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Gross overestimation of demand for certan featured auction items [Question for OOO]

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Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:21
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

So I understand that these items are supposed to be rare or whatnot... but no one wants them. And yes, I am talking about the trojan and love puppy mask. Everything else seems to be functional.

http://i.imgur.com/vQogK6j.jpg

I'm wondering why you guys don't re-price these kinds of things. I'm sure it'd take you all of 5 minutes to click a button and make them have no buy-now price or so.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:23
#1
Canine-Vladmir's picture
Canine-Vladmir
lol. ur right.

nobody really likes them.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:30
#2
Nexassassin's picture
Nexassassin
I have a problem with the "no one wants them" idea

People still buy them. It worries me.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:34
#3
Canine-Vladmir's picture
Canine-Vladmir
^

they probably buy it by guilt.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 13:33
#4
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

But if they cost like 10K, you might buy one for laughs once or twice, right? So why..

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 13:38
#5
Irthan's picture
Irthan
They seem to be a

They seem to be a half-hearted attempt at a crown sink. The problem is that they're not very good, so no one buys them. Maybe they need to be given some sort of upgrade.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 14:05
#6
Troupe-Forums's picture
Troupe-Forums

People buy them, but never end up eqipping them because of their expiry date and the fact that they're buttugly. There's also the fact that 75% of the players that would buy the love puppies have the infinite on from valentines

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 15:28
#7
Spookydemi's picture
Spookydemi
You know what'd be nice

Accessories or items that don't appear very often in lockboxes, like I dunno, wings or toupees. Heck even round shades. Or maybe even the long lost chaps. Just a suggestion.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 21:15
#8
Hexzyle's picture
Hexzyle

If you haven't noticed, Prismatic, Divine, and Volcanic accessories have dropped to around 20% of their original price before Featured Auctions came out.
Where is the love for other accessory themes?

I'm sure there are people out there who are interested in Regal/Military/Fancy Wings, etc.

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 23:15
#9
Fehzor's picture
Fehzor

Those are successful.... and I have at least a basic understanding of the economics behind the featured auctions. But I just don't understand why OOO doesn't fix their featured auctions to semi-accurately reflect player demand. Surely they could make something do statistics on the thing, or whatnot, but they choose rather to have the featured auctions static in price in total disregard to the actual Demand?

Sat, 03/23/2013 - 02:23
#10
Tin-Foil-Hat's picture
Tin-Foil-Hat
For 145k they should be

For 145k they should be permanent imo.

Sat, 03/23/2013 - 07:04
#11
Shamanalah's picture
Shamanalah
my 2 cents

Who in their right mind would pay 145k cr for a month of use when it cost 1750 ce for the mask permanently? (17 X 7,400 cr = 125,800 cr)

And it's cheaper to get it permanently then to get it for a month. Yes we don't have the trojan disguise but then again, read my sentence before... People are wondering if the trojan will be permanent one day (and I can understand with the Forever Love Puppy)

Edit: For 50k-75k cr I would buy it for a month though...

Sat, 03/23/2013 - 07:50
#12
Exerpa's picture
Exerpa
Now make temporary Rose

Now make temporary Rose sets..

Sat, 03/23/2013 - 07:56
#13
Nexassassin's picture
Nexassassin
^^^

I might pay for this.

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