Out of any promo, this will most likely stay to be one of the most favored. The Gurdian Armor Pack is awesome, I've ALWAYS dreamed of a white Cobalt armor, but it's the Nemesis Prize Boxes that really make it shine! IMO games should not have certain things be ONLY accessible to some of the more advanced players, it should have chances for the more standard player to recieve. That's why I think that this is possibly one of the best promotions Three Rings has pulled.
-The Holy Knight, Athrod
I love this promo....the amount of CE and CR i've made off it still astounds me...
X-mas promo is still my favorite promo.
$15 Explorer Pack, now $3? Awesome sauce! I remember a guy told me he bought so many that his 2 week elevator passes had accumulated to a 2 year elevator pass.
So many Silver Keys...
What are you talking about it comes with 4 nemesis boxes.
But I agree $40 is a bit much.
I don't know. THe sonic one kind've upsetted me. I understand I was too late to ask for a swap or unbind between 2 of my knight's Blitz Needle's compared to someone's arcane halo for example. But on that similar note I wasn't granted favor for unbinding one of the Sonic Metal Suit costumes that came with the purchase of the Sonic CD game. I remember no warning signs or directions about it automatically bound in the Steam description. The tails pack was only $5 more, and the extra energy would've been convenient. Now I gotta pay for that mistake as well. I just wish the posters wouldn't be so positive all the time when things happen like that, but I guess you gotta show support.
As I recall, the nemesis prize boxes stop coming at the end of the month; they are a limited time offer, even if the guardian pack isn't. Right now the pack is a pretty good deal, but when the price doubles, you really are paying a significant premium just for the costume armor:
- 5k energy = ~$13.33 (based on the $20/ 7500 CE package)
- 5 mist tanks = 500 energy = $1.33, but realistically the tanks are worth less because they aren't tradeable
- 30 day elevator pass = $5-6?
- 30 day heat amplifier: Hard to put a value on; I only see 2 day amplifiers (800 energy) on the wiki. If we scaled that literally, it would be valued at ~$30, but that's utterly absurd.
So aside from the armor, you get roughly $20 worth of energy or items (plus a heat amplifier whose full value is only realized if you already farmed crowns to spend all of your energy ASAP on crafting). Granted, there are 4 nice pieces of armor, but they're not worth $5 each. (For comparison, the 2-5* crafting path costs ~$4 per fully functional armor piece: the guardian armors at full price will actually end up costing MORE than 5* gear)
EDIT: according to the below, the heat amplifier is priced at 5k CE at the supply depot, which would add $13.33 to the price of the package, for a total cash value of ~$34. (using energy prices for a relatively small package) The remaining $6 of the promo price would be for the costume gear, at a fee of $1.50 per item. Personally, I think that 5k CE for a heat amplifier is ridiculous; it's not worth $13 cash except as part of a promo pack.
So what if the pack's going to suck after this.
Btw, that 30 day heat amp iirc is 5k CE if you actually bought it (lol) at the supply depot.
But maybe when something as cool as the Order of the Rose stuff comes out I will.
Just like the Explorers Pack, this was a decent deal on sale but is completely not worth it now.
Only reason I got it, since it never went up on the flash or featured sales in Steam. Though I'm kind of pissed that it shows up in my Steam game list now as "Guardians Armor Pack" instead of just combining with Spiral Knights. I'll forever have that blight on my list.
This one makes me a bit sad... it makes it soo easy to get rich, soo easy to look cool... Is there nothing a P2P'er can't do?? And now, wings have become mainstream...
/cry
On the flip side, CE is stable :D
I had the worst luck with the boxes(3 1uvs, 1 2uvs). I still love it though. Wasted 40 bucks for this account and my steam account. JK it ain't that much of a waste.
I'm selling these things, and I'm not the only one.
Might want to hurry, though, since the Nemesis bonus may not be there if you open the pack after the 30th.
What irks me is how I almost started following the media here of how players were saying it's just a reskin. I love the Cobalt series and lately my moral of how I love this package has been clouded by these more intelligent players who know more than your typical regular player. Hence I am staying away from the English Havens & General Discussion.
Oh yes let's make every armor in only one texture/color and make a new one for every other texture/color!
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No nemesis boxes
I don't think it will stay so popular.