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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Feb 15, 2019 16:46:38 GMT
100 Shard = $1 USD Skin = 850 Shards Shard packages USD prices:  Store screenshot:  |
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Post by samhain444 on Feb 15, 2019 16:50:22 GMT
Cool...hope they sell a sh*tload so I can get my "DA" and "ME" sequels sooner rather than later.
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Post by Shinobu on Feb 15, 2019 16:52:34 GMT
1 Shard = $1 USD Skin = 850 Shards Shard packages USD prices:  imgur.com/a/QTUsOhO Store screenshot: Don't you mean 1 shard =$ 0.01?
I can't imagine anyone paying $850 for a skin.
Hm, from the shard pack prices it appears each shard is about 0.8 cents, or $0.008. That would make the armor packs a little less than $7 each.
Edit: I forgot to factor in the current 10% discount. Without the discount each shard is approximately 0.87 cents for the most expensive pack, so the armor pack in that case is about $7.39. That's better than the $20 some feared.
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Feb 15, 2019 16:54:51 GMT
Don't you mean 1 shard =$ 0.01? I can't imagine anyone paying $850 for a skin.
No ... I meant 100 Shards = $1 USD.  My bad, OP fixed.
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Post by Shinobu on Feb 15, 2019 17:03:56 GMT
Now we just need to figure out how long it takes in-game to amass 61K coin.
I do have to say I'm disappointed that the shard packs contain stupid numbers of shards that don't correlate to the numbers needed to buy things. It's a bit too blatant a ploy meant to entice people to buy more because they have "shards left over." It's giving me bad flashbacks to Bioware points. 
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Feb 15, 2019 17:06:55 GMT
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Post by Conquer Your Dreams on Feb 15, 2019 17:08:36 GMT
Cool...hope they sell a sh*tload so I can get my "DA" and "ME" sequels sooner rather than later. I am with you mate.
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Post by Sartoz on Feb 15, 2019 17:57:36 GMT
We now get to see the true game economy.
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Post by Kroitz on Feb 15, 2019 19:03:21 GMT
We now get to see the true game economy.
And it only took 12 math-magicians, a bowl of unspoiled virgin blood and a peak through Yog-Sothoth innards to figure these numbers out.
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Post by Shinobu on Feb 15, 2019 19:11:44 GMT
We now get to see the true game economy.
And it only took 12 math-magicians, a bowl of unspoiled virgin blood and a peak through Yog-Sothoth innards to figure these numbers out.
Um. I used a calculator.  500 shards for $4.99 1 cent per shard 850 shard Armor = $8.50 1050 shards for $9.99 0.95 cent/shard Armor = $8.09 2200 shards for $19.99 0.91 cent/shard Armor = $7.72 4600 shards for $39.99 0.87 cent/shard Armor = $7.39 This is not taking into account the current 10% sale or whatever taxes and fees may be added on in the store.
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Post by Kroitz on Feb 15, 2019 19:17:05 GMT
And it only took 12 math-magicians, a bowl of unspoiled virgin blood and a peak through Yog-Sothoth innards to figure these numbers out.
Um. I used a calculator. 500 shards for $4.99 1 cent per shard 850 shard Armor = $8.50 1050 shards for $9.99 0.95 cent/shard Armor = $8.09 2200 shards for $19.99 0.91 cent/shard Armor = $7.72 4600 shards for $39.99 0.87 cent/shard Armor = $7.39 This is not taking into account the current 10% sale or whatever taxes and fees may be added on in the store.
Nah, I was just taking a small dig at the "MTX numbers are hard" comments that flew around before today.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:17:54 GMT
But … this is all for cosmetics … not Javelin capabilities.
I have a sneaking suspicion that I will (eventually) have a lot of "coin" collecting dust … and a never changing shard count of 0.
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Post by giubba on Feb 15, 2019 19:29:02 GMT
cannot see if people are being snarky or sarcastic but to me they looks pretty reasonable price.
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Post by Shinobu on Feb 15, 2019 19:30:18 GMT
But … this is all for cosmetics … not Javelin capabilities. I have a sneaking suspicion that I will (eventually) have a lot of "coin" collecting dust … and a never changing shard count of 0. B- but... plaideweave. 
I'm absolutely using coin, and I'm not that good at dressing myself, so I doubt I'll be buying shards (although that N7 armor is pretty sweet). The Bioware points vibe is a huge turnoff for me.
That being said, I'm glad the skins are $8.50 and not $20. EA/Bioware doesn't need another internet meltdown.
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Post by acehilator on Feb 15, 2019 19:31:38 GMT
Considering it's a fullprized game... nope, not really.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:40:28 GMT
While I would love the N7 armor … in my head canon, the Javelins are passed down from freelancer to freelancer.
The Javelins have seen a lot of use, a lot of wear.
So my Javelin will use the "old worn" look in the custom look menu, plus a bunch of other things to give it the "road hard and put away wet" vibe.
It's the same thing I did for all my characters in MEAMP … they were not pathfinders, they were not Nexus security …
They were an ad hoc group, scrounging for armor and weapons, to take on threats to the AI.
Besides, I can't cool/awesome character/javelin create to save my life, but create a crappy look … that I can do!
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Post by AnDromedary on Feb 15, 2019 19:50:58 GMT
When they introduced the N7 Javelin on N7 day as a big deal for ME fans, I was actually under the impression that they would give it away, maybe to people who had all ME games in their Origin library or something. Oh that sweet naivety.  ... But then, I am not much into crossover stuff anyway, so no big loss there. |
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Post by OdanUrr on Feb 15, 2019 19:54:14 GMT
When they introduced the N7 Javelin on N7 day as a big deal for ME fans, I was actually under the impression that they would give it away, maybe to people who had all ME games in their Origin library or something. Oh that sweet naivety. ... But then, I am not much into crossover stuff anyway, so no big loss there. Oh, you mean they're not? I too thought they'd give it to players who owned the previous ME games. |
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Post by AnDromedary on Feb 15, 2019 20:07:13 GMT
Oh, you mean they're not? I too thought they'd give it to players who owned the previous ME games. I mean, I don't know. I just saw all the other comments here that talk about buying it, so I assumed that they are selling it.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Feb 15, 2019 20:07:17 GMT
shards...
shards...
SHARDS!?!?
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Post by giubba on Feb 15, 2019 20:11:04 GMT
shards...shards... SHARDS!?!?stutters in corner after getting DAI flashbacks They should have called them roots 😱 |
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Post by Shinobu on Feb 15, 2019 20:51:19 GMT
shards...shards... SHARDS!?!?stutters in corner after getting DAI flashbacks They should have called on roots 😱 Oh, God, the ELFROOT!
At least the space Bears are not as bad as DAI bears.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Feb 15, 2019 21:31:33 GMT
Cool...hope they sell a sh*tload so I can get my "DA" and "ME" sequels sooner rather than later. Yes? I say that with hesitation and concern, for this reason: If it sells shitloads, will that mean BW will try to make their older titles more like their shiny new cash cow? This is all hypothetical, but I do not think Anthem Success == The DA/ME game you want. In a perfect world, yes. But there are shareholders and Bonus Boys looking for easy money around every corner, and they don't seem to give a hoot what we want. |
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Post by river82 on Feb 15, 2019 21:35:31 GMT
Cool...hope they sell a sh*tload so I can get my "DA" and "ME" sequels sooner rather than later. Yes? I say that with hesitation and concern, for this reason: If it sells shitloads, will that mean BW will try to make their older titles more like their shiny new cash cow? This is all hypothetical, but I do not think Anthem Success == The DA/ME game you want. In a perfect world, yes. But there are shareholders and Bonus Boys looking for easy money around every corner, and they don't seem to give a hoot what we want. According to Manveer Heir open world and multiplayer is being pushed because it's easier to monetize. Anthem, Andromeda, and Inquisition all follow that general formula so I don't think ME and DA will be any more like Anthem than they already are? What else could they do? Except make Inquisition multiplayer actually decent
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Post by samhain444 on Feb 15, 2019 21:42:16 GMT
Cool...hope they sell a sh*tload so I can get my "DA" and "ME" sequels sooner rather than later. Yes? I say that with hesitation and concern, for this reason: If it sells shitloads, will that mean BW will try to make their older titles more like their shiny new cash cow? This is all hypothetical, but I do not think Anthem Success == The DA/ME game you want. In a perfect world, yes. But there are shareholders and Bonus Boys looking for easy money around every corner, and they don't seem to give a hoot what we want. People like to draw this strange line of "if 'Anthem' succeeds, all game will be 'Anthem'" but I just don't think they turn "ME" or "DA" into an always-online, no party-member MMO. While there is some presumption as to what a "BioWare" game is traditionally, there is no such history with the "Anthem" IP, meaning they can do with it what they want without the baggage of history. "DA" and "ME" have history and the fanbase that would support the game have certain expectations that, if not met, would likely doom it failure. So, despite the prognostications, I just don't see either franchise turn into an "Anthem" clone regardless of the level of it's success. That being said, I can see them taking lessons from "Anthem" in terms of the pace of content delivery post-launch and pain-point for the fanbase for a cosmetic store that sells skins or other in-game items while still being strictly single player (AC:Odyssey has this as well). BioWare is a business and they will want to make money and it will be up to the fanbase to let them know where they cross the line.
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