June Promotion - How's it working out?

Tharvis

Exelethril said:

I had enough money saved for a new road bike. Not anymore

I had enough for a new laptop

...that I needed for my studies 

Exelethril

Tharvis said:

Exelethril said:

I had enough money saved for a new road bike. Not anymore

I had enough for a new laptop

...that I needed for my studies 

Yush, it ate up my monthly "doanythingiwannado" budget. Now that I'm working, being super careful with how I spend money to save for a car/mortgage over the next few years.

Saeva

I actually spent money on this promotion for once and it was super worth it. I also have some really nice people who helped me put together some pieces for amazing deals. Thanks folks.  

Jurixe

I am sorely tempted but I really shouldn't. Already kinda broke from travelling!

Nellaundra

Literally waiting on my next paycheck. I'm so mad that I actually bought credits like two days before the promo started

Xer

I managed to refrain and pay my rent. This month.

Kyrra

I have a three week wait for enrollments and I'm itching for 5k credits just to see what pieces I'd get :(

Ruth

People were being bad influences and I bought credits. I now have 200 dollars to last me until the 25th of the month.

.. But with the extra 500 credits I bought (got 300cr initially), I earned an extra 450 credits, completed two talisman sets that I really wanted and got a third artifact I've been wanting since, like, the end of time. So much worth.

Jamethiel

Sarapis said:

I made a huge purchase. Got tons of Tali pieces. Looking for robes trim. Anyone?

@Sarapis Why don't you ask that @Tecton fellow (nicely if you want) for them? I heard he's good at the old sewing machine  

Synbios

Exelethril said:

I had enough money saved for a new road bike. Not anymore

At least you have(or in this case, had) money.

Verily

Skeptical as I was at first, this really is the best of the promos I've seen - and by a good margin! Not only are the resulting items unique and interesting (give my approval to the designer!), but the return is very good in comparison to others. Tying it in with the event makes it all the nicer.

Klendathu

Terrible from my PoV. I've had some of my artefacts customised using an ice theme, and that Maklak fellow stole my idea. Still, plenty of lawls is when people think I've already got the wings (@Tharvis)

Trilliana

Meh... got tophat thread, a hookah bowl, and a globe bottom. I guess I can sell them

Lyndee

I had a dream last night in which I successfully negotiated for wing feathers.     

#june2014thepromothewingstheshatteredhopesthebrokendreams

Jules

My "haul" here on Achaea was pretty amazing.  Bought 1000 credits, got 3 of the 4 brooch pieces and bought the 4th for 30 credits (nice, I've kind of wanted a brooch), sold a Stygian Pendant piece for 200, an Armband piece for 100, a Sprite piece for 33.  I wasn't trying to drive "killer deals" but I didn't want to get taken for a total ride either.  Did get some people trying to deal pretty hard on the armband piece I was selling, and the brooch piece I was looking to buy (one guy was asking for more than the *full* value of the piece).  Also got two tophat pieces and four hourglass pieces, and gave those away.  So, there's my anecdotal contribution for those who might be interested.  Imperian haul was pretty meh, but again, anecdotal.  

Datrius

I gotta say, over all I like the promo but in some ways I'm disappointed. I realize @Sarapis said you only get the extra on multiples of 500 and such if they are bought at the same time, but for people like me who buy like 100 to 300 at a time every week or so, that is kinda disappointing. It also seems like you have no shot at any good pieces unless you buy in those 500 plus quantities, though that may just be my experience.

Kerria

I'm more disappointed I can't afford the 100-300 every week. 

Naverre

I haven't been able to get any credits in this sale. Flat broke. 

Sena

Datrius said:

I realize @Sarapis said you only get the extra on multiples of 500 and such if they are bought at the same time, but for people like me who buy like 100 to 300 at a time every week or so, that is kinda disappointing.

I don't see how losing out on the extra talisman pieces in the promotion is much different from losing out on the extra credits you'd get from the larger packages. With or without any promotion, you'll get a lot more from larger, less frequent purchases.

Jules

Sena said:

Datrius said:

I realize @Sarapis said you only get the extra on multiples of 500 and such if they are bought at the same time, but for people like me who buy like 100 to 300 at a time every week or so, that is kinda disappointing.

I don't see how losing out on the extra talisman pieces in the promotion is much different from losing out on the extra credits you'd get from the larger packages. With or without any promotion, you'll get a lot more from larger, less frequent purchases.

Well, at least a 30% credit sale is a 30% credit sale... is a 30% credit sale, no matter how many credits you buy.  With this promotion, if you get a shitty haul, you're going to get a whole lot less than that - a good haul is, wow, quite a bit more, and if you're willing to sell your soul/be an absolute shark, you could probably make an absolute killing from any sort of "pretty darned good" haul.  I did have a sense that buying small wouldn't go well with this promotion, even beyond not getting extra pieces (i.e. extra rolls for something good), and I rarely buy small anyway, but I have absolutely nothing more than a hunch to back that up.  If the odds are the same for each piece a player gets (and I'm guessing that's the idea), it should be consistent-ish, though (other than the actual extra pieces).  

Sarapis

The odds of getting a particular piece are the same regardless of how the piece was paid for, or in what quantity credits were bought, etc.

Trey

The best pieces I've gotten this promo were in 500cr packages, not 1000cr. 

Also, to note to @Datrius: stop buying unintelligently. You could actually afford -more- credits if you bought once per month than you do buying 100-300 every week. For instance of the above, it costs $168.99 for a batch of 500cr, and $299.99 for 1000cr. If you were to buy a 500cr batch one week, and then two weeks later buy another, you're getting the exact same amount of credits and talisman pieces and spending $37.99 MORE.  Or for smaller amounts, if you bought two groups of 100cr and one of 300cr, you're losing 16 bucks and a talisman piece by not waiting.

Rangor

I used to only purchase in 2k bundles. Now I'll have to save up for the 5k bundles instead.

Darktalon

Bought a couple hundred credits, got a robe thread and sold it for a ton. This promotion has been pretty nice. I was going to buy a much bigger package, but Lannah actually threatened to hit me with something if I spent 1,400 on credits. Kind of going to sneak in a few 1,000s instead, I think.