Artefact Auctions

Namino

As much as I disliked the last auction due to the to preposterously high bids everyone ended up making...

* Custom DEATHSIGHT message when you slay another adventurer

Sylvance

Anything I say on the subject will be unnecessarily bitter, because I'm too poor to have a snowflake's chance at winning anything.  That said, I will be eagerly awaiting the mandatory ragepost from whoever pays a couple million on the globes and gets kerbstomped by the RNG.

ETA: I do wonder how the custom deathsight would work. Will it replace instakills etc?  Or just generic kills? @Tecton?

Adet

Sylvance said:

 That said, I will be eagerly awaiting the mandatory ragepost from whoever pays a couple million on the globes and gets kerbstomped by the RNG.

Hopefully that wouldn't happen... globes were $3.99 each, so that's $25 for five (buying them one at a time - I think it was $20 for five in the recent event).  $25 is... not a convenient number, but let's say 60 credits.  So, assuming common sense (which is brave, I know), the auction shouldn't go about 360k.

Namino

Adet, that is adorable.

You still think we have common sense here.

Sylvance

@Adet I'll remind you of this post after the auction, chick

Iocun

I will always remain confused about people who spent a significant amount of money on artefacts, but would ridicule those who would spend a significant amount on something that's actually unique.

Sylvance

Iocun said:

I will always remain confused about people who spent a significant amount of money on artefacts, but would ridicule those who would spend a significant amount on something that's actually unique.

@Iocun - who's been doing that?

Kellonius

Can someone post the in game announce please? I'm at work and my phone is not cooperating. :-/

Lianca

ANNOUNCE NEWS #3772
Date: 1/22/2013 at 6:53
From: Tecton, the Terraformer
To  : Everyone
Subj: Auctions - January 2013

We're pleased to announce the commencement of a string of new artefact
auctions! We have eight credit auctions for rare and one-off artefacts,
and six gold auctions for regular artefacts. Bidding remains open for
the next seven days, closing at approximately 23:59 GMT on the 28th of
January.

Details of the auctions are as follows:

Credit Auctions
===============
* Chenubian wings - Artefact wings with configurable exits
* Free choice of any Shop of Wonders artefact (past or present)
* A custom SHOUTing voice
* Custom DEATHSIGHT message when you slay another adventurer
* Landstrider's Visor - Expanded visibility radius on the
seas/wilderness
* 3 auctions for upgraded ship weapons that never decay or misfire

Gold Auctions
==============
* Gem of cloaking
* Epicurean Sash
* Ogre's Gauntlets
* Pixie's Boots
* Hunter's Belt
* 5 globes of shifting continents

For more information on how the auction system works, take a read
through HELP AUCTIONS, and for more specific details of the items, check
out AUCTION INFO <#>.

Best of luck!
 
Penned by My hand on the 12th of Lupar, in the year 616 AF.

Iocun

Sylvance said:

Iocun said:

I will always remain confused about people who spent a significant amount of money on artefacts, but would ridicule those who would spend a significant amount on something that's actually unique.

@Iocun - who's been doing that?

I was referring to Namino's OP. Namino has a fair share of arties himself, so I found his reaction to the sale of a unique cool thing like a custom deathsight message a bit weird. In contrast to buying stock arties from Delos, you're actually getting something special and memorable here.

Personally, I always considered customisations of any sort (ranging from customisations to pets etc.) to be inherently more "valuable" than stock artefacts.

Cahin

Best item in the auction is the staff of aqueous mastery. 

Iocun

Cahin said:

Best item in the auction is the staff of aqueous mastery. 

Second best after the wings, I'd say, but a close second.

Rispok

Sylvance said:

Stuff

ETA: I do wonder how the custom deathsight would work. Will it replace instakills etc?  Or just generic kills? @Tecton?

I came up with one that I think is appropriate.

Ripping Tom's head from his shoulders, Hhaos violently shits down his neck in a display of power.

That would get approved, right?

Also, I'm going to get a silver token when I win the SoW auction.

Ryukishi

Rispok said:

Sylvance said:

Stuff

ETA: I do wonder how the custom deathsight would work. Will it replace instakills etc?  Or just generic kills? @Tecton?

I came up with one that I think is appropriate.

Ripping Tom's head from his shoulders, Hhaos violently shits down his neck in a display of power.

That would get approved, right?

Also, I'm going to get a silver token when I win the SoW auction.

Might as well take a quote from Full Metal Jacket and start gouging out some eyeballs.

Spraeth

Iocun said:

Sylvance said:

Iocun said:

I will always remain confused about people who spent a significant amount of money on artefacts, but would ridicule those who would spend a significant amount on something that's actually unique.

@Iocun - who's been doing that?

I was referring to Namino's OP. Namino has a fair share of arties himself, so I found his reaction to the sale of a unique cool thing like a custom deathsight message a bit weird. In contrast to buying stock arties from Delos, you're actually getting something special and memorable here.

Personally, I always considered customisations of any sort (ranging from customisations to pets etc.) to be inherently more "valuable" than stock artefacts.

I think you misread his OP.  He was saying that he didn't like the last auction because the bids got too high, but that he's really excited/wants to buy the custom DEATHSIGHT in this one.

Iocun

Oh, then I really misinterpreted it. Move along, citizens, nothing to see here.

Delphinus

Reposting from rants:

3   OPEN   ---/335      Custom shouting voice          ---              148
4   OPEN   ---/314      Custom deathsight              ---              148
5   OPEN   ---/2605     Landstrider's Visor            ---              148
6   OPEN   ---/500      Ship weapon overhaul           ---              148

Guess I won't be picking up that item I suggested.

Ruth

Stop jacking up the ship weapon overhaul prices. :C

Jules

Delphinus said:

Reposting from rants:

3   OPEN   ---/335      Custom shouting voice          ---              148
4   OPEN   ---/314      Custom deathsight              ---              148
5   OPEN   ---/2605     Landstrider's Visor            ---              148
6   OPEN   ---/500      Ship weapon overhaul           ---              148

Guess I won't be picking up that item I suggested.

Maybe it will be sold in SoW at some point?  I sure wouldn't pay the MC equivalent of 2600+ credits for it though, not even close.  It's neat though.

Sultani

I'd bid anything for a SoW Monocle (but I won't bid that).

 

** Summary for Auction #2 **********************************************
Title:                                     (Days until closing: 141)
     Shop of Wonders artefact
Prize:
     The winner's choice of any Shop of Wonders artefact from
     past or present.
Current bid:
     1410 credits.
************************************************************************

Jules

I really do hope that they cycle through *all* of the SoW articles again.

Katzchen

Some of them were just OP. That's fair that they've been removed. Others would be damned nice to see back.

Jules

In my case I'm just waiting for some new ones.  I did see that the sceptre pissed a lot of people off... okay, don't bring that one back.  But I love my monocle, for instance (that seems to be a *really* popular one) and if I didn't already have it, I'd really want another shot at it at some point.

Delphinus

Jules said:

Maybe it will be sold in SoW at some point?  I sure wouldn't pay the MC equivalent of 2600+ credits for it though, not even close.  It's neat though.

Being in an auction more or less guarantees that it won't be in the Shop of Wonders. It would be unfair to the people who paid an arm and a leg, and would discourage them from participating in future auctions.

Argys

Me when I see some of the things up for auction: 

Me when I realize I have no chance in hell: 

Tvistor

Some of this stuff going for like over half a dude's salary over here.

Panpardus

I was thinking of getting the SoW one, but no way in hell I am paying over 500 credits for that.

Why can't they just bring it back with Crowns  (Rhetorical)

Yes I know why they don't bring it back with crowns because holy effing hell look how much they can get for it now!

Sena

Panpardus said:

I was thinking of getting the SoW one, but no way in hell I am paying over 500 credits for that.

500 credits for a useful discontinued item that originally cost ~300-ish credits (assuming about 30 credits per crown) seems perfectly reasonable to me. Some of the SoW items are much more useful than 1000-credit artefacts.

Kyrra

Mmm auction escrow.

Katzchen

I wish auctions would take gold from your bank or hands, not just hands. Tax kind of sucks if you're bidding millions of gold and you lose. And I don't like removing that kind of gold from the bank. At least it puts it back in the bank after. I also wish they would let you deposit gold straight from a bank to request a ship also, rather than having to traipse around with 2.5-10mil gold in your pack.

Argys

Katzchen said:

I wish auctions would take gold from your bank or hands, not just hands. Tax kind of sucks if you're bidding millions of gold and you lose. And I don't like removing that kind of gold from the bank. At least it puts it back in the bank after. I also wish they would let you deposit gold straight from a bank to request a ship also, rather than having to traipse around with 2.5-10mil gold in your pack.

"Man, this pack is starting to feel lighter. Weird. Maybe I'm getting stronger or something."