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I managed to get tokens from the second and third bazaars (here's what I had to do for the third, though: https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/8d917c2f), then managed to buy the book from the first for 70 credits (much less than the hundreds they were supposedly selling for). Had I not been able to get the third, or buy the first for a "reasonable" price, I probably would have ended up selling whichever ones I'd bought tokens for, because I don't want an incomplete set.
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That not-so-mad-but-tense dash.
There was at least two more token purchases after mine, but still, tokens were cut clooooose and I was slow.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
I'd guess that the average player, mainly from the longevity of the game and the spreading of information of how to get gold quickly, has much more gold laying around than they did in the past, or is able to generate a significant amount in a relatively short time frame.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
With the restock, I managed to get a few gifts for people, and a journal for myself. The tokens did sell out really fast. Am glad to have gotten the three books for the Restoration! That was really intense. Now, to see if the contents of the books would actually be read instead of being ornamental in nature!
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The announcement didn't make them exist, but it did mean a lot of them went out of their way to make sure they were logged in - and within one room, for the second and third - when the bazaar(s) happened, when normally they'd be doing other things other than playing Achaea. That definitely contributes to the speed at which items sell out, probably far more than a few more people having more gold they're willing to spend on that kind of thing.
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Even if you want to suggest the rapid selling out is due to people having more gold and that people suddenly wanting rare items more than they used to, it seems silly to say announcing the bazaars ahead of time has nothing to do with it. I've never noticed prices being an issue in bazaars, and I think people have always wanted rare items. A lot of people were logging in specifically for the bazaar. Significantly more people were at the announced bazaars than previous bazaars. I don't understand why you think that's irrelevant to how fast things sell out.
The problem here was the sheer number of people and the comparatively small stocks.
This one was better thanks to the restocks, and I think a lot of people got to come away with a fun little item or two, but I still don't understand the rationale for things like the tokens being that rare. It doesn't seem like it adds anything to the experience or to the item. Given how visible the special mounts are, for instance, I kind of get why they're so rare. But the tokens make no sense to me. Getting more people interested in the mythos and all that seems like a thing you'd want, not a thing you'd want to limit.
There's a small prestige attached to having originals, but they're limited in distribution because their actual value (as in, what they can be used to do) can be easily replicated unlimited times.
I'd much rather the books be limited for the above reasons than items that are fun to use with friends be limited, like the ridiculous disc game, etc.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
Wish that the tokens hadn't been sold out so I could get one after my first buy cooldown, or that they had restocked them, but oh well.
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Ah, the books. I've been thinking about them for a bit now. Lucky me, I don't care about the books, but if I did, they'd be the biggest slap in the face here, because the whole premise of the books is based on intentionally forcing people to plan their entire weekend around bazaars... in a text game, which, no matter how much we love it, is supposed to be a fun, relaxing game. And then, if someone doesn't manage to get all of the books (which is a very good possibility with the extreme scarcity that's been designed into the bazaars right now), they have to go get robbed (and I do mean robbed) on market in order to complete the set. It's actually pretty insulting, if you think about it.
Ideas for bazaar wares, and other event related things can be emailed to events@achaea.com.
(For the sake of some poor administrator's sanity please try and make suggestions in this vein fleshed out ideas, or lists of items rather than just "a satchel please")
But for real, even if I wasn't a reseller, three bazaars in a row that were the exact same without any defining factors would make them seem a bit less special. But that's just my opinion!
I think people buying things just to resell is really shitty (almost as shitty as me buying my armoured grizzly bear, and killing one of the other two in existence before it was collared...), and should somehow be more limited. I just can't think of any sort of good or fair way to do it that is better than the current system.
Eh, I think that most of the people who went nuts over the books, went nuts over them because of their inherent characteristics (people interested in lore, etc...), and/or because over the long haul, originals will be extremely rare no matter what.
To me, the bazaars already come along only once in a great while and always have interesting items. That is what should be great about them. The addition of extreme scarcity is completely unnecessary for me and just destroys the magic of the bazaar - and it does look like I'm not the only one who feels that way.
EDIT: an absolutely classic example of how even incredibly common things can become rare - how many Theran mares has anyone seen lately? Much less an uncollared one. I'm not even that avid a collector and I would kill for one, exactly because it was once so common that it was a part of daily Achaean life in a way that "rare" items never are.
I'm not going to lie. I bought without even looking, which is the only reason I got things. But I didn't buy any dupilcates, and ended up with a few items I'm really happy about and will become non-decay. My pony's collared and adorable. Everything else will probably be given away.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Ah well, such is luck!
I'll take that as a "genuine question". Honestly, yeah... but there is still so much resistance from some people to just the sort of QoL tweaks being discussed here - even when the tide seems to be finally turning (as with this thread, for example). I actually hope to see a day when the sort of people who say "oh, bazaars are just great the way they are, I mean, I got mine and I sold it for mad credits, stop whining" are in the minority and always in the defensive position for their general point of view and approach to other players - although I hope that example becomes somewhat irrelevant due to awesome changes that finally make bazaars something people can enjoy without getting into e-fistfights.
There's a few of us who've said we managed to get what we wanted, and often more without too much fuss. Didn't say the bazaar's were currently ideal though. They're kinda stressful for everyone.