Celtic Heroes

what I see now is that when a new chest is released, the market is flooded with lix for a few weeks. Once that initial rush is over, the market dries up... and I mean super dry. What I see is that not many people outright buy plat items anymore. it all comes from chests, and when people are tired of opening chests it is almost impossible for the non-plat buyer to purchase any plat items with gold because they just aren't being sold.

Before chests back in v3, you would see people selling plat items consistently. It wouldn't be the flood and trickle that you see now since chests have been introduced. It was a regular stream of plat items that the regular non-plat buyer could access by paying gold. Now, you need to plan ahead and buy up as much lix as you can, while you can, because the flow of plat items will soon run out.

this is why i like the flash sales that OTM is doing. While they might not always be the best items, OTM is working to spur plat sales of regular items beyond just chests.

So from what I see, chests have imbalanced the market of plat items for the non-plat player, but the flash sales are working to correct that.

I agree with this, but like other players who have given you feedback on this post, I must say it is in fact controversial. It is not your opinion that is controversial, but the actual truth of which is that chests help players gain platinum for gold. On one hand, its a win-win where the plat buyer now earns more gold from chests because chests do no correlate with the gold per plat which most servers have, while non-platinum players earn platinum items.

It is also important to note that pretty much only 1 out of 10 active players pays platinum, while the rest do not.

On the other hand however, it can also mean that the game is VERY platinum based. No matter how you see it, chests and how popular they are just enforce the fact that platinum items are necessary for gaming. And you cannot buy chests at an amount that actually effects economy without paying real money (which means the game is still plat based, even though not everyone has to pay anymore), the free platinum offers function is useless concerning chests.

I understand that your topic was meant to tell non-plat players that chests are good for them and not about the game being plat based, but I made this comment in order for that nobody becomes confused on the game being less non-plat.

I wonder how long swan takes to make 1 topic...
Not about typing, im talking about editing
Typing does not count : p
Too much edit, swan

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