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Avatar’s Update #296: R57 Livestream Today, Commission Free Vendors & Expert Crafting Stations For S

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  1. DarkStarr

    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Greetings Fellow Avatars!

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    Highlights of this week's update include:

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    For all the details, please read the entire Update



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    Will these items be listed on coto vendors ingame also ? ( CF Vendors ..crafting stations so on..)
     
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    Mhhm. Brace for impact.
     
    Earl Atogrim von Draken, Sep 7, 2018
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    Hmm...
    5 Expert stations for $75
    10 Expert stations for $199

    Why would I buy the set of 10 if 2 sets of 5 is $49 cheaper?
     
    Daxxe Diggler, Sep 7, 2018
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    Wow, Bundle only items for sale now. Wow.
     
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    That LB Silver Serpent wand looks amazing !!! Too bad I'm not a mage.

    Also, do you guys know when you're sending the physical livestream rewards that people won in R55 ? Still want my map :)
     
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    Thanks for catching. Fixed now.
     
    DarkStarr, Sep 7, 2018
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    Great move. Some will be unhappy at the pricing of the vendors, but it was necessary I feel.

    Next step is just to get everything on the coto vendors in game.
     
    Kain Darkmoor, Sep 7, 2018
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    Yea, I don't have a problem with them selling pledge/bundle items separately... as long as they also put them on the COTO vendors too (and preferably at these sale prices).
     
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    I agree ...the faster vendors are accessible ingame the faster towns will be populated . Even though my assets ingame probably lost 1000 $ in value with this new pricing i think it will be a good move for the game ...and it will encourage more players new and old to sell more stuff ..expand theyr vendors locations....
     
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    WT
    I have continued supporting this game even through all the dumbing down, mainstreaming, whatever you want to call it.
    You have gone too far when selling these pledge items separately.
    You are risking losing old loyal customers for potential new customers who may or may not show up or stick around.
    IMO, this is a terrible decision and another slap I the face to founders.
     
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    Completely Agree +1

    On the Store for Cash, In the Game for COTO. Choose based on your Lifestyle. Everything has to move forward and this has been a long time coming.
    I went in big during Kickstarter too, spent even more since, and while losing some exclusivity, time has to march on and we have to adapt.
     
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    Please make the CF Vendor purchasable in-game with Cotos!
     
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    This is not about potential new customers, but satisfying demands that existing customers have been leveling for a long time.

    Despite these items being available in bundles, they have not become as available as expected for third-party sales. Players have asked to have a way of obtaining vendors and crafting stations, and offered several suggestions as to how this can be done. This is just the simplest version of that.

    New players won't be purchasing $75 of crafting stations, but I know many Kickstarter backers who certainly will.
     
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    Another FANTASTIC Update. keep it up!

    Regarding making them availible for cotos, they have said in the past that it will be exclusive on the store for a while and then it comes onto coto store, i hope its the same for CF vendor and crafting stations. :)
     
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    already put in a request for clarification and details about this decision to sell pledge only items.. sadly I didn't get any information or even a response last time I did this (edit: last time I requested any information from Port) and it is well past the time frame they give for minimum days to give them for a response.
     
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    What items are pledge only? All these has been sold as bundles for a loooong time.
     
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