General Discussion - Making a unique now costs $2500, up from $1000 - Forum

" Ceryneian wrote: People are free to do what they want with their cash and we all benefit from more donations to GGG. If someone wants to spend $2.5k to make a unique that no one uses and trades for 1 alt - then who are you guys to say otherwise? 'donations' are one thing, but its not like we are talking about a charity organization trying cure the internet of trolls or something. i mean lets be serious here. you can't call it a donation if you get something in return. this is still 'buying' things. which buying a unique for $2,500 makes you the national equivalent of the village idiot.	Posted by M0rO#0118 on Feb 7, 2017, 4:39:43 PM Quote this Post
" M0rO wrote: " Ceryneian wrote: People are free to do what they want with their cash and we all benefit from more donations to GGG. If someone wants to spend $2.5k to make a unique that no one uses and trades for 1 alt - then who are you guys to say otherwise? 'donations' are one thing, but its not like we are talking about a charity organization trying cure the internet of trolls or something. i mean lets be serious here. you can't call it a donation if you get something in return. this is still 'buying' things. which buying a unique for $2,500 makes you the national equivalent of the village idiot. How so? If someone can afford to spend that kind of money on something they enjoy, who are you to call them an idiot for doing so? Do you have no hobbies that you have ever spent money on? Also, $2500 may be a lot to some, and to others is nothing. U MAD?	Posted by Docbp87#4179 on Feb 7, 2017, 4:41:14 PM Quote this Post
At one point in time, a couple of my friends and I thought about pooling a 1000 dollars to pay for the opportunity to design a unique, but considering all the backlog, as well as how useless most uniques are these days and how often the good ones are nerfed, this higher price tag is just the nail in the coffin to our "glorious" idea. gimme money bitch	Posted by Atlantae#0768 on Feb 7, 2017, 4:46:51 PM Quote this Post
thats more than my employees make in a month :)	Posted by SiNNiR#4559 on Feb 7, 2017, 5:01:20 PM Quote this Post
If that will make good and awesome uniques - im 100% agree, so many vendor uniques that players was asked just unreal. This is really good idea. Mercenaries master craft service Mercenaries My IGN TreeOfDead https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2037371 Vouch Mercenaries veiled crafting all service all crafts mods Mercenaries SC master craft service Mercenaries SC craft mod! Veiled crafting Service Settlers craft PM: TreeOfDead	Posted by TreeOfDead#4438 on Feb 7, 2017, 5:04:09 PM Quote this Post
We'll maybe from now on, 2500 unique will be worth a shit. Want QoL? 2500 dollars little man Put that shit in my hand.	Posted by hoodar#1971 on Feb 7, 2017, 5:08:36 PM Quote this Post
And now there's going to be even more pressure on those who choose to do this. If people were salty about a levelling or otherwise not-overpowered supporter unique before, they'll be two and a half times saltier. "Let those with infinite free time pave the road with their corpses." - reboticon	Posted by crystalwitch#6044 on Feb 7, 2017, 5:45:35 PM Quote this Post
" satanttin wrote: Really 2500$ is cheap? what are you people millionaires ? xd Pretty damn cheap if you compare to the effort it would take for you to apply for a job at GGG, get the job and then climb up the ranks up to the point you can steal the job from whoever who design the uniques at GGG. Only then you could create your own poe unique.	Posted by Krayken#1299 on Feb 7, 2017, 5:48:28 PM Quote this Post
" 鬼殺し wrote: It's a realistic amount but also a much more dissuading one. $1000 was a no brainer if you could afford it, especially considering you also got $1000 worth of GGGold, an avatar, a very exclusive pet, a bunch of signed merch and a title. $1500 was the same, just a bit more expensive. $2500 flat for just a design indicates they're open to the notion but clearly aren't "selling" it anymore. They should have made it a limited number offer to begin with, as with kickstarter high tiers. Anyway, that amount is fair given the work that goes into a unique design, and the commitment on the supporter's behalf to work with GGG rather than for or against. Would I do it? Fuck no. Not now. The game is entirely too complicated to do much more than give GGG a rough idea of your item and let them balance it from there. Yes, but was $12,500 a no brainer? U MAD?	Posted by Docbp87#4179 on Feb 7, 2017, 8:39:07 PM Quote this Post
" M0rO wrote: which buying a unique for $2,500 makes you the national equivalent of the village idiot. People spend money on stupid shit all the time. That's the whole point of something being a luxury. GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.	Posted by Xavderion#3432 on Feb 7, 2017, 11:14:23 PM Quote this Post