammon because is very hard to find him xD
Nice post Kiatayssa (http://boards.lineage2.com/member.php?u=175732), however you seem to want them to add a few things I disliked most Item Mall based MMOs... One thing I really do love about L2 is the fact that it genuinely is not pay2win. Pretty rare to see this in a cash mall.
Apparel (7 day and 30 day options):
These things PEOPLE LOVE! Offer additional apparel (may or may not offer minimal stat bonuses). I dunno about you, but I love personalizing my character to fit my personality. I believe I speak for 90% of this community in saying so. The apparel can range from hats, cloaks, back packs, eye wear, etc.. This is an extremely successful way for FTP games with Item Shops to make additional funds. Keep in mind these prices MUST be at a fairly obtainable price! Your current prices and time frames of the small apparel selections you currently have DO NOT MATCH up for a reasonable purchase! And offering apparel BY THE HOUR is just silly, and I dunno anyone who will waste real money on such. This was a bad idea.Fully agree with you on this one :)
Consumables:
You need MORE consumable products to purchase. Why isn't there an item in item shop to prevent EXP loss (for a specific time period) upon death? This seriously would be a HUGE success! Such items already exist in almost EVERY free to play MMO. Larger HP/MP restoration pots? I understand these may turn the table in PVP scenereios, but make them so if you're flagged they are NOT useable. Easy fix I would think.Prevent XP loss, definitely not. In one game I played where 2 clans were at war, this was the sole reason one clan didn't give a rats *** when they got PKed due to these stupid items.
Stronger potions not usable in PvP scenarios however isn't a bad idea.
Weapon Skins:
This has ALWAYS been a BIG HIT in ALL MMO's!! Once again, GAMERS LOVE SKINS!! If you don't want to offer skins, offer AURA'S! Something additional for the visual aspects of the game. I myself am a sucker for such items. Allow the option for 30 day weapons skins, and a higher price for permanent ones. I mean this is an excellent source for making money. No stats is needed. Just the basic skin.I've never liked malls which allowed you to completely change the look of your actual items (such as change the entire skin of a weapon). Imagine someone running around with a big, awesome looking glowing weapon, when really it's just a Grade D. This is actually a breaker for me.
Pets & Mounts:
Another HIGH DEMANDED item. This alone speaks for itself. Offer 7 day periods, 30 day periods, and some Permanent! I know I would certainly purchase cool mounts, and/or pets. Things like this do not effect the game balance.Vanity pets, and mounts that allow you to travel faster. I was very surprised not to see mounts in there!
Leveling Packages:
I'm sorry to say this, but your current Leveling packages suck! I mean for 1400 NCcoins you get a 7day leveling pack?!?!! It costs $20 for 1600 NCcoins. So if you wanted a 30day package that's almost $60 month!!!!!! Who in their right mind would pay $60 for a 30day leveling package when the Mentor system offers currently 200% exp bonus? NO ONE!! Hell the #1 MMO (World of Warcraft) only charges $15 month to play. YOU MUST change the package to a 7day and a 30day option at a MUCH LOWER PRICE! You will NEVER make money off that package in it's current state. That's a clear fail attempt in my opinion. The 100% value is a nice addition, however until the price or time frame of that package CHANGES I'll never purchase it. You MUST make these things more easily accessible money wise for people to justify purchasing. Otherwise no one will buy.Now, personally I don't mind how they price the XP buffs, I'll always buy an occasional few hour long buff to whack on when I'm in a good party. However, you've got the wrong idea here a little bit. There is a difference between "microtransaction" and "freemium" payment model. L2 is using microtransactions. Freemium is where the game is free with optional subscription to gain some advantages. In a microtransaction game, you should not really expect to have 24/7 XP buffs. I'd actually prefer it if they scrapped the few-day-long buffs altogether and just had 1h, 3h, 5h, 10h buffs at a slightly reduced price to what they are now.
Oh and any kind of XP buff stacking is ballocks too in my opinion.
Beauty Shops:
Once again, offering additional hair styles, Tattoos, hair colors, Gender Changes, gamers LOVE personalizing their characters!!!! I don't understand why this isn't more of a focus?!! These are simple additions, and I would think easily implemented, and DO NOT effect game play. But people love it!Agreed, more vanity.
Name Changing Option & Guild Name changing Options & Possibly server transfer options:
Just another option for gamers. Easy way to make additional funds. Doesn't effect gameplay.Guild name changing, yeah definitely, and server transfer would be a brilliant idea as long as they didn't allow older servers to transfer to newer ones for example. However, name changing does DEFINITELY change the gameplay. In a last game I played it was around $15 to change name. You can be a complete and utter ****, change your name and your clean again. It was also a very common tactic for players to change name to join enemy clans in order to spy and infiltrate, and trust me a measly little $15 per name change was most definitely worth making a clan literally crumble from the inside out. Name changes in a traditional MMO (meaning open world, player ran, not heavily instanced raids and mini-games like in WoW) DO change the gameplay dramatically.
Enhancements:
Scrolls to prevent Item breakage. Some may argue this will unbalance the game. But if you offer for all to buy, then whats the big deal? All free to play MMO's are based around the money train. So either your aboard, or you fall behind. Your making money either way!Excuse my language mate but that can **** right off. I was very, very happy to see that Lineage doesn't have these.
Essentials:
Purchasable items to increase INVENTORY space. Guild storage space. These things are also very popular!Yes :)
Hunting Aids:
Once again, larger potions to increase or replenish HP/MP. Scrolls to increase DROP RATE of spoils, etc.. Currently Dwarfs have almost NO PURPOSE until HIGH LEVELS. Give them something more! Make people 'WANT' to roll the Dwarf class. Give them something additional to make them more demanded. Scrolls to prevent EXP loss upon deaths. Allow Dwarfs to do the weapon/armor unsealing as apposed to going to Mammon. There is a lot of things here that could be changed. Allow the Dwarf race a higher % of success rate when enhancing weapons and armors than the other classes? All of these are just ideas to help enhance the gaming experience.I've gave my opinion on a lot of these awful item implementations you're mentioning. But yeah a drop boost would be nice!
The Cash Mall game I played which is closest to L2 was Rohan: Blood Feud. This game has every item you can possibly think of in the Item Mall (I did really like the exchange market feature though). Had 5 toons 84+ in that game back when the max lv. was 99. It is now completely wallet-driven and as a result its former 5 servers slowly shrunk to 2 under-populated ones because they milked the **** out of their players.
I'm sure NCSoft will get it right. I have faith that they won't add ****** typical P2W, balance breaking, economy crushing items like "no XP loss" or item preservation crap.
I think that would be a good idea that xp rune timer only run when you are logged (while keeping the same price). Many people would probably buy them to have perma 50% more xp and that would reduce the number of players who stay logged for no reasons...
So I was trying to figure out whats up with 7-day thing and my brain melted.
Yes we love accessories and would gladly buy them, considering there is HUUUGE variety of them in L2. But we are NOT Koreans. We would gladly buy permanent mounts, pets, etc... 7-day...../facepalm
On the bright note, I hope limited amount of permanent hats is a research regarding how successful permanent items will be.
I think during one month of playing I saw one guy with teddy bear hat, couple with Zaken swords (needless to say it was their 1st and last, cause apparently stats do not stack with most buffs, gg)
Anyway, I hope 7-30 days thing will be removed soon, as it is not in our culture to do so, though people gladly buy permanent perks.
Also wish Stone of Destiny would make it into the shop soon. Valentine Day? :D
Remove from auction house fee l2store and NPC will benefit everyone must not be left on the computer all the time, of course, savings in energy save world and do it green ncsoft :)
The items in the new destiny bonus pack should never be repeated again, ever, but all you guys see is dollar signs, amiright?
As long as we're slippery sloping, you guys do realize you can probably sell instant level 99 for $500-1000 and you will get some sales, right? Heck, that might be too cheap.
60 dollars a month per character per account for a measly 50% exp boost is a rip off and you know it. Taking away the more reasonable 1 hour and 3 hour runes and replacing them with a 10 hour rune isn't going to make us buy more 7 day runes. Either reduce the price of all runes across the board, make the runes only tick off while online or give us the 1 hour runes back.
Remove the DEWR, this is just ridiculous.
(Guess it was a needed step, cos since they decided that EWR aren't tradable anymore no1 bought the packs. And now they came with a even worse idea...)
7 day XP rune is MUCH too expensive. If there were a kind of subscription: for example 100% higher XP, 1 vit potion, some Kama reset tokens etc / week, i would think about subscribing. 15 Euro for a 7 day XP buff (in fact you have to buy coins for 20 Euro) is a mere joke.
The SP the rune also raises is TOTALLY useless. My 80 DC has 1 Billion unspent SP. As it is now SP could also be patched out of game.
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The pets / skills like this monkey king are a nice feature. But again...7 days is a joke. Make it at least 1 month.
Im really curious, if this shop system will work in america or europe. To me it looks too much like a not too well adapted version of the korean payment system.
Might aswell add instant +16 scroll, and scrolls to go safely after +16 till +30. Oh, and in the process, sell a stone to give 2 SA's, full element and to turn the weapon into blessed!
GG NCSoft. You had L2 coming back to life. Now? You just killed it.
Tho i think NC should mention it in the Galleria.
2 friends of me bought some to resell the DEWR and are pretty ****** now, cos they can't sell them and it isn't mentioned on the shop page that this scrolls can't be traded.
Being that all R weapons need +4 to be good, and mage weapons break 40% of the time at +4 (or so) that BEWR in store is a blessing. Thank you for adding it, at least for now. LEss fear of putting my Apoc duals to +4 :)
I do wish there was more in the store, as I want to buy things, but don't need much of what is there outside Destiny Pack. I hope we see more hats, and soon new hairs styles/faces/etc to make characters more custom. I imagine NC will be adding to the store soon, so just waiting to see where it goes.
Due to shots now being bound from the destiny packs, you should make them the 0 weight shots. i think the 3600 nc coin price tag is more than enough to justify this change since this was a "under the radar" change in the first place.
Lower prices on fashion acessories (mainly cause there's a lot of them that can be obtained with adena/farm, and they can have a SA), permanent and cheap agathions (if you do this, you'll sell tons of them, I'm 100% sure, the way it is now... well, not so much?), permanent and cheap mounts (with GoD there's this new horse deal, people won't buy mounts with real money, much less if they are a 7-day deal, make them cheap and permanent, yet, untradable, and they will sell a lot more).
I saw someone suggesting a monthly survey to choose which items would go on store during the next month, it sounds a great ideia to me, for example, a vote system on the main site, 5 acessories and 5 agathions and 1 mount, each month, this promotes a variety of fashion items, without making the l2 store giant for no reason.
Also, a weekly fashion item on sale (50% off) system would be amazing, has been working great on games with fashion donations, don't know if I'm allowed to say the name tho.
Overall, I think you should focus on fashion non-tradable items, permanent and cheap, people will buy them, and won't feel bad when they want to buy a new one. This wouldn't affect the in-game economy a lot too.
make finaly working ln game store in coz ppl from europa cant buy anything enymore ! why rusian ppl can exp with rune xp and we cant buy it ??? rly u asking for opinions about something what is not working...nice
1. Add a Breast Size Enhancement permanent potion.
Now for the more serious stuff;
1. XP Rune Packs
Change the XP Rune Packs. 7 Day Rune Pack makes no sense, since you usually lose one day for Maintenance. I do understand the Maintenance is 2 to 3 hours, but sometimes Maintenance do stretch longer. It makes no sense to a buyer to buy a 7 Day Rune if you lose so much time.
3 Hour and 5 Hour Runes while sounds great in it's idea is terrible at the moment with so much Server Issues, which doesn't seem to go away.
Recommendation - Start Selling XP Runes and Nevit's Runes in 1 Hour Packs. Much like Beer, sell them in Six-Packs, 12-Packs, 24-Packs, etc. Will give your players the flexibility of playing when they want and not to have to worry of losing that time when the server comes down for a sudden emergency maintenance, Server Crash, SS Lag, Gremlins in the Server Room, Intern having kicked the switch, NCSoft firing way too many people..etc.
Worst case scenario is the lost of a 1-Hour XP Rune/Nevits. Imagine activating a 7 Hour Rune and hear an Announcement that the server will go down in 30mins and emergency maintenance will take 2 hours (when it actually takes 4) then find you can't Log back in. When you do log back in, you meet SS Lag or GK isn't porting, or there's a Mob spawn bug, etc. So either fix your game, or introduce more player friendly runes.
2. Start Selling Permanent Mounts.
Seriously is NCsoft to so thick in the head? Blizzard has already paved the way for you. They sold an obscene number of Sparkly Ponies when it was introduced, why not start selling your own Sparkly Lineage 2 Pony? Make it a Limited time, Limited quantity item. I'm pretty sure the people who spent for their +15 Sword of Ihavetoomuchdaddysmoney will buy.
3. S Support Pack.
Is great, that 200% Nevits Rune is why i buy it regularly. But I don't need Blessed SS, make two different packs, one with S grade Soulshots one with Blessed Soulshots.
4. R Grade Support Pack.
Time to introduce this?
5. Color Dyes.
Allow Color Customization of Armor. You know it works, you have it on Aion. People pay a premium for color Customization.
6. Different Armor Looks
Again, you know it works. You have it on Aion as well. Rift uses it Successfully as well.
7. Permanent Clan Houses
Offer Permanent Clan Houses, Instanced or otherwise with a choice of Location. Pretty sure Clan Leaders will fork out the money for a Permanent Clan House.
8. Permanent Clan House In-Game Decorations.
Again, if Clan Leaders will fork out money for Clan Houses, they'll definitely fork out money for In-game Decorations. Fireplaces, Chairs, Tables, Banners, Trophies, etc.
9. Get rid of the Enchant Scrolls of Destruction.
They will imbalance the game in the long run. It's Micro-Transactions not Macro-Transactions. The model encourages purchase by the many, not purchases by the few. L2 will go the way of the Dodo if these scrolls remain in game. Besides, it makes more sense to sell normal enchant scrolls rather than these sorts of scrolls for the gambling addict.
10. Pets
Again, Blizzard has shown that People will fork out good money for Vanity Pets. Sell Virtual pets already, mini-zaken, mini-antharas, min-valakas...if that's too stupid..why do you sell 7-day chicken hats?
11. Current Wizard's hat, Top hat, etc
Make them Limited Items. Seriously does NCSoft have anyone left with some experience in F2P? The L2 Store Resets the count every Maintenance. It's not Limited, it's perceived value will drop. Sell 100 of each per server and introduce a new one every month.
I can't buy from ingame L2store. The popup window that needs to appear after selecting an item, appears in selection character window when i restart the game. What should I do? I opened a ticket in support but no answer. I payed the money and I can't use them... Help pls
They will imbalance the game in the long run. It's Micro-Transactions not Macro-Transactions. The model encourages purchase by the many, not purchases by the few. L2 will go the way of the Dodo if these scrolls remain in game. Besides, it makes more sense to sell normal enchant scrolls rather than these sorts of scrolls for the gambling addict.
11. Current Wizard's hat, Top hat, etc
Make them Limited Items. Seriously does NCSoft have anyone left with some experience in F2P? The L2 Store Resets the count every Maintenance. It's not Limited, it's perceived value will drop. Sell 100 of each per server and introduce a new one every month.
I'm 100% with him on this 2 points.
When I first saw Enchant Scrolls of Destruction, I felt like leaving, its unfair, its unnecessary, and unbalaces the game, it would make much more sense if they were normal scrolls, but donation for that kind of item, its just ridiculous, anyone who pays a lot will beat even the most experienced player that won't/can't donate, which makes me sad, tbh, it would'v been way better to stay p2p if you were going to do this. So bad...
Is Color Title comming back anytime in the future? I missed the oportunity to buy it :(
BTW would have bought the cheese hat if it was permanent cause there is no point in time limited hats even with skills.
P.S. there are hundrets of hats in this game and all I can buy are some time limited hats and 3 ugly hats.
Purrl would like to see Donations open for Extra Warehouse inventory slots - like the type u get from Fishing proofs. So we can buy more hats and stuff from the L2 store : )
I would like to ask Donateable colours in an Augments glow - like blue, green or etc like in WOW.
I don't think any new people deserve the stone of destiny,you didn't pay for 7+ years. I think we're entitled to something special over free players.
To be honest I agree with you BUT I love to play as a Kamael and as you know they are restricted to 3 special subs. So the only race that deserves the Stone of Destiny is Kamael.
To be honest I agree with you BUT I love to play as a Kamael and as you know they are restricted to 3 special subs. So the only race that deserves the Stone of Destiny is Kamael.
Nope not you either. Should do some research before making the toon then. What's good for everyone else is for you too. Free players get enough help when they came.
Nope not you either. Should do some research before making the toon then. What's good for everyone else is for you too. Free players get enough help when they came.
I`m not saying that NCsoft should give the stone to all Kamaels:D I`m just trying to say that it is easy to create a new char and only Kamaels have problems with this. Nothing more.
BTW happy with my Feoh and going to make Iss dualclass.
I`m not saying that NCsoft should give the stone to all Kamaels:D I`m just trying to say that it is easy to create a new char and only Kamaels have problems with this. Nothing more.
BTW happy with my Feoh and going to make Iss dualclass.
Well the way you said the first time I understood it to be that you played a Kamael and wanted a stone of destiny because you disliked the class restrictions. My comment still stands that new toons should not get a stone no exceptions.
Why there is no pormo pack that give Sgrade Destruction weapon/armor scroll? This is weird, since pretty lot of people stil using Sgrade gear. Or prefer to stick to Sgrade gear.
The store is overpriced. 7 day 50% and nevit runes are a small fortune. Just offer a subscription fee of 10 or 15 dollars a month per game account that will allow players to receive the added xp/sp bonus and leave it at that. If the subscription fee is not feasible, then please consider reducing the price of the runes somewhat. I'm not happy about the prices, but I can at least afford them; however, I think you're losing a lot of sales volume that you could get if the prices were a bit more moderate.
Please NcSOft bring back the 1 hour nevit and xp rune. Make it NON-Tradeable but transferable through dimensional merchant. Many casual player like myself do not have the time to xp for 3-5 hours straight. We have family/kids/work/school....
Also if Possible Add 30min nevit and xp rune too, and give lower NC-Coin price. Your company will sell more item to many players, every hour! Instead of a few hardcore player only buying when they can prepare for an straight 3-5hour XP session.
Last thing if possible to add an 30day +50% xp rune for roughly $15 USD=1200 NCCoin. It fair price just like the paid monthly fee before GOD update. BUT it optional so free player can still play for free. Your company will sell so many since this is what all casual player want. An option to catch up in level and xp while not have to worry and grind like a "No-Lifer". Injoying a Game for Fun is what playing Game is all about.
The store is overpriced. 7 day 50% and nevit runes are a small fortune. Just offer a subscription fee of 10 or 15 dollars a month per game account that will allow players to receive the added xp/sp bonus and leave it at that. If the subscription fee is not feasible, then please consider reducing the price of the runes somewhat. I'm not happy about the prices, but I can at least afford them; however, I think you're losing a lot of sales volume that you could get if the prices were a bit more moderate.
I second this. Since Vitality is pretty much useless at higher levels, it would be great for NC to consider lowering the prices of Runes.
Freemium is another model to consider (like Aion). I'm quite sure that majority of the P2P players would pay once more for premium services, as well as many of the new players as well.
Some players might be able to afford the current prices, and some may spend on it even if they cannot afford it. But if NC were to survey or do some more in-depth search they might find what Retribution is talking about. That you are losing a lot of sales volume.
Is it possible to add to l2 Store?
22057 Rune of XP 720-hour limited period(nontradable)
22334 Rune of XP 50% 1-hour (nontradable)
17206 Nevit's Hourglass - 1 hour (nontradable, no level restrictions)
17207 Nevit's Hourglass - 1.5 hour(nontradable, no level restrictions)
17208 Nevit's Hourglass - 2 hour(nontradable, no level restrictions)
17209 Nevit's Hourglass - 2.5 hour(nontradable, no level restrictions)
17210 Nevit's Hourglass - 3 hour(nontradable, no level restrictions)
I would really like to see the return of Unbind R scroll and DEWR. Maybe Unbind R in Adventure Pack and Unbind R95 and DEWR in Destiny Pack.
Very useful items, in which I and probably many others would be interested in.
i bought some time ago in the ncstore a refined wizard hat and its not tradeable on account thats frustrating, cause i wanna use it on other char, but my golden maned lion mount is tradeable thats good.
please change head accessorys be tradeable through dimensional merchant. thx
My L2 Store isn't working. I target an item, purchase button shows, I have nc coin available, but when I press button the screen disappears and no transaction takes place. If I try to go back in, the store won't open. I have to log out/in, but that's moot as it isn't working.....
Why are there descriptions for unbinding bound items from D-S but no source for unbind scrolls for lower levels -- at least I have not been able to find any. If there is a source, I'd like to know what it is.
My L2 Store isn't working. I target an item, purchase button shows, I have nc coin available, but when I press button the screen disappears and no transaction takes place. If I try to go back in, the store won't open. I have to log out/in, but that's moot as it isn't working.....
I have same bug, I click in L2Store and I don't see Windows! Don't open... :(
I deleted the SYSTEM folder and ran the Repair and not worked...
Is ridiculous to donate new systems of NCSoft, a real server pay2win, I'm very disappointed, I love the game and I keep playing because of friends, but honestly, I think the End Game arrived very fast with the items that NCsoft available to help.
It would be purposeful?
I see day by day more weapons +15 from FatDONATeTigers and sets over enchants, things that a normal player would not donate without conditions to purchase. Would u like put items that makes it easy to get xp OK! But putting items that affect those who do not donate pay2win makes the server.
The Power Shirt is wrong.
Day by day more people quit from server.
Is WRONG!
Sorry about my terrible english, but i waiting that NcSoft understant.
Stop putting stuffs that can be bought only with real cash!
A lot of ppl cant afford that, you're making a huge difference between players who have fat bank account and players who doesnt. That's private servers practices.
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Why not just add adena to l2 store? Every one who want buy adena can do it unbannable way with kartia extra passes. So what is a problem add adena to L2 store and stop be hypocrite with RMT? You already did sales from category "ebay and forget them all" with destruction scrolls and other stuff and selling adena will be less evil.
More fair will be sell adena for nc coins and all other stuff sell for adena. Then all will have same capabilities independent from how fat their bank account. Any way who was ebaying stuff will continue, who principal wasn't donating will not do it. Just think about this.
How about stop adding stuff to the store that kills the game. With having the destruction enchant scrolls and the extra passes for kartia, its basically becoming whoever has the bigger pockets reaches the top faster. It's becoming no different then a private, go spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, buy passes run kartia over and over non stop and reach 85-90+ in less then a weeks time. Then buy packs with enchants make yourself +15 weapon and +6 gear grab a +10 power shirt. Its making it way unbalanced. I remember when the store was mentioned NCsoft said nothing would be added to the store to unbalance game play. Well thats already been messed up with ppl running around having +15 R grade crap.
Lower the prices of the Items in Shop, Its ridiculous expensive and that makes less players to invest in it. for example The XP-50% rune it should be the monthly subscription value for the 30 days.
quote from random thread :D
Let go of the gambling element in destiny packs , destiny packs with the cost they have should be with guarranteed items .
I needed a DEWR today ( from the category that shows up the most hypothetically) and out of 4 , 3 were indeed in that category BUT it was the enchant armor r-grade that showed up. With that kind of gambling , rest assured I wont throw away any money for things I MIGHT get and I am sure most think of this matter the same.
Best to do , since from previous packs u have defined the ratio of destruction scrolls to 1 DEWR : 3 DEAR , to have destiny packs that costs thrice as much as adventure packs , come with a guarranteed DEWR and adventure packs with a guarranteed DEAR scroll . That way you have both of these popular items in the market in the same time and people will spend more than if you had only one of them or if you forced them to gamble for them.
it would be realy nice to be able to change hair accesorie that i have purchased to other hair accesorie that is currently in l2 store, becouse i dont realy like how unicorn horn circlet looks on my dark elf female :( or at least make them tradable also the destiny stone would be awsome
Stop selling items you earn from quests and raids in the store! Seriously there's like nothing people have to work for anymore. What's next raid cloaks and element crystals?
Letting the dyes be random is good, keeps people from just out-right buying legendary dyes.... but...
the ones that you get from the ncstore can't be used along with the ones you get from town....
This should either be changed or more clearly stated...
I bought some dye's from NC store so that I could have all 10 only to find useless sets of 5 NCstore dyes and 5 Town dyes...
Not saying they should be trade-able to others... because this would be bad... Just make it to where they can be used along with the ones you already have.
It is a slippery slope the ingame store. On one hand it helps combat RMT, and adds to NCSoft's coffers. On the other hand people have become more and more dependent on the PtA and ingame store. However as L2 is about the PvP I am supportive of the ingame store. It allows those that might not have the time to devote to the game a chance to be competitive by supporting the game financially.
by making certain items "exclusive" they hope that ppl will stock pile them in case of future need which they wouldnt if they think it will be available later on for maybe even lower price then now..
by making certain items "exclusive" they hope that ppl will stock pile them in case of future need which they wouldnt if they think it will be available later on for maybe even lower price then now..
it's part of their biz strategy..
I dont buy items unless they have been on the AH for atleast a month, cause i know what they are doing, so i will still say they are losing money
I'd be suprised if they sold more than 100 appearance stones in the whole time they've been up. They are a shockingly high price considering other MMOs (even from ncsoft) offer the option completely free outside of ingame currency. A full set of armor costs you 3200 nccoin (4 peices, 4000 nccoin if you include a sigil or shield).
If they had appearance stones for sale from mentee coins or some other reward list that would make sence, but purchasing with real money, makes it so hardly anyone who wants to do it would have actually bought them. So, its no loss they are going.
I dont buy items unless they have been on the AH for atleast a month, cause i know what they are doing, so i will still say they are losing money
Agree.
In my case i don't have available money to spend on store any time i want.
Now for exemple i have nothing, but in 1 month i'll buy more ncoin, and if they weren't going to remove those stones, i'd buy a whole set+weap+accessory appearance stones...their loss, i'm sure there are many ppl like me.
Lets say you do a rotation for featured items. Also while we're at it make some items currently available only through bundle single items. When featured it's cheaper to purchase. Would this not make more gross by volume than simply trying to force players to spend 2k+ on bundles? I know if there was an item I wanted that's consumable available on its own and at a discounted rate; I would definitely "stock up". I have to really think about whether I want to spend 5-45 usd (bundle price ncoin 400-3600).
I've played League of Legends before and we can all agree their store model is certainly an aspect which has allowed them to be successful as well.
I'd be suprised if they sold more than 100 appearance stones in the whole time they've been up. They are a shockingly high price considering other MMOs (even from ncsoft) offer the option completely free outside of ingame currency. A full set of armor costs you 3200 nccoin (4 peices, 4000 nccoin if you include a sigil or shield).
actually I know of plenty ppl who did this on Naia so I guess it may differ per server
In my case i don't have available money to spend on store any time i want.
Now for exemple i have nothing, but in 1 month i'll buy more ncoin, and if they weren't going to remove those stones, i'd buy a whole set+weap+accessory appearance stones...their loss, i'm sure there are many ppl like me.
THIS
so stupid to remove appearance stones already /madpants
Pasted from the Appearance stone thread as i believe it should be in the store feedback thread.
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Ncsoft I must say I am beyond disappointed.
I wanted to buy the appearance stones, I was REALLY looking forward to running around in a Demon's robe set and have my buffer chasing me in Dynsaty again. However, I was broke :mad:!!!
So, I had to wait to pay rent, get groceries, pay bills, and get my next paycheck to ensure that spending the 50$ (stones for 2 sets and a hat stone) will not be devastating on my budget. Then, I had to wait for Paypal to clear the funds I added (8-10 business days, welcome to Canada). And BAM they are gone.
Getting a new unidentified twi set is out of the question, I have way too much element on my bound one, and it would require to have someone who bough the stones before who I can trust, and who is not willing to use them. That is a lot of Adena I do not have to spend on fashion, as other items take priority.
These items were the only things that seemed worth the money from the L2 store. I can level myself just fine with no Xp bonuses (I levelled to 81 with no help on the OLD xp system, 1% per 12 hours at Lv 79), my horse is amazing as it is and my hat is better than all those 7 day hats you have in there combined. I do not need your buff pots, I have my own Iss and I do not need your temporary agations because I like my permanent weight bracelet. And there are plenty of players like me, who do not see the point of spending money on temporary items or Xp boosts, and the permanent items they have are better than what you have to offer. This could have been one of those regular income items that you need, because people will keep levelling up, swapping to new armour sets and wanting to look cool. Not like it costs you anything to just keep it in the store! its all digital anyway, and your developers did spend the time to write the codes for this. Never-mind the new people who come in the game and want their character to look cool.
My 50$ will remain in my Paypal I guess, until I buy a new game online .... Or until you bring them back permanently.
I wanted to buy the appearance stones, I was REALLY looking forward to running around in a Demon's robe set and have my buffer chasing me in Dynsaty again. However, I was broke :mad:!!!
So, I had to wait to pay rent, get groceries, pay bills, and get my next paycheck to ensure that spending the 50$ (stones for 2 sets and a hat stone) will not be devastating on my budget.
yes this is true, $20 to change the appearance of your weapon is ways too much! if it would have been $5 i would have done it on 4/7 active toons! however, for $20 i didn't buy it for any of them. the only appearance stone i spent money on was for my hat of my main to loose the "party hat" look on my +crit hat and have something 'cool' instead of something 'silly'.
Then, I had to wait for Paypal to clear the funds I added (8-10 business days, welcome to Canada). And BAM they are gone.
thats your own fault, you could have set it up with a proper bank account years ago, instead of with a money order that you mail in. you can do this with your debit or credit card or even send in a cheque or if you dont trust the internet you can even call them and give the info over the phone. for the sake of it, even your mommies credit card would have done the trick and given you instant access. i too live in canada and use paypal since over 20 years and mine is instant. so don't blame your own greed on canada.
Getting a new unidentified twi set is out of the question, I have way too much element on my bound one, and it would require to have someone who bough the stones before who I can trust, and who is not willing to use them. That is a lot of Adena I do not have to spend on fashion, as other items take priority.
about the twilight set: you can not buy that in official L2 store and should not mention on the forums that you are buying adenas from 3rd parties... and again, you could have gotten a loan from your mommies credit card.
These items were the only things that seemed worth the money from the L2 store. I can level myself just fine with no Xp bonuses (I levelled to 81 with no help on the OLD xp system, 1% per 12 hours at Lv 79), [...] And there are plenty of players like me, who do not see the point of spending money on temporary items or Xp boosts
it took me 7 years to get from 1-84, but i ensure you, that i didnt spent 1200 hours leveling from 79 to 80... and players that spend $20 wisely now level from 1-86 in 7-10 days instead of wasting $50 in appearance of your buffer and main.
now trust me on this one: there is not plenty of players like you, you are possibly the ONLY one that enjoys 1-2 year of grind just to gain 1 level.
my horse is amazing as it is and my hat is better than all those 7 day hats you have in there combined. I do not need your buff pots, I have my own Iss and I do not need your temporary agations because I like my permanent weight bracelet. [...] and the permanent items they have are better than what you have to offer.
like what... anthy, valakas, white circlet, +6 R99 gear, ...?
This could have been one of those regular income items that you need, because people will keep levelling up, swapping to new armour sets and wanting to look cool. Not like it costs you anything to just keep it in the store! its all digital anyway, and your developers did spend the time to write the codes for this. Never-mind the new people who come in the game and want their character to look cool.
you totally underestimate the concept and dont grasp it all! what this is going to is "impulse buyers". meaning: you put a limited time offer up when you want to make money and tell the folks that this is their "only chance right now". 3-4 "impulse events" later they give you another chance to buy the same (relatively) over priced items again (hint: seasoned/limited time offer turkeys at thanks giving and a few months later the same turkey offer at christmas).
My 50$ will remain in my Paypal I guess, until I buy a new game online .... Or until you bring them back permanently.
lies! ... and you never bought the game in the first place
Forum trolls, before you ask: YES I AM MAD.
oh buh-huuuh! no one cares
and now back on topic:
what i would love to see in store are:
Energy of Destruction Stones that are NOT attached to a destiny pack and reasonable priced, so i don't have to wait a year or longer for my talisman of longing.
and also:
the dyes sorted by level, for example instead of 20 NC coins for a lvl 1-5 dye of STR, i would rather be able to buy for example a lvl1 dye of STR for 10 coins or a lvl 5 str dye for 500 coins.
Get rid of that annoying Store button. I can hide it under my chat box but why on earth can't it be like all the other interface boxes - so that I can choose whether to see it or not. It's not like I will forget about the store if the button is not constantly shining to my face :mad:
And maybe you ought to reassess your advertising policy to be more realistic - when the S grade packs were changed so that they have less shots in them and cost more money, it's not quite what you call a revamp making them better... It's a change yes, but imagine a commercial on TV saying "we made this can of soda half smaller and it will cost you more now, so go on and enjoy the awesomeness".
I don't personally care for the cosmentic items, especially if they are just temporary so I can't say much about those. But adding things that would provide some people an advantage over others based on how much real money thay can spend is definitely a very bad idea. Even the exp runes and such are a bit tricky but if weapons and armours and "safe enchant" scrolls appear, then there's not much point in pointing a finger at RMT and private servers - that's pretty much the same done legally. It's already more about your gears and overenchanted skills than the actual ability to play your class, that wins most battles.
On the up side though I must say it's very neat to have the Dimensional NPC so if you make a bad decision in buying something, you can still fix it. Maybe just consider the option to make the in-game purchases transferrable through it as well. I know it's my own fault if I don't pay attention but still it would be nice and helpful for all those airheads who still increase the cash flow.
Oh and what happened to the PC points? I can still buy them (and got a load for my returning accounts) but the Guildsman NPC doesn't have the dialog option any more?
New items are nice but way to overpriced as usual. Try low prices and sell a ton of items.16,000 Ncoins for 200% XP for 30 days. You kidding right? should be 1600. That would be a fair price.
New items are nice but way to overpriced as usual. Try low prices and sell a ton of items.16,000 Ncoins for 200% XP for 30 days. You kidding right? should be 1600. That would be a fair price.
Totally agree what a rip off price.....
200% 3 hour rune was 280 nccoins rune no longer exists now we have
200% 1 hour rune 360 nccoins c'mon guys that isnt good business thats a blatant rip off :mad:
Totally agree what a rip off price.....
200% 3 hour rune was 280 nccoins rune no longer exists now we have
200% 1 hour rune 360 nccoins c'mon guys that isnt good business thats a blatant rip off :mad:
Unfortunately, I bought some NCcoins before seeing they had removed the 3-hour and 5-hour runes. I haven't like the direction of the l2store for awhile but I think this is the final straw. Once these coins are gone that is my last purchase of NCcoins until some value returns to the store.
I think its time to start thinking about moving my clan to a new non-NCsoft game. This is not the L2 of old.
I think its time to start thinking about moving my clan to a new non-NCsoft game. This is not the L2 of old.
Some friends of mine plus myself are doing the same. However, there are no other games out there that interest me.
All we can do for now is boycott the buying of NCcoin until prices come down. I will not contribute to NC pet projects. Keeping the server on is one thing. But this is obvious. All signs I see point to the money spent here is clearly not going back into the servers. ie., short handed staff, no enforcement, rmt shouts......
I do see per Sace's post they removed the ridiculously overpriced 30 day 200% and 100% xp runes.
Some friends of mine plus myself are doing the same. However, there are no other games out there that interest me.
All we can do for now is boycott the buying of NCcoin until prices come down. I will not contribute to NC pet projects. Keeping the server on is one thing. But this is obvious. All signs I see point to the money spent here is clearly not going back into the servers. ie., short handed staff, no enforcement, rmt shouts......
I do see per Sace's post they removed the ridiculously overpriced 30 day 200% and 100% xp runes.
That's a start guys.
Yes, I'm in the same situation. I'm going to start looking for other game options to park my clan while we wait for something new to be released. Regardless of what happens with that I won't be buying any more coins as long as NCsoft keeps manipulating the system to get more and more from us while providing less in return. They have shown their true colors over the past few months with the changes they have made to the L2store.
Some friends of mine plus myself are doing the same. However, there are no other games out there that interest me.
All we can do for now is boycott the buying of NCcoin until prices come down. I will not contribute to NC pet projects. Keeping the server on is one thing. But this is obvious. All signs I see point to the money spent here is clearly not going back into the servers. ie., short handed staff, no enforcement, rmt shouts......
I do see per Sace's post they removed the ridiculously overpriced 30 day 200% and 100% xp runes.
That's a start guys.
ok they removed the overpriced 30 day 200/100% rune .... but why they removed the 1 hour too? ****.....
Now they are selling Eva Runes that give 10% more HP, 20% skill reuse reduction, and reflect damage and they are usable in the Olympiad. Is the start of selling items that you will have to have to be competitive in pvp?
Really sad,now not vit before server maintanance,Kartia 95 take around 65% vit.Hey really prefer pay for play not for buy item in "CRISIS TME".Is imposible ppl got a lot of money for buy items in 5 or 10 days leave item permanent in shop.
Can offer destinity stone for change main or sub 86 +?
Are you planning to put superior minion coupon back to L2 Store? I didn't saw information that they will be removed so now when I wanna buy some of them, I noticed they are out... :/ not nice news for me...
I can change my sex, I can change my name, I can awaken to a different class, I can change my hair color, my face type, my skins on my armor. But I can't change my race.
I really hate my race. I'm a mage human (now female) that is awakened as an archer. I look awful. I want to buy some of the appearance stones, get a cool hat and make my toon look good. But the human looks so awful to me. I really want to make it a dwarf or an orc. Please reconsider and make this available. Why should I be stuck with this race that I picked so long ago.....
Are you planning to put superior minion coupon back to L2 Store? I didn't saw information that they will be removed so now when I wanna buy some of them, I noticed they are out... :/ not nice news for me...
The Superior Minion Coupon is in the Others tab. It will be moved to the Supplies tab for the next store update.
That would be good idea to write warnings for potential customers if there are bugs that prevent buying some account services (like AH bug makes impossible to transfer character) etc.
It's really frustrating that I've spent my money, I'm waiting for this transfer more than month and I still don't know if it'll be ever possible!
Items for 0 Ncoin for 7-24 hours in shop would be awesome.
Or some beginner packs for 0 Ncoin
Or limited items for 0 Ncoins that disappear when the event ends :)
Why not make prices low but also put a limit into good items that everyone can afford.
Like let's say $5 value item but you can only buy a maximum of 2 items in a week. This helps all kinds of players to be able to afford and get the chance of helping them through the game.
Most of my friends are from the Philippines..they are interested in buying NCoins. But they can't afford it. $20 is like almost a 1,000 Philippine Pesos and that costs a lot.
NC..if you want to earn consider most players..remember it's not just rich people who plays Lineage 2. And think of it, how much are you earning for 10 rich people who can buy $50 of NCoin to 3k players who can pay $5. If you sum it up..NC wont loose. Like the goddess of destruction scrolls you can actually sell it cheap but needs a limit. That's just a sample. It can vary with different items.
And stop selling gamble stuff..It's really disgusting. Makes NC look like stealing money. Or if its a gamble..increase the chances. Or liek enchanting when it breaks..then instead of breaking it lowers upgrade by 1. not like totally loosing everything to +0. People pay for something to be satisfied.
Trading of some NC Store items should be possible..Why? Because it's not real-money trading if you sell it in exchange of adena. Some people might buy an item or two in exchange for adena..But hey NC look who's buying stuff from who? From You guys. Who earns..NC.
I've heard people exchanging adena for real money or NCoins for real money. It's because of the non-tradeable items. NC is against real money trading but the way you sell stuff..It only encourages people to do real money trading.
Instead of the "For a limited time", try keeping the new items in the stores until the demand for it fades away. Some in this community miss out due to budget constraints and have to save up to participate.
Before the haters jump all over this post... I have heard this from friends and clan mates.