Bananiac Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Just wondering, aren't the Winter Packs supposed to go down in price for the winter time events? Been watching for the price drop, but every time I checked they were still going for 25M... Am I too early? Have I missed something? 1 That incident involving a nuclear accelerator and a banana… You know… I REALLY don't wanna talk about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astralock Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 No. It was announced last year that Homecoming won't be discounting winter packs again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Bananiac said: Just wondering, aren't the Winter Packs supposed to go down in price for the winter time events? Been watching for the price drop, but every time I checked they were still going for 25M... Am I too early? Have I missed something? It was announced in 2021 that it wasn't likely to return. If I remember correctly, it was a bit too much work on the back end for the team to keep doing. Here is a screengrab from back in 2021 from the announcement on the Homecoming Discord: And two related threads regarding said changes if you are interested in the discussion: Pricing of Winter and Hero Packs Where's my Super Pack: Lords of Winter Sale? Edited February 10, 2023 by Glacier Peak I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananiac Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Ah, I see. Totally missed that, thank you. Shame, would have stocked up much more then... That incident involving a nuclear accelerator and a banana… You know… I REALLY don't wanna talk about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clave Dark 5 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 IIRC, there was also the issue of people buying lost of them when they were cheap, then posting them for sale at just below the 25 mill price, and making therefore several mill per sale with precious little effort. Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Haull Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said: IIRC, there was also the issue of people buying lost of them when they were cheap, then posting them for sale at just below the 25 mill price, and making therefore several mill per sale with precious little effort. Now, why would anyone do that? 🤑 1 2 Help control the Rikti population. Have your Rikti Monkey spayed or neutered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Assassin Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 2/26/2023 at 7:37 AM, Clave Dark 5 said: IIRC, there was also the issue of people buying lost of them when they were cheap, then posting them for sale at just below the 25 mill price, and making therefore several mill per sale with precious little effort. Definitely didn't do that when they were for sale couple of years ago 👀. Couldn't be bothered to open them, just purchased 1200 (kept 200 for personal use) and relisted 1000 at 22.5M each. All sold at 25M within 3 months, came out with 25B at the end. 1 2 @Black Assassin - Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomo Kimyata Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I suspect that an unanticipated problem was overuse. Given that hero/winter packs were primarily pay-for, I don't think the programming of the system was geared up for massive usage. So when SCORE and HC decided to make the goodies available to everyone, it may have overloaded the system? This is conjecture on my part, but opening packs and claiming items from Character Items went from easy and cheerful to broken. I think that the current workaround is some sort of timer on claims, but that's enough to keep me from opening a hundred packs in a session. Then again, I'm not delving into the code, so what do I know?!? 1 Who run Bartertown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Yomo, I think you got it. These weren't things that were expected to be bought in the amounts that were done during the winter sales here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Assassin Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 19 hours ago, Yomo Kimyata said: I suspect that an unanticipated problem was overuse. Given that hero/winter packs were primarily pay-for, I don't think the programming of the system was geared up for massive usage. So when SCORE and HC decided to make the goodies available to everyone, it may have overloaded the system? This is conjecture on my part, but opening packs and claiming items from Character Items went from easy and cheerful to broken. I think that the current workaround is some sort of timer on claims, but that's enough to keep me from opening a hundred packs in a session. Then again, I'm not delving into the code, so what do I know?!? Probably wasn't helped by the discovery/creation of the winter pack opening macroes either. Poor servers having to deal with a bunch of us spam opening hundreds of packs in seconds. 👆 the servers, probably. 2 @Black Assassin - Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyusrex Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 2/28/2023 at 6:28 AM, Black_Assassin said: Probably wasn't helped by the discovery/creation of the winter pack opening macroes either. Poor servers having to deal with a bunch of us spam opening hundreds of packs in seconds. I am so very, very guilty of this. I had things highly automated and would just buy, open, take from email, post to AH, rinse and repeat. Extremely profitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysis Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Y'all are why we can't have nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Assassin Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/28/2023 at 1:32 AM, Crysis said: Y'all are why we can't have nice things. Potatoes gunna potate @Black Assassin - Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrinsic Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/27/2023 at 7:32 PM, Crysis said: Y'all are why we can't have nice things. Well, we have nice things. We paid for them with the profits from selling winter packs. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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