New pet videos on youtube

Ugly pets are ugly. Hopefully the alternate spell animations wont be so horrendous.

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Kabraxis wrote:

Its not about pets but exacly like i expected:

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You can reclaim effects (putting them back in your microtransaction stash) using the purchasable "Recover Cosmetic Effect" item which is also stored in your microtransaction stash.

bleh... what a fail.

So if i level up char and i want to have cool looking weapons i must pay XX times (because i will change my weapons for example) to transfer effect.

Not cool at all.

We don't need to buy it. Kinda disappointed by this too but I guess it makes sense to do what they did, If it was a one-time purchase they make less profits, but like I said we don't need it.

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Kabraxis wrote:

Its not about pets but exacly like i expected:

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You can reclaim effects (putting them back in your microtransaction stash) using the purchasable "Recover Cosmetic Effect" item which is also stored in your microtransaction stash.

bleh... what a fail.

So if i level up char and i want to have cool looking weapons i must pay XX times (because i will change my weapons for example) to transfer effect.

Not cool at all.

I actually agree with this somewhat, though you don't need to be nasty about it. It's more the process/consequences that I find awkward than the cost itself though it's certainly the cost that causes the awkwardness in this case.

When you put effects on an item and find an upgrade, you now have to weigh that upgrade against the cost of transferring the effect as well as the item's stats. So you either keep your cool but inferior item, upgrade but lose your effect, or upgrade and transfer your effect. Doing this numerous times as you level seems.. uncomfortable. Especially if you want that effect on multiple characters. It's kinda like the argument against set items (upgrading one breaks the set). Or like having to pay to reclaim your pet before you put another one out.

I suspect that many people simply won't put effects on anything but an endgame item or a unique that they expect to keep for a long time, though perhaps that's the intent. I don't think that's bad, necessarily, but I do think it takes away from the store item's potential. Perhaps the awkwardness will make it more exclusive and thereby more special/rare.. I dunno.

What if the effect costs were raised from whatever they are, perhaps substantially, (to absorb the cost of a reasonable number of reclaims) but allow them to be applied/removed at will? Or perhaps both options coexisting?

That said, it's just cosmetic.. so no big deal in the end. And perhaps being able to reclaim them at all should be considered a bonus. I did assume that cosmetic effects were going to be account-bound rather than item-bound though.

/shrug

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Kabraxis wrote:

Its not about pets but exacly like i expected:

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You can reclaim effects (putting them back in your microtransaction stash) using the purchasable "Recover Cosmetic Effect" item which is also stored in your microtransaction stash.

bleh... what a fail.

So if i level up char and i want to have cool looking weapons i must pay XX times (because i will change my weapons preety often when i will be leveling) to transfer effect.

Not cool at all.

Because making cosmetic efects multiuse (At least five times so i can purchaseone per char) or soulbound and with infinite use is too much.

One time use cosmetic stuff its just wrong.
And i know that they are not one time use literally but paying for remove is the same that buyng new one. It just looks better in PR forum post.

Overall - no matter how retarded or not pricing will be - im deeply disspointed anyway.
And im already looking to these masses that will pay 15 times only to looks decent when they leveling alt.

Sorry, but..

+1

Yeah I was expecting the cosmetics to be kinda like gems, that you can swap around so you can see what they look like...

I do agree on the weapon cosmetic mechanics... That's a little extreme. Ah well.

I like the pets they all look quite nice.

Though I'd be more tempted to buy one if it has some kind of idle animation now and then, eg. lizard snapping a fly with his tongue.

I'm happy with some cosmetics being very expensive, but I hope GGG don't forget about the "micro" in "microtransactions". The $1-$3 impulse buy is a HUGE factor in the success of many F2P and iOS games and there should be options to cater to those players.

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DeF46 wrote:

I like the pets they all look quite nice.

Though I'd be more tempted to buy one if it has some kind of idle animation now and then, eg. lizard snapping a fly with his tongue.

i'm pretty sure they do. take a look at the Frog videos. at the end when the camera is orbiting the little fellow rubs his nose with his front leg. awww. hopefully he also nabs flies with his tongue when you go past piles of rotting corpses.

I must say, that I too feel a little uncomfortable about the "pay to remove" part of it. That only makes wait for my endgame gear to buy cosmetics. I want to be able to try it out, does this look cool? yes? no? - now I have to be careful.

It will only result in me buying less.