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Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 9:53 am
by Aileron
I'm not much of a collector of fashion, but why is Red fashion always the most common and White the most rare?
Color rarity and preference is quite subjective. Also the random element in chests also doesn't mean that white is going to be the most rare, so why bother putting a rarity property on fashion items?
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 11:20 am
by LadyNymeria
Purple always seems harder to get than white.
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 1:29 pm
by Aaragorn
Because if there weren't rankings on the fashion people would only be concerned with how the fashion looked.
With the rarity on the fashion, it inherently pushes people, especially the competative ones or collectors, to strive to get the highest rarity and consequently more chests are sold. It's purely a business decision.
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 1:42 pm
by Criminal
Power rangers. Nuff said.
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 2:07 pm
by Legislative
Power rangers. Nuff said.
whos this random warrior^
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 8:35 pm
by Aileron
Because if there weren't rankings on the fashion people would only be concerned with how the fashion looked.
With the rarity on the fashion, it inherently pushes people, especially the competative ones or collectors, to strive to get the highest rarity and consequently more chests are sold. It's purely a business decision.
so tell me why is red always the most common? Because the fashion designer at OTM dislikes red?
being concerned about how fashion looks.....lol. isn't that what fashion is supposed to be about?
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 8:37 pm
by Vulture
It's quite stupid. I feel like if rarity should exist then rarity should be based on the level of detail of the fashion item, like the boggan charms were(only 3 tiers please!) I hate that I really like how red fashion looks but I can't wear it without being comparable to a level 5 noob, and I hate that I can't wear black without hoping I get that super rare chance to wear a colour I like.
Thing is rare and exclusive items ruin economies and these discontinued fashion pieces and mounts are nothing different.
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 11:01 pm
by Jonsa
It's quite stupid. I feel like if rarity should exist then rarity should be based on the level of detail of the fashion item, like the boggan charms were(only 3 tiers please!) I hate that I really like how red fashion looks but I can't wear it without being comparable to a level 5 noob, and I hate that I can't wear black without hoping I get that super rare chance to wear a colour I like.
Thing is rare and exclusive items ruin economies and these discontinued fashion pieces and mounts are nothing different.
+1 I really like red fashion, but its not "rare" so people think its stupid. Well, I don't like white fashion much and I love blue and black, so what is the point in fashion color rarity tiers? I like your idea, and maybe you could do different patterns?
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 12:05 am
by Zyz
It's quite stupid. I feel like if rarity should exist then rarity should be based on the level of detail of the fashion item, like the boggan charms were(only 3 tiers please!) I hate that I really like how red fashion looks but I can't wear it without being comparable to a level 5 noob, and I hate that I can't wear black without hoping I get that super rare chance to wear a colour I like.
Thing is rare and exclusive items ruin economies and these discontinued fashion pieces and mounts are nothing different.
How does a rare item ruin an entire economy?
I also fail to see how if you prefer to wear red, it should matter how others view your toon.
Re: Fashion question to OTM
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 12:16 am
by Aaragorn
Because if there weren't rankings on the fashion people would only be concerned with how the fashion looked.
With the rarity on the fashion, it inherently pushes people, especially the competative ones or collectors, to strive to get the highest rarity and consequently more chests are sold. It's purely a business decision.
so tell me why is red always the most common? Because the fashion designer at OTM dislikes red?
being concerned about how fashion looks.....lol. isn't that what fashion is supposed to be about?
Well if you remember back to a time before rarity in the description the color order was very similar. They simply added rarity to the description with a few order changes. Obviously order is a subjective decision, I think you're smart enough to know that.
Concern about how it looks is obviously what it's supposed to be about, again, you're posing questions we all know the answers to. What you seem to not like or are not understanding are OTM's business practices. They take common, proven sales concepts and apply those to the game, and they do it very successfully. If you're wanting them to take those concepts out, well, you will be disappointed. OTM like any other company needs to make money.