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Post by dinnerplain on Jan 10, 2024 8:38:25 GMT -5
An offer popped up this week, 50,000,000Ag for 20,000Au (which unlocked a bunch of other X for Au buys.)
I was thinking I've already got more Ag than I need, why do I need another 50,000,000?
Now if it was buy 20,000 Au for 50,000,000 Ag, I would have said "Yes!"
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Jan 10, 2024 16:38:34 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat, I don't think there's ever been a time where I have had as much silver as I do for the moment due to 3 things:
1. Upgrade costs for mkII looks like it's permanently in silver rush mode i.e "silver rip off mode"
2. Random upgrade windows now with less chance of seeing 40% off
3. No point leveling some items due to rip off prices and obvious incoming nerfs i.e rust weapons
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Post by gus169 on Jan 10, 2024 18:13:20 GMT -5
I was pleasantly surprised to see a 'special' with a gold pricetag, for a split second. I don't think I've ever collected 20kAu in one place.
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Post by T34 on Jan 10, 2024 18:15:52 GMT -5
OP, that’s a bad deal unless u have plenty of Au. Standard promo cost of Ag is 12M for Aus$1. Standard promo cost of Au is 2460 for Aus1$. Thus you should get abt 100M Ag for 20K Au. Don’t bother unless the other free offers shift the value proposition.
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Post by T34 on Jan 10, 2024 18:36:35 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat, I don't think there's ever been a time where I have had as much silver as I do for the moment due to 3 things: 1. Upgrade costs for mkII looks like it's permanently in silver rush mode i.e "silver rip off mode" 2. Random upgrade windows now with less chance of seeing 40% off 3. No point leveling some items due to rip off prices and obvious incoming nerfs i.e rust weapons Point 3 is rather concerning of late. I don’t like playing with Ochos, so, selfishly I couldn’t care less about it being nerfed the second time now. However, the principle of a bot being nerfed two times in four months after release is just wrong. Tamers and dampers faired even worse. Second update after release and being nerfed 30%. That’s like less than 3 months. The reaper crisis got nerfed into oblivion a month after release if I remember correctly. Some may argue it’s still valuable but IMO it’s a liability in any beacon mode and IMO even in TDM. the random upgrade window being seen less frequently is a sign of the economy being tightened and the nerfing of grindability. Either pix has revenue issues or people are willing to pay more. |
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Post by dinnerplain on Jan 12, 2024 20:34:53 GMT -5
I'm in the same boat, I don't think there's ever been a time where I have had as much silver as I do for the moment due to 3 things: 1. Upgrade costs for mkII looks like it's permanently in silver rush mode i.e "silver rip off mode" 2. Random upgrade windows now with less chance of seeing 40% off 3. No point leveling some items due to rip off prices and obvious incoming nerfs i.e rust weapons Point 3 is rather concerning of late. I don’t like playing with Ochos, so, selfishly I couldn’t care less about it being nerfed the second time now. However, the principle of a bot being nerfed two times in four months after release is just wrong. Tamers and dampers faired even worse. Second update after release and being nerfed 30%. That’s like less than 3 months. The reaper crisis got nerfed into oblivion a month after release if I remember correctly. Some may argue it’s still valuable but IMO it’s a liability in any beacon mode and IMO even in TDM. the random upgrade window being seen less frequently is a sign of the economy being tightened and the nerfing of grindability. Either pix has revenue issues or people are willing to pay more.
I'm not sure it is that random.
e.g. today there's a leadership event for titan upgrades. what turns up in random events? 25% off titan upgrades, i.e to encourage you to buy platinum in order to take advantage of the current "special'.
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Post by T34 on Jan 12, 2024 23:46:39 GMT -5
Point 3 is rather concerning of late. I don’t like playing with Ochos, so, selfishly I couldn’t care less about it being nerfed the second time now. However, the principle of a bot being nerfed two times in four months after release is just wrong. Tamers and dampers faired even worse. Second update after release and being nerfed 30%. That’s like less than 3 months. The reaper crisis got nerfed into oblivion a month after release if I remember correctly. Some may argue it’s still valuable but IMO it’s a liability in any beacon mode and IMO even in TDM. the random upgrade window being seen less frequently is a sign of the economy being tightened and the nerfing of grindability. Either pix has revenue issues or people are willing to pay more.
I'm not sure it is that random.
e.g. today there's a leadership event for titan upgrades. what turns up in random events? 25% off titan upgrades, i.e to encourage you to buy platinum in order to take advantage of the current "special'.
Random was the word I used to align with their terminology. I totally agree, they are not random. It seems like pix introduced a set of bonuses to replace the old predictable pattern. The new set of bonuses however are watered down and the likelihood of the the big ticket item turning up at the right time has been reduced. I monitor what the events are over my two accounts and they are very similar. Beyond a country mile similar should the probability of events landing be random. Also, when I was chasing the EU data pad during the black market leaderboard, I only got 1.2 super chest speed filling increases instead of the 1.5 or 2 multipliers. I had keys ready to go but was waiting for the better offer. I would not be surprised if pix also takes into account what you have stashed up and provides random events in accordance to maximise their benefit. The other interesting aspect was that it normally takes 9K keys to reach the super chest. It took me over 10K to get to the super chest. Seemed like I got the multiplier and also a higher threshold to reach it. Effectively nothing. Got keys ready again and my current BM status is right at opening a super chest. I will take notes what goes on next time. |
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Post by dinnerplain on Jan 13, 2024 2:07:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure it is that random.
e.g. today there's a leadership event for titan upgrades. what turns up in random events? 25% off titan upgrades, i.e to encourage you to buy platinum in order to take advantage of the current "special'.
... Also, when I was chasing the EU data pad during the black market leaderboard, I only got 1.2 super chest speed filling increases instead of the 1.5 or 2 multipliers. I had keys ready to go but was waiting for the better offer. I would not be surprised if pix also takes into account what you have stashed up and provides random events in accordance to maximise their benefit. The other interesting aspect was that it normally takes 9K keys to reach the super chest. It took me over 10K to get to the super chest. Seemed like I got the multiplier and also a higher threshold to reach it. Effectively nothing. Got keys ready again and my current BM status is right at opening a super chest. I will take notes what goes on next time.
Oh absolutely, my main account accumulated 15k keys last month but never saw the superchest 2* multiplier. The baby account did.
There's a few different groups of "random events" and how they're used: * discounts for pilots/drones/titans, look out for the 20% or 25%, use straight away if it fits your needs. wait for those that align with leadership boards.
* robot discounts, make no difference to normal upgrade activity because the upgrades take so long, whether or not they coincide with what's happening in my hanger is random luck * superchest multiplier - ignore everything except the 2* multiplier, maybe 1.5* if there's a leadership board that benefits from chests being opened.
* corporation bonus - not clear what this is but it makes no difference to my game play
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