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Gold Allocation for Skill Wipe

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Jun 25, 2015.

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  1. DarkStarr

    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    We failed to mention that we increased skill training costs in the update. This put many of you in a situation that you could not get your character back to their setup before the skills wipe. To compensate for this we are allocating a one time amount of 1000 gold for each level of your character (ex. level 60 = 60,000 gold).
     
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    Ohhh. Thank you. I was terrified
     
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    Will the gold automatically added or do I need to find it in my bankslot?

    Because till now,I have not found it yet.
     
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    DarkStarr Executive Producer SOTA Developer

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    Should show up in about 1 hour
     
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    Thank you Starr! That will be helpful in buying the tissue we need for our eyes after we saw all our hard earned money float away so quickly and unexpectedly ~laughs~ :) Appreciated !

    Is it just me , or has anyone else noticed a similarity between the new skill training and the add-on store? ~grins~ OMG i gotta have it !! Here take all my money!! :D :D :D ((yes that was a joke because i really AM that bad!))
     
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    Ah, thank you :)
     
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    Has the gold in the bad guy's loot been increased at all? Money has been pretty hard to come by.
     
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    Well it was an interesting experience to play without lots of stuff, and I was joking about penny pinching. Thought perhaps I'd have to stand on the corner and beg for coin. Lol, thanks for the donation Dark Starr and also all your hardwork.;) The game is looking more and more fantanstic all the time.:)
     
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    Is this for production level as well as adventurer level?

    Edit: Scratch that, looks like cost for gathering skills didn't change
     
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    thank you!!!
     
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    Thanks. So glad I don't have to change my character name to "Madame" to pay for my training. :D
     
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    I'm lvl 30, but i received only 5000.
    Something wrong?
     
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    I am level 13 and got only 5000 too

    Edit: now its there, thank you
     
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    Thank you! :)
     
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    mine is correct Level 75 :D
    Thank you Starr and Devs Good job so far still could be better Harvesting but probably my settings.
     
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    I know that balance is a thing to come, but...

    I start to get worried about game/level/skill progression.

    I know all too well the diminishing returns concept - coming from EVE, where it's the building block of everything, it's easy for me to relate.

    But aren't we going a bit too far?

    Every level requires more XP -> diminishing returns
    Every level yields less skill points -> diminishing returns
    Every skill tier requires more skill points -> diminishing returns
    Now, every skill tier requires also (much) more money -> guess what? I've seen skills whose first level is priced at 10'000 gold. That's the price of two wood row houses.

    The higher you are, the more painful to get better, and that's a good principle. But multiplied (at least) fourfold?
     
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    pimp my ri.. avatar! i mean thx star :)
     
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    What I dislike is the artificial devaluing of currency via ridiculously high prices. 10,000 gold? What I'm afraid of here is that.. gold.. a precious metal that's supposed to be valuable.. in everyone's minds will be nickels and dimes or even pennies. If people have the mindset that they're spending 10k+ in gold just for training.. how long is it going to be before people expect to be paying millions for a collectable hat? Please no.

    But more on topic.. we don't want people to be topping off in 3 months and then doing nothing but earning money for the next 5 episodes. If the goal is to play long term then it's good practice to stretch out skill/level progression.
     
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    Thank you !!!
     
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