Artefact Package ideas

Lothien

This is a discussion of artefact packages, not new artefacts. I will definitely buy one of these if they are put up!

Brute Force $180 (same price/credit value as 'Open your mind')

Hunter's Belt (400cr)

Ogre's Gauntlets (500cr)

Quick Escape $200 (same as 'Fleet footed')

Vibrating Stick (800cr)

Armband of Celerity (500cr)

Tecton

We've got no objections to adding new packages, so feel free to suggest some and we'll select the best ones for addition!

Lothien

Thanks, @Tecton, you're the best!

Achilles

Phaestus Toolkit

$130

Hammer of Forging (400 credits)

Gilded Page (to get the master forger trait) (100 credits)

Drinking Horn (150 credits)

Based off what I can tell everything is backing out to $.20/credit

Idelisa

Case of baby turtles. $40

-sagenod-

Tahquil

Case of baby turtle soup you mean?

Sultani

How about some new Shop of Wonders items? =P

Arlanda

Perhaps a package of 1/2/3 permanent tattoos

Sultani

The 'Quick Escape' package referenced above is a cool one.

Xith

Yeah. Always wanted to be a mhun with a 4th movement step. But affordably of course.

@Tecton I don't know if this has been addressed before, but artie packages are the only place Iron Elite doesn't benefit. *nudge, nudge*
Then again, every package seems to have a different discount percent. You guys are nutty.

Xith

I've seen discounts range from 50% to 30%. So here's my addition.

Deep Thinker - $250
Robes of the Magi (1000), Ring of Meditation (300)

$0.295 x 1300 = $383.5
$383.5 x 0.65 = $249.275 (35% discount)

I think I could inscribe without ever sipping again!

Mannimar

Assassin's Dirk

Ranger's Bow

Viper's Coil

Iocun

Empty Bottle Collector

10 gemstone vials

Antonius

The big issues I have with the artefact packages are:

1. I already bought a ton of credits last month which I still haven't spent (I was kind of hoping for another straight discount on artefacts).
2. I already have most of the artefacts included in the existing packages - the ones I don't have I generally don't want or aren't high on my list of priorities, and are spread across multiple packages. They all seem to be targetting people with next to no artefacts currently.
   
3. Some of the artefacts I'm looking at buying are level upgrades, which aren't covered by the packages (I don't really see how that could work).
4. The artefacts I'm looking at buying don't make any packages that make sense, and probably wouldn't be of much use to anybody other than myself (also see 1 - I have no desire to spend more money).

Not that it's a big issue; not all sales are going to be of use to everybody.

@Xith: If you buy an armband of celerity and remain Mhun I'd say you've wasted 500 credits (or however much you've spent on the armband as part of a package). The difference between not having celerity and having it is pretty huge, the difference between having celerity plus an armband and having only one of them is considerably less so.

Iocun

Maybe. I still enjoy playing a Mhun with an armband though. It's particularly nice if you regularly have to cross distances in the wilderness.

Sena

I don't think an armband as a mhun is a waste, it's just good instead of amazing. With auto-walking (Edit: or the wilderness, as Iocun pointed out), it's basically 33% faster instead of 50% faster. It's less significant for manual walking, but still a noticeable improvement unless you type slow or have a crappy connection.

Halios

Unkillable:

Lyre (500)

Ring of Magus (275)

Girdle of the Titans (1000)

Ceylonese Bracelet (700)

$500 comes out to .20/cr

Mizik

Antonius said:

The big issues I have with the artefact packages are:

1. I already bought a ton of credits last month which I still haven't spent (I was kind of hoping for another straight discount on artefacts).
2. I already have most of the artefacts included in the existing packages - the ones I don't have I generally don't want or aren't high on my list of priorities, and are spread across multiple packages. They all seem to be targetting people with next to no artefacts currently.
   
3. Some of the artefacts I'm looking at buying are level upgrades, which aren't covered by the packages (I don't really see how that could work).
4. The artefacts I'm looking at buying don't make any packages that make sense, and probably wouldn't be of much use to anybody other than myself (also see 1 - I have no desire to spend more money).

Not that it's a big issue; not all sales are going to be of use to everybody.

@Xith: If you buy an armband of celerity and remain Mhun I'd say you've wasted 500 credits (or however much you've spent on the armband as part of a package). The difference between not having celerity and having it is pretty huge, the difference between having celerity plus an armband and having only one of them is considerably less so.

Ok.

Iocun

Halios said:

Unkillable:

Lyre (500)

Ring of Magus (275)

Girdle of the Titans (1000)

Ceylonese Bracelet (700)

Seven Earrings of Sinope

Achilles

Iocun said:

Halios said:

Unkillable:

Lyre (500)

Ring of Magus (275)

Girdle of the Titans (1000)

Ceylonese Bracelet (700)

Seven Earrings of Sinope

I laughed at first, then I frowned.

Tirac

Honestly though, I would buy an earring package.

Lothien

Jet-setting Casanova

10 earrings of Sinope

But seriously, thought of a priestly one:

Devoted

Tuning fork (200cr)

Odyssean Mace (350cr)

Shield of Absorption (500cr)

Healthy

Ring of Noxtra (500cr)

Mayan ring (500cr)

Mayan bracelet (350cr)

Synbios

Iocun said:

Halios said:

Unkillable:

Lyre (500)

Ring of Magus (275)

Girdle of the Titans (1000)

Ceylonese Bracelet (700)

Seven Earrings of Sinope

Logosmas Special

Seven Earrings of Sinope

Six Shifting Globes

Five Glittering Rings (of Vitality!)

Four Cloaking Gems

Three Fishscales

Two Artie Pipes

And a Veil hidden in a nice box

Cooper

They should just let you mix and match artefacts that you want and then give a random discount when you go to buy that is linked to your character.

So you put in Cooper. Level 3 knuckles. Level 2 mana sip ring. *click submit*. You receive a discount of 25% and pay x dollars! Yay.

Tagg

Yeah, that was what I thought yesterday when looking through them and not really seeing any combo I'd actually buy (partly because most of the things I already have one of but not the other or whatever).

Tanris

What jahan wished he could be:
Wolverine's claws
Veil

Halios

Cooper said:

They should just let you mix and match artefacts that you want and then give a random discount when you go to buy that is linked to your character.

So you put in Cooper. Level 3 knuckles. Level 2 mana sip ring. *click submit*. You receive a discount of 25% and pay x dollars! Yay.

This is a good idea.

I think more people would buy.

Tvistor

That is actually a really good idea.

Xith

2-artefact mix & match (25% discount)
3-artefact mix & match (20% discount)

Could be fair if:
a) lesser discounts for the customisability, OR
b) you have to prove how your chosen artefacts are related and provide a theme

Except this just ends of resembling the 30% artie discount sale they did a couple months ago, so I imagine they'll just throw one of those in half a year from now.

Jhui

Stat Whore:

Level 1, 2, or 3 for all stats:  $(don't feel like doing the math)

Shield Whore:

Permanent Shield tattoo, SoA, and Lyre

Artie Whore:

All arties: $10,000

Pet Whore:  Penwize

Penwize

Jhui said:

Pet Whore:  Penwize

Would pay good money for a sixth pet.