Purples should be removed from the AH

[Dz131]

The only way to get them should be through drops.  

[Nanolathe]

Ok, I'll bite. Why should this be the case?

[ShardWarrior]

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?

 

 

[Dz131]

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.  

[Dz131]

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

[Yomo Kimyata]

I think you should have to arm wrestle Back Alley Brawler for 'em.

[Haijinx]

Ok.  So all this quarantine stuff is bringing out all of the wild ideas.

[Kismette]

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. <.<

[RubyRed]

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.

[MTeague]

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.

[Rathulfr]

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki//jranger

 

[Coyotedancer]

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. 

[Dz131]

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

[Redlynne]

Just now, Rathulfr said:

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki//jranger

/jranger

[MTeague]

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.

[Rathulfr]

Just now, Redlynne said:

/jranger

Are you /jrangering my /jranger, or the OP?

[Bionic_Flea]

No, thank you.  I like being able to sell and purchase purple IOs at my own convenience.

 

[Dz131]

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.  

[Redlynne]

11 minutes ago, Rathulfr said:

Are you /jrangering my /jranger, or the OP?

The OP and giving you credit for saying it first.

[Rathulfr]

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 😆

[macskull]

/jranger

[Ruin Mage]

okay what did you smoke.
i want some of it.

[Naraka]

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.

[Phoosy]

1 minute ago, macskull said:

/jranger

 

[ArchVileTerror]

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.