I agree somewhat with you. Whenever I see someone with the Ice Wraith pet, I think damn I wish I had that. But at the same time, I understand that players who have these items can feel special or lucky or privileged, so to take that away from them would make THEM feel bad instead. Especially if it's a loyalty reward.

So there's no real way to keep everyone happy. Unless we went back in time and limited edition items never happened :P

I like limited time items in the store.

It prevents saturation in the game and makes it more special, for both owning them and seeing them in the game. It makes the world more varied and actually implies a sense of time passing.

Why not just buy next limited time items?

Paazhahdrimaak wrote: »

I think it separates thoughs who bought this game for them selves. And who's parents bought it for them . I hope the kids keep there brown horse

Haha, didn't even think of it that way before!

Oddly enough, I bought the brown horse recently, just to see how different it would feel (been using my Guar since I started)

@Prabooo I don't think its a matter of being like everyone else. At least for me, when I think of the Ice Wraith, which I'd love to have, its not that I want to be them, its that the Ice Wraith is one of my favourite creatures in the series

OP, you have got to be kidding me.

If you cant make 25 bucks in a month for something you want to buy, then you should make sure to keep your life goals VERY low.

First world problems.

I agree that for players it would be better not to have limited time items. (I don't get the perceived extra value this is supposed to give - I don't care how many other people have the same mounts, pets, costumes etc. I do, I bought them because I like them and that doesn't change just because someone else likes it too.)

But I can understand why they do it because it encourages people to get on and buy. For example I really liked the new lizard pet when I first saw it, but when I previewed it in-game it was smaller than I expected and that made me reconsider buying it. I still might, but I might not. If it was limited I'd probably buy it just in case I ended up regretting it later.

But they can still achieve that effect and bring all the items back regularly, so that sooner or later everyone who wants them will get them. In the long-run it will actually make them more money per-item because it allows people who missed it the first time around (see below) to get it.

Jura23 wrote: »

Why not just buy next limited time items?

If only it was always that simple.

There's a whole variety of reasons someone, through no fault of their own, might be unable to do that. For example today is the first time I've been able to log in since I moved house 3 weeks ago, because it took that long for my internet to get connected. (In spite of being told everything was sorted out 2 weeks before and it would be connected on the day I moved in.)

(Luckily no limited time items were releasing during that time, but that was blind luck, not something I had any control over.)

I know other people who missed limited time items because they had to go into hospital, or are in the armed forces and were deployed somewhere they didn't have time/a decent computer/internet connection to play or something similarly unexpected stopped them from playing.

Finally as strange as it might seem some of us have financial responsibilities beyond video games. If the freezer stops working or the car breaks down or (as often seems to happen) multiple things need to be fixed/replaced at once buying novelty items in a game suddenly drops way down the list of priorities. Sure you can save money in advance to guard against having to make those choices, but for most people who don't earn a huge amount over what they need every month it's not hard for a few unexpected costs to wipe out your savings, at least to the point where, as a responsible adult, you can't justify spending money on something which is inarguably non-essential before getting everything else back on track.

I am a huge collector and achievement grinder and I still say no to allowing limited time items to be repurchased at a later date for those that missed them. I took almost a year break and missed tons of good things in the crown store also.

I figured they would bring stuff back eventually. I dunno why they limit the amount of items on the store. There really should be discounted items after they have been out so long or weekly sales like other games.