What did you get in your globes?

Eld

Sheltan said:

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a free reincarnation!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's top talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a backpack lining talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a horn mouthpiece talisman piece!

Meh.

Have info on which SoW items the talisman pieces are part of?

Aktillum

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a dwarf panda cub!

Approximately two feet in stature, this dwarf panda cub is fairly small. What he lacks in size, 

however, he makes up for in sheer cuteness. A curious, furry white face is marked with two black 

circles around wide, intelligent eyes, and his tiny nose has a velvet appearance. He has a little 

bit of a pot belly, but otherwise looks healthy and in shape for a young panda, and a small nub of a 

tail twitches excitedly.

 A dwarf panda cub is a humble-looking creature.

He weighs about 30 pounds.

He is loyal to Aktillum.

jk thats my arte pet muhaha

Penwize

For those wondering what the new talismans are:

TALISMAN SET WONDERS

Name: Wonders
Partial name: wonders
Description: A set of Talismans from old Shop of Wonders items.
Talismans:
a barnacle-crusted bucket (baitbucket)
a Dragonskin pack (dragonskinpack)
a platinum whistle (platinumwhistle)
a ram's horn (ramshorn)
Terrin'ukia's Monocole (monocle)
a Globe of Shifting Continents (globe)

You can use TALISMAN INFO <talisman> to find out the pieces of each in game.

Tesha

Wait, you can bash up globes now?

Cathy

Tesha said:

Wait, you can bash up globes now?

You get the talisman pieces from globes... so globeception

Verily

As fun as the gambling is, I feel like on average, even a good draw from the globes comes out behind other promotions. It makes it hard to justify purchasing them.

Nemutaur

Verily said:

As fun as the gambling is, I feel like on average, even a good draw from the globes comes out behind other promotions. It makes it hard to justify purchasing them.

With the talisman pieces being extra loot that you can get on each globe open you actually get out ahead now.

Penwize

You have won 883 Bound Credit(s) on your bet: 20 tickets on Eat n' Run places third or better!


  Rewarded for buying more globes.

Kaitali

I might be negative Nancy here, but it seems like to me there are going to be a fair amount of people that spend hundreds or possibly over a thousand credits to get talisman pieces, then the promotion ends, nobody is willing to sell the last piece or two they need, no new pieces, and all those credits they've spent will have gone to waste?

Lisbethae

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a glazed, runic vial.

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

You have been awarded with a a left horn strap talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a pair of Ivory dice!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a whistle's top pipe talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a horn mouthpiece talisman piece!

You have been awarded with a a whistle reed talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a bucket's left side talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 15 credits and some sleek heron feathers!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's bottom talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a mountain of gold sovereigns!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

You have been awarded with a a ram's horn talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a mountain of gold sovereigns!

You have 139270 gold sovereigns.

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's top talisman piece!

You have been awarded with a a globe's bottom talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 15 credits and some sleek heron feathers!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's bottom talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal an elegant diamond vial!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's middle talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's middle talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a glazed, runic vial.

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a left horn strap talisman piece!

You have been awarded with a some fasteners talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 25 credits!

You have been awarded with a a right horn strap talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a a globe's bottom talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 15 credits and some sleek heron feathers!

Summary: 230 Credits, 139270 gold, 15 heron feather

All told, it's worth a bit more than what I paid for it, if I can sell the pieces for a good price. I'd buy again, if I didn't think I'd have to suffer the wrath of the bookkeeper.

Antonius

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal an elegant diamond vial!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 23 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a free trait reset!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a book of betting tickets for the Humgii Races!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a free reincarnation!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a mysterious crate!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a pair of Ivory dice!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 25 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal an elegant diamond vial!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!
You have been awarded with a a horn mouthpiece talisman piece!

Current combined credit total is 433, plus whatever I can get for the crate (it's a Baarian tiger cub, anybody have ideas on a fair price?) and whatever I win from the racetrack tickets (so potentially nothing).

EDIT:
80 credits for the pet, plus: You have won 126 Bound Credit(s) on your bet: 15 tickets on Tiny Terror wins the race!

Not a bad result, all things considered.

Tesha

What are all the new pets!

Kaitali

Tesha said:

What are all the new pets!

Squirrel, goat kid, hermit crab, and Baarian tiger cub.

I wish I had the description for all of them before buying so I could see what they look like and what they do, though.

Cooper

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a mysterious crate!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 22 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 25 credits!

Planks of plain timber are assembled into this sturdy crate, with gaps between each slat to allow 

air flow. On each side, in red letters, are the words: "live animal inside."

It weighs about 5 pounds.

A crate marked "live animal inside" is holding:

"squirrel459091"                        a black squirrel

Pretty good roll.

Thaumas

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!
You have been awarded with a a horn mouthpiece talisman piece!

Trey

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a pair of ivory dice!

You have been awarded with a a bucket handle talisman piece!

Strata

Got some of the "new" globes with the fancy talismans. Y U NO HAS MONOCLE PIECES?

Skye

the Talisman pieces in globes feels like the biggest scam ever. It reminds me of those gashapon machines where I'd put half-dollar (apparently now inflated to upwards of 4 dollars!) after half-dollar in an attempt to get the figurine I want. After a while it stopped even being exciting because all I could think of was all the allowance I'd put into it.

Tesha

Did you guys make all the bucket pieces except the handle super common, and then make the handle super rare? That's so amazing. I wish I had money to give you. It seems like literally everyone wants a bucket handle. I really wish I had buckle handle items to start handing out.

Quazzi

I'm curious as to what happens when the promotion ends and a bunch of people are left with part talismans that don't make up a set. Bucket-monocle anyone?

Sarapis

Tesha said:

Did you guys make all the bucket pieces except the handle super common, and then make the handle super rare? That's so amazing. I wish I had money to give you. It seems like literally everyone wants a bucket handle. I really wish I had buckle handle items to start handing out.

Nope, all the pieces in the Wonders set have exactly the same chance of coming up. That's distinct from the other Talisman sets, where typically one or two pieces in a particular Talisman are much rarer than the others. We did this to diminish the number of pieces that are 'orphaned' after the promo is over.

Rather, the pieces in a particular Talisman in the Wonders set all have exactly the same chance of coming up. (Different Talismans in the Wonders set are rarer overall than others, but the pieces within each Talisman are equally weighted.)

Penwize

Sarapis said:

Tesha said:

Did you guys make all the bucket pieces except the handle super common, and then make the handle super rare? That's so amazing. I wish I had money to give you. It seems like literally everyone wants a bucket handle. I really wish I had buckle handle items to start handing out.

Nope, all the pieces in the Powers set have exactly the same chance of coming up. That's distinct from the other Talisman sets, where typically one or two pieces in a particular Talisman are much rarer than the others. We did this to diminish the number of pieces that are 'orphaned' after the promo is over.

I'm a little skeptical of that since it's just one piece that so many people are missing.  The stats of that don't really add up do they?  It shouldn't be this pronounced if they all do have an equal chance.  Maybe that's how it's intended, but are you sure that's how it's actually panning out?

Tesha

I don't think enough globes have been sold for everyone to expect an exact ratio of everything. Numbers don't work that way. I highly doubt Sarapis would straight up lie about it, and accusing him of doing just that is rather rude. It might be that the bucket set is just 2% chance to be in a globe, and then another set of chances for different pieces. It's entirely feasible a few pieces would be more rare than others. The people who get the bucket handles are probably just using them or saw that they seemed rare at first so they decided to hoard and sell when the price inflates.

(I still think you should have made something more rare than other pieces, though. You're so nice.)

Nakari

Tesha said:

I don't think enough globes have been sold for everyone to expect an exact ratio of everything. Numbers don't work that way. I highly doubt Sarapis would straight up lie about it, and accusing him of doing just that is rather rude. It might be that the bucket set is just 2% chance to be in a globe, and then another set of chances for different pieces. It's entirely feasible a few pieces would be more rare than others. The people who get the bucket handles are probably just using them or saw that they seemed rare at first so they decided to hoard and sell when the price inflates.

(I still think you should have made something more rare than other pieces, though. You're so nice.)

I'm not going to claim that he's purposely lying or anything, as I too find it incredibly unlikely that they would lie when they could just stand by saying that it's a gamble, but it certainly seems like something has made the reality of the situation different from what it should be in theory. I mean, sure, it would be hard to have a perfect numerical balance with the low amount of data, but that doesn't change the fact that there are a ton of handleless buckets out there. I mean, statistically it could happen, but I really don't think it's likely that it would.

Strata

The system isn't responsible for assigning prevalence and value to the pieces, the playerbase is.

Achilles

I don't know why I bought them

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a globe's middle talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 10 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a right horn strap talisman piece!

So like 20k in gold, 50 credits and 2 talisman pieces

Rangor

Now I wanna buy globes. Gonna buy globes on christmas for myself and put them under the christmas tree. 

(Someone teach me how to make paper globes)

Kei

Someone stop meeeeeee ;.;

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a globe's middle talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 13 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 20 credits!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with backpack leather talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!

You have been awarded with a whistle mouthpiece talisman piece!

(Oh and another 17k gold, yay.)

Rangor

There will be super awesome globes if we buy in the 24th right?

aaand, does the IRE membership bonus affect how many globes you get?

Ruth

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!
You have been awarded with some fasteners talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 5 credits!
You have been awarded with a left horn strap talisman piece!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal 15 credits and some sleek heron feathers!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal a featureless ice figurine!

The two halves of the globe split open to reveal an elegant diamond vial!