Rowena Flash Sales

How would the community feel about Rowena putting things on sale? (excluding the current highest gear available, in this case poetics) She can happen to find extra stuff in the back and want to get rid of it. Have it cycle in every so often, daily/every other day/on the weekends.


Examples

Auriana

• Borax x9: 270 soldiery -> 200 soldiery
• Weathered Noct Lorica: 825 soldiery -> 615 soldiery
• Relisting previous items
• Cashmere Fleece: return at 150 soldiery
• Coke: return at 75 soldiery
• Darklight equipment: return at 75-125 soldiery
• Antique Sollerets: goes up for 200 soldiery
• Rowena's Token (Soldiery): 130 soldiery -> 90 soldiery

Aelina

• Tidal Wave Patas: Can be upgraded with 500 soldiery rather than a mirror
• Primal Focus Weapon Blowout: Can purchase any of the weapons with one token or a little bit of soldiery
• Odin/Behemoth Blowout: require three mantles/horns instead of five

I think people would abuse it. (Like have a bunch of Roagadyn clog themselves around vendors to prevent you selecting the NPC, using program that auto-click right before a refresh).
Just like other games with such systems.
I dunno. I'm negative.

I could see it after Heavensward is released. All of it will be long obsolete by then.

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Originally Posted by Tarta

I think people would abuse it. (Like have a bunch of Roagadyn clog themselves around vendors to prevent you selecting the NPC, using program that auto-click right before a refresh).
Just like other games with such systems.
I dunno. I'm negative.

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I have to disagree to this idea im afriad

That certain players will get a discount because they happend to be playing a certain day/time dosnt sound very fair.

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Originally Posted by Devils_Lawyer

I have to disagree to this idea im afriad

That certain players will get a discount because they happend to be playing a certain day/time dosnt sound very fair.

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Stores do this kind of stuff all the time. Some people need to work and can't stand in lines for days like a lunatic for a $25 TV. Could have Crazy Coupin Days. The Walmart of Mor Dhona.

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Stores do this kind of stuff all the time. Some people need to work and can't stand in lines for days like a lunatic for a $25 TV. Could have Crazy Coupin Days. The Walmart of Mor Dhona.

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In Japan there were people who lined up in Sapporo in the snow for a full day and night just to buy a $350 goody bag from Apple that *might* have something to justify the cost.

I think as long as the sale lasts 24 hours (so the full day that it's for) then it'll be fair enough that most people won't end up left out regardless of time zones and real life schedules.

So I'd be up for one random sale two days a week (saturday/wednesday, for example), for a full 24 hours.

Why does everything have the be fair for everyone all the time? Missing out on slightly cheaper items isn't something that is going to ruin someone's experience. Its an interesting idea that would add a little more functionality to Rowena since right now there's really nothing for her to do since her workers are handling the exchanges. Rowena's Backroom Deals or something would bring more life back into her character.

I came in half expecting this to be about how her wardrobe will change next, since she's always wearing less with each patch.

I'd be ok with rowena fl-shot-

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Originally Posted by Corfish

Why does everything have the be fair for everyone all the time? Missing out on slightly cheaper items isn't something that is going to ruin someone's experience.

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Probably not but neither will it ruin someones experiance if they have to pay the same price as everyone else.

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Stores do this kind of stuff all the time. Some people need to work and can't stand in lines for days like a lunatic for a $25 TV. Could have Crazy Coupin Days. The Walmart of Mor Dhona.

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Your comparing real life with a fictional game, in real life they do it to attract customers since they usually end up buying other stuff whilst in the store.

Can't find a reason for this... either just lower cost of everything for everyone all the time if SE think it cost too much tomes/replace mirrors whatever if the system sucks.
These limited time thing sounds kind of retarded and people looking for the cheap way out.

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Originally Posted by Devils_Lawyer

That certain players will get a discount because they happend to be playing a certain day/time dosnt sound very fair.

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Originally Posted by Devils_Lawyer

Your comparing real life with a fictional game, in real life they do it to attract customers since they usually end up buying other stuff whilst in the store.

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Is it fair that if I want the better gear I need to devote countless hours to the game? Hours I don't have. Because of the way the game is set up. Is it fair that maybe all I want to do is extreme or coil but can't because I cannot devote the time to get my gear up to par? Maybe all I can do is play few hours a week but want to go right to challenging content. Maybe I have a job, a house to take care of, a family to feed, a daughter that I get up at 3 am to take care of, and I'm off to work 2 hours later only to come back home 16 hours later to cook my family dinner, then just then can maybe relax and unwind for a couple hours before bed, but have to do daily grinds or wait for FATES that don't spawn before I have to get off the game to rinse and repeat my day, does that sound fair for everyone in this situation? Real life affects many that enjoy playing this game, just that they may never reach the content they really want to play because of the time that is required to get there.

Double valueeeee!!!
Instant value instant valueeee
As rowena grows in power she wears more and more skimpier clothes. I predict a bikini soon in the near future once mor is almost complete lol.
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Trade and save value now 20% off with every purchase for the next 10 items!!!

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Is it fair that if I want the better gear I need to devote countless hours to the game? Hours I don't have. Because of the way the game is set up. Is it fair that maybe all I want to do is extreme or coil but can't because I cannot devote the time to get my gear up to par? Maybe all I can do is play few hours a week but want to go right to challenging content. Maybe I have a job, a house to take care of, a family to feed, a daughter that I get up at 3 am to take care of, and I'm off to work 2 hours later only to come back home 16 hours later to cook my family dinner, then just then can maybe relax and unwind for a couple hours before bed, but have to do daily grinds or wait for FATES that don't spawn before I have to get off the game to rinse and repeat my day, does that sound fair for everyone in this situation? Real life affects many that enjoy playing this game, just that they may never reach the content they really want to play because of the time that is required to get there.

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You don't have to play the game? I mean the way you say that makes it sound excruciating for you.

I can see it working if it were based on the Grand Company supply quests. If Rowena were to do the same it would be a random thing to star an item and reduce the cost. But that'll imply that some items will be removed from inventory, and tossed into dungeons. I can see it on consumables where either the cost would get reduced or the amount bought may be increased at a buy one get one half off price. Ex; (item) = 100tokens, *(item) x2 =150 tokens. Otherwise given what they sell I don't see how it would work with the game economy beyond a concept..

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Originally Posted by AzakaTonnerre

You don't have to play the game? I mean the way you say that makes it sound excruciating for you.

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Guess you missed the maybes in there. Point is this game is not fair to everyone.

I would rather like to see some rare pops like

"Wandering Merchant" who actually do wander from zone to zone along a random path (obviously have to be immune to mob aggro) and sells a few randomly selected pieces of old content related tomestone items at a discount. He disappears after making the first sale.

"Deeply Wounded Adventurer" who will pop at a random zone and location, and live for a randomly decided time. Talking to him gives you a piece of old content related tomestone item (actual item randomly decided when he pop, so you might get something absolutely useless to you) in exchange for delivering a letter to the grand company or something. Upon accepting the quest he dies and you get the item immediately. Actually delivering the letter will give you some GC Seals (in case of delivery to GC) or gil (in case of delivery to closest guards).

"Lost satchels" that contain hints of who it belongs to, and you get some tomestones in exchange for returning it to the right owner. There will be other NPCs at the same time who will accept the satchel but give you no reward because they don't really own it and just want to take advantage of a silly adventurer like you. You have to think through the hints to identify the right owner.

"Mysterious nodes" that pop at random locations for botany/mining/fishing (depending on where it pops) that will give you a mysterious flower/ore/fish if you have the appropriate gatherer level and gear. You turn it in to the relevant guildmaster for some experience (if low level) or gil and some rare materials (if level capped).

Things that can't realistically be farmed and isn't just a giveaway to all players who can be online at that time.

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

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And despite all those things that makes u only able to play a few hours a week you still think that:

1: You will be online during the period where items are on sale.
2: You will actually be able to raid with that little time on your hands.
3: Still gonna fall behind because people that play all the time will get the discount all the time and gather more tomes then you and still be ahead of you in terms of gear.

Alltho anyone can enjoy a MMO regardless of time available, if you wanna be @ the top and doing the latest content you ARE going to have to put in quite some time into the game.

Otherwise why even lock content behind older stuff? we might aswell remove the need to kill previous extreme primals or coil turns and open them up to everyone right from the start.

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Originally Posted by Devils_Lawyer

"I missed the point"

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You brought up fairness, and my point was the game is not fair to everyone. The example I put forward said MAYBE. Not necessarily meaning my situation. A quick look at my Lodestone page will show that I have put some time into the game. MAYBE this person has weekends and Holidays off. MAYBE this person picks up dinner on the way home, freeing up more time to play. MAYBE this person doesn't want use this extra time grinding for stuff that may or may not drop. Alas, this is the way the game is, it is what has to be done to get better gear I have done that, I have only taken the first step at getting better gear, but I'll get there. I am speaking of the fairness of the way items are obtained. Is the game fair to everyone? No it isn't. So fairness has no bearing on whether or not they have a "sale" That is the whole point I was attempting to make, but I do get long winded sometimes and lose people along the way. Sorry.