TERA Online - General Information and Discussion (May 1, 2012)

**Rulke** · 2012-11-26 21:09

Originally Posted by Lokus

So what's everyone's thoughts on EME's current fiasco with the cash shop? They are treading a thin line and they've already passed it imo.

I've never been a cash shop person. Doesn't bother me one bit but I would hate to see the game suffer because of it /sigh Then again, I am pretty selfish and play only with my friends so as long as the servers are up.. /shrug

**Prothescar** · 2012-11-26 21:13

So effectively the same story as the GW2 chest RNG. How much do these bags cost? If it's as ridiculous as the rest of the TERA cash shop stuff I can see why people would be upset.

**Lokus** · 2012-11-26 21:39

It's $5 for 2 bags or $10 for 5 bags. While RNG for Vanity items is a lowblow, I'm more concerned about the slippery slope of selling actual ingame & tradeable items (aside from chronoscrolls which are a decent compromise)

**JigglyJam** · 2012-11-26 22:32

It's just like chronoscrolls but with vanity items now too.

EDIT: I'm the tard buying that shit too. Just broke up with gf so I got the income. HIGH ELF TITTIES MAN

**Senji** · 2012-11-27 00:18

The rng gym bags really are bullshit if you just want to straight up buy a vanity costume and be done with it. Same statistical outliers exist just like enchanting/mwing; at how many bags would one have to purchase and receive none of the rng outfits, give up and purchase of broker, equip, then unsub out of disgust and frustration? I couldn't care less about the gym outfits, but if some future item popped in an rng bag and someone I commissioned to get it for me came up empty handed, I'd be annoyed.

The items that come ot of the bags/ boe vanity doesn't bother me; its not p2w, just in house controlled gold selling with rates set by the players. If it keeps the content being developed faster than without, then by all means. The accessory rerolling scrolls I imagine will be showing up sometime. Ktera has them, players here want them, but past that will be a fine line to p2w.

**Avarice** · 2012-11-27 05:03

Originally Posted by Senji

The rng gym bags really are bullshit if you just want to straight up buy a vanity costume and be done with it. Same statistical outliers exist just like enchanting/mwing; at how many bags would one have to purchase and receive none of the rng outfits, give up and purchase of broker, equip, then unsub out of disgust and frustration? I couldn't care less about the gym outfits, but if some future item popped in an rng bag and someone I commissioned to get it for me came up empty handed, I'd be annoyed.

The items that come ot of the bags/ boe vanity doesn't bother me; its not p2w, just in house controlled gold selling with rates set by the players. If it keeps the content being developed faster than without, then by all means. The accessory rerolling scrolls I imagine will be showing up sometime. Ktera has them, players here want them, but past that will be a fine line to p2w.

I spent $100, and got two costumes, neither the one I even wanted. I was pretty pissed; still am. Waiting for the "official response" before I decide what I plan to do about it.

**shidobu** · 2012-11-27 13:08

Originally Posted by Avarice

I spent $100, and got two costumes, .

lol... thats kinda your own fault

really.. 100 bucks thats just silly 10-15-20 sure.. fucking 100... what..

**Lucavi** · 2012-11-27 13:11

Some people gamble away the world on hopes. The Star Wars guys gambled away $130 on deluxe editions, hoping that the game would last for years and years.

Granted, I'm not comparing the two. TERA is an infinitely superior product.

**Senji** · 2012-11-27 14:51

Originally Posted by EME GM

We’re not above admitting our mistakes when we make them, as well as learning from them to continually provide a better game for everyone to play and enjoy. The Black Friday sales this past weekend were intended to offer items to the community at a lower price, and also items that were never made available before. We also made them tradable so that players had the option to buy items in the game instead of in the store. The fact that these gym bags have caused so much disappointment is not lost on us, and neither are the reasons. This experience has taught us a lot and we plan to adjust to this in the future.

We love that our community has been so passionate and vocal about Tera and hope they continue to be this way in the future.

-Treeshark

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forum...k-Friday-Sales

Time will tell if the next RNG box that appears in ktera is changed for NA.

Offering rng bags + costumes straight up might be the most likely though.

**Gulkeeva** · 2012-11-27 15:15

send me $100, I'll get you a ingame costume of your choice

**Avarice** · 2012-11-28 13:45

Originally Posted by shidobu

lol... thats kinda your own fault

really.. 100 bucks thats just silly 10-15-20 sure.. fucking 100... what..

That's really not the point here; the point here is the bags being a less than 5% chance to convert into a costume and EnMasse's devious methods for trying to milk the community.

**shidobu** · 2012-11-28 14:30

Originally Posted by Avarice

That's really not the point here; the point here is the bags being a less than 5% chance to convert into a costume and EnMasse's devious methods for trying to milk the community.

its a company... making money

what part of this didn't translate to "prob gonna get fucked in this deal" when it came to RNG items..

**Gulkeeva** · 2012-11-28 15:48

anything with rng, usually means your going to get fucked, one way or another O_o

**Avarice** · 2012-11-28 16:16

Originally Posted by shidobu

its a company... making money

what part of this didn't translate to "prob gonna get fucked in this deal" when it came to RNG items..

I didn't go into it expecting gym clothes falling from the sky; I went into it expecting to get at least one from the ten bags I initially bought ($20). I didn't think I'd end up having to go through FIFTY BAGS before seeing my first one on the tail end of them. You may see things one way, I see them another; and so do a lot of people for that matter. http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forum...-RNG-Cash-shop

**Eddard** · 2012-11-28 19:39

I went through it thinking I got 5 costumes per gym bag... Reading comprehension for the win on my part... I know I wouldn't have bothered if I spent the time to read that they were "Chance Items." Live and learn I guess lol

**Senji** · 2012-11-28 19:52

You guys were paying attention with the Halloween Treat Bags right?

Spoiler: show

**Eddard** · 2012-11-28 21:57

Originally Posted by Senji

You guys were paying attention with the Halloween Treat Bags right?

Spoiler: show

I have no idea what those are lol... Don't think I logged on to Tera at all during the week of halloween.

**Gulkeeva** · 2012-11-28 22:19

Originally Posted by Senji

You guys were paying attention with the Halloween Treat Bags right?

Spoiler: show

Those Halloween bags, made me want to kick a puppy with all the useless stuff they gave compared to the ghost eggs ;/

**Lokus** · 2012-11-28 22:25

The 3 masks were the only things exclusive to the Halloween Treat Bags (mount could at least be bought separately). No one gave a shit of course cause those things were butt ugly but yeah, we all should have seen this coming.

**Avarice** · 2012-11-29 03:32

Originally Posted by Senji

You guys were paying attention with the Halloween Treat Bags right?

Spoiler: show

No one bought the treat bags for the masks though, and even those were more consistently found than gym costumes were in the gym bags.

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