Dz131 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 The only way to get them should be through drops. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanolathe Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Ok, I'll bite. Why should this be the case? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShardWarrior Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Dz131 said: The only way to get them should be through drops. Purples in the AH are from drops. I know this because I put several of them up for sale. What do you suggest people do with purple drops they get that they cannot use? Delete them? 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz131 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 It gives the game longevity. This is the exact lesson Diablo 3 learned with the auction house. People get bored quickly when you can buy the best loot and there's nothing to strive for, hence the constant calls for more content. As of now the best way to gear up in CoX isn't to play the character, it's to roll a farmer and buy everything you need. I think this is the opposite of the way the game should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz131 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said: Purples in the AH are from drops. I know this because I put several of them up for sale. What do you suggest people do with purple drops they get that they cannot use? Delete them? There would be a system in place that should allow you to sell them for a high but not stupid price. They should be account bound and used for alt as well, but should not be tranferable between players. Edit: and of course converters Edited April 15, 2020 by Dz131 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomo Kimyata Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I think you should have to arm wrestle Back Alley Brawler for 'em. 1 5 Who run Bartertown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haijinx Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Ok. So all this quarantine stuff is bringing out all of the wild ideas. 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismette Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said: Purples in the AH are from drops. I know this because I put several of them up for sale. What do you suggest people do with purple drops they get that they cannot use? Delete them? NO! You send them to me because they're ....trash and I just like collecting them. <.< 1 1 3 @Kismet @KlSMET - (kLsmet) @Kismette @Kismet Angel/@Angel of Fate/@One Kismet - on live Heroes on Guardian/Villains on Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyRed Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Dz131 said: There would be a system in place that should allow you to sell them for a high but not stupid price. So... the AH? Unless you meant that they should only be sold to vendors, which just seems wasteful. Why make them even more rare than they already are? "Stupid" price is entirely relative to the market. If people are buying them for the prices listed, then it's not stupid. Heck, without purples people wouldn't have much to do with the billions of inf they're sitting on. 3 1 "We're out of options, I'll have to use the jetpack," I said, strapping on the jetpack and ignoring the many non-jetpack options still left. Having trouble deciding your next alt? Just need a cool name? Try out City Suggests Looking for powers data? Try the Powers API Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTeague Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said: Purples in the AH are from drops. Technically, someone could have spent 100 merits for the recipe, crafted it, then posted the result for sale. That's... rather unlikely to be the case.... but in theory, could be. 23 minutes ago, Dz131 said: It gives the game longevity. Perhaps for some folks. I get rather attached to my characters. My Spines/Regen stalker is not just my Spines/Regen stalker. He's FERIL. He has no other name. He is a literally unkillable mutant who grew up as a wild thing, and his earliest memories are of crawling through dumpsters, looking for food. As far as he can tell, his parents were horrified by his monstrous apperance at birth, and threw him into the trash. Perhaps placing him in a plastic bag first, perhaps not. But he did not die. His inherent regeneration kept him alive and he grew as a wild child in the streets of the rogue isles, learning that life is hard and cheap, and he must take what he needs to survive. He is functionally illiterate, but after leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake, people learned not to taunt him about it. I don't need loot drops to stay invested in a game when I have that kind of attachment to my characters. 2 1 Roster: MTeague's characters: The Good, The Bad, and The Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathulfr Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 https://paragonwiki.com/wiki//jranger 3 2 @Rathstar Energy/Energy Blaster (50+3) on Everlasting Energy/Temporal Blaster (50+3) on Excelsior Energy/Willpower Sentinel (50+3) on Indomitable Energy/Energy Sentinel (50+1) on Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 That's an... interesting... idea. But no. Not unless the drop rate was increased enough that anyone would have a reasonable shot at getting them regularly as drops. Which I suspect isn't at all what the OP had in mind. 2 Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz131 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, RubyRed said: So... the AH? Unless you meant that they should only be sold to vendors, which just seems wasteful. Why make them even more rare than they already are? "Stupid" price is entirely relative to the market. If people are buying them for the prices listed, then it's not stupid. Heck, without purples people wouldn't have much to do with the billions of inf they're sitting on. No, the focus of the idea is that they;re not transferable between players. So nothing like AH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlynne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Just now, Rathulfr said: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki//jranger /jranger 2 Verbogeny is one of many pleasurettes afforded a creatific thinkerizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTeague Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Just now, Dz131 said: No, the focus of the idea is that they;re not transferable between players. So nothing like AH Your idea is ... very clear. I doubt it will get much support. I'm giving it a hard no. 2 1 Roster: MTeague's characters: The Good, The Bad, and The Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathulfr Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Just now, Redlynne said: /jranger Are you /jrangering my /jranger, or the OP? 1 @Rathstar Energy/Energy Blaster (50+3) on Everlasting Energy/Temporal Blaster (50+3) on Excelsior Energy/Willpower Sentinel (50+3) on Indomitable Energy/Energy Sentinel (50+1) on Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic_Flea Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 No, thank you. I like being able to sell and purchase purple IOs at my own convenience. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz131 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 That's fine, it's just an idea to give the game longevity, and allows gearing up a character feel like more of a accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlynne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Rathulfr said: Are you /jrangering my /jranger, or the OP? The OP and giving you credit for saying it first. Verbogeny is one of many pleasurettes afforded a creatific thinkerizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathulfr Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Just now, Redlynne said: The OP and giving you credit for saying it first. Thanks for the clarification. I'm glad we can agree on something! LOL 😆 @Rathstar Energy/Energy Blaster (50+3) on Everlasting Energy/Temporal Blaster (50+3) on Excelsior Energy/Willpower Sentinel (50+3) on Indomitable Energy/Energy Sentinel (50+1) on Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macskull Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 /jranger 1 4 1 "If you can read this, I've failed as a developer." -- Caretaker Proc information and chance calculator spreadsheet (last updated 15APR24) Player numbers graph (updated every 15 minutes) Graph readme @macskull/@Not Mac | Twitch | Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Mage Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 okay what did you smoke. i want some of it. 2 alright buddy, it's time to shit yourselfcasts earthquake, activates dispersion bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraka Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 49 minutes ago, ShardWarrior said: Purples in the AH are from drops. I know this because I put several of them up for sale. What do you suggest people do with purple drops they get that they cannot use? Delete them? Enhancement conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoosy Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 minute ago, macskull said: /jranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchVileTerror Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I doubt I'll ever even get to -see- a Purple, let alone slot them . . . and even I shall say: This is NOT the way to add longevity to the game. Content which gives the players opportunities to personally express themselves will provide longevity. ie: Improved Base building and sharing tools. Improved AE. Improved character customization and costumization. Additional content, preferably designed to provide adaptive and reactive outcomes. Adding distant goals would interest -some- of the players, but not all of them. Making an existing goal which is presently obtainable and twisting it into something distant would frustrate many players and encourage them to -leave,- not stay. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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