Why is it okay for em event drops not be shard bound?
EM event drops need to be shard bound. People who don't even play the server the event is on comes over to that server only for the event and then takes the drop to a different server. Those drops are meant to be for that server and is a part of that server's history. You want to shard bound power scrolls and you are for shard bound on this event. You all should be for shard bounding em drops too.
Please vote on the poll.... And give a reason to why you answer yes or no.
Please vote on the poll.... And give a reason to why you answer yes or no.
- Shard bound em drops51 votes
- Yes64.71%
- No35.29%
- Shard bound treasures51 votes
- Yes60.78%
- No39.22%
- Shard bound scrolls51 votes
- Yes54.90%
- No45.10%
Comments
To be fair, I was not really in favour of Shard Bound for anything.
But there is definitely a section of players who have been asking for Shard Bound, especially in relation to power-scrolls.
This is just a case of the Devs listening to some of the playerbase, experimenting a little, and trying to fix the issue of Atlantic over-crowding, and smaller shards losing so many players/items to Atlantic.
Whilst this particular move does not bother me at all, I only really play on Europa, and really enjoy it there, this gear is strong gear and I want as much as possible on my characters. I will farm what I need to the best of my ability, that is my attitude to stuff I want.
The strength of your argument is certainly that there should be a certain consistency across the board. The game gets complicated when everything is inconsistent over long periods of time.
The Devs would counter that argument with - but the game evolves, and they make tweaks here and there to deal with existing current issues.
It is possible that without Atlantic sucking up all the items, the price isn't forced up into the 200m, zone, but surprisingly, I think that will still be the case on smaller shards, where the item will be more rare, so ironically, prices will still match Atlantic, whether shard bound or not - and this is interesting, especially if this were true to powerscrolls also. The main argument of players on smaller shards is they would be able to obtain powerscrolls if they were shard bound - but the reverse is that no-one would farm them there, so they could be in a worse position.
An amount of the playerbase believe Shard Bound will protect smaller shards, I actually think the Jury is out on this one, and no-one really knows.
I've submitted my votes on this, I believe No for everything, I have no issues with free trade in the game, and enjoying playing on my main shard.
I do agree there should be a certain logic or consistency. I do agree for wearables this seems harsh, especially for thise who like to transfer PvPers.
There is also an argument that says, these items are overpowered, and in order to limit them, and maintain the price and importance of the originals - then these items need to be shardbound - a bit like replica or original Lieutenants Sash, or +20 Stealth Cloak. It gives the elite players a target to collect the original item, if that is what they really want, it creates a 2 tiered system, which may not be bad.
What we need to remember if this is the first of many events, if these rewards are similar, or repeated, it adds further weight to the fact these items could become more common, and be a bit like replicas.
Cheers MissE
however, making em items shard bound is a stupid idea and i can only see this being forced repeatedly by people hell bent I’d negatively affecting others gameplay
any odd can create chars on other shards and attend events
i choose not to and I like buying neon gift boxes and painting for my in game art gallery. I know many other enjoy collecting aswell, and seeing as a massive part of this community are into rates and rates festivals I cannot see this happening
maybe Rockstar can explain why is such a problem, maybe you dont get drops at all events you attend? Who knows
but just drop it, and stop repeatedly starting threads as it won’t happen
if you don’t like it don’t do them. I hate the new idoc changes so I no longer do idocs. So just move on
Now there is no market for these drops on their home shard, no one there wishes to buy them for a decent price, decent meaning they are a very limited item and therefore worth far more then cheap power scrolls, so I voted NO. I hope to sell both for Atlantic gold someday.
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Treasure Hunters
its far too late to stop EM drops moving now. And it’s not fair to all the rares players that have invested gold and time to train up chars for other shards.
this will have a major negative affect on many other players play styles. Again look what happened to T maps and idocs due to players demanding action. Nothing ever changes for the good of the players.
Cheers MissE
I believe that those drops are meant to be a reward for the player that participates in that event. I further believe that what they choose to do with the item should not be decided because of someone else's preferences.
But for the rest of us that are shard bound, allowing non shard bound players to sell items earned here somewhere else means we can’t advance or that we may be taken advantage of by the one seller selling what we need. This happened with stat scrolls, also during the invasion event, when, I believe, a single player attempted to corner the market selling them for more than twice what they had been selling for prior to the invasion event. Now, they rarely show up at all. So I agree certain items should be shard bound especially items players require for advancement.
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If shard bound, you cannot buy it from another shard even if you are willing to pay. And good luck that your shard, if its not Atlantic, still has the population to support it in future.
Some shards are already showing what is to come, you cannot even find a full spell book. So can forget about arties from one short 30 day event. It is very likely to disappear completely from most low pop shard in another 5 years, idoc, closed accounts, etc.
The best bet is still Atlantic, for now.
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the other shards local populations just dont warrant having an EM with the very low numbers that would show up if items couldnt be transferred. (some shards have as little as 2-3 locals, but most around 10 for the low-pop shards)
Id be ok with items being shard bound only if:
there were a way to remove it (either 100m gold, or a uo store item)
if we could have a house on all shards so items could be displayed regardless of shard.