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What does everyone save their crown gems for?

Diabolus1989
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You know how it is, you open your crates and get an entire warehouse supply of potions and poisons, and then convert all of them for the vast some of ~5 crown gems. Or you get crown souls gems, and convert them too. Or your 100th nix-hound pet.... and you slowly build up your crown gems.

Do you purchase something as soon as you can? Or save for the legendaries, or even the apexes?

I'm sitting on 75 at the moment, and tempted to save for an apex mount (or even just that Pellitine horse, which looks awesome) - but considering I only get crates from my subs and free giveaways, it's a fairly slow process...

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  • Elwendryll
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    I will check how much costs the peryite statue, because I have 100 gems from all of my free crates... And I will definitely buy that if I can.
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  • Diabolus1989
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    Elwendryll wrote: »
    I will check how much costs the peryite statue, because I have 100 gems from all of my free crates... And I will definitely buy that if I can.

    It's 100 I believe.
  • Elwendryll
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    I saw yesterday that the orc statue was at 100 gems, I hope it's the same for this one.
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  • ereboz
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    I just got that cheetah senche mount for 120 or something
  • duendology
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    I am disappointed in this season. I have gems to spare as I got the sweetroll from the free crates.
    Yet, nothing is worth getting from this season, not to me at least...
    The frostbane wolf would be cool..if not that rug on his face.....
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  • DeadlyRecluse
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    I'm just saving gems for the next Bouyant Armiger.
    Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub
  • VaranisArano
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    I buy costumes with my gems.
  • rhapsodious
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    I usually end up buying a round of crates and filling out mid-tier (16- and 40-gem) things that I wanted. Occasionally a hundred-gem item. I have all the motifs, and most of the time the furnishings or mount recolors don't interest me (I do like the Peryite statue this time around, though).

    I'll buy fluffy guar with gems if I don't get it in the round of crates I plan on getting. Best guar.
  • DaveMoeDee
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    Can you get a motif with them? I would consider that.
  • SASQUATCH0
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    Any and every guar
  • Asardes
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    I don't save them. If I get duplicate items or useless consumables from the free crates that I earn as subscriber from time to time for simply logging in, I simply refund them as XP scrolls for leveling low level characters, since I save on the Perfect Roe.
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    Tharkul gro-Shug | 50 Orc Dragonknight | DC AR 4 |
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  • Waffennacht
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    I usually end up buying a round of crates and filling out mid-tier (16- and 40-gem) things that I wanted. Occasionally a hundred-gem item. I have all the motifs, and most of the time the furnishings or mount recolors don't interest me (I do like the Peryite statue this time around, though).

    I'll buy fluffy guar with gems if I don't get it in the round of crates I plan on getting. Best guar.

    He's finally here?!?!

    Fluffy Guar 4L!!!!
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  • Kiralyn2000
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    Only have ~25 so far (not ESO+, so I don't get the 5 free crates for those events), but... I'm working on getting to 40, so that if/when a retread costume I'm missing & want shows up, I can just buy it. Assuming it doesn't drop from the 3 free crates. ;)
  • Loralai_907
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    Extra gems go to kitties first, then motifs if I need them, then anything else I may want.
    PC-NA - formerly, mommadani907Guild: Weeping Angels - Co-GMTwitter: @ Loralai_907 several Alt accounts....CP 1700+
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  • Elfen3Warrior
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    I'm saving for a mount. Have ~ 75 though. Maybe I should actually buy some crates.. haha
    Edited by Elfen3Warrior on March 15, 2018 3:21PM
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  • actosh
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    still sitting on 1212 gems and theres not really anything that catches my interest. Gues ill wait for next season and styles that are a pain to farm and just buy them ^^. Or ill get 12 peryte statues ^^
  • Turelus
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    Normally the Daedric banners (I want a complete set) but have also purchased the Boyant Armiger motif with ones I had spare.

    I managed to get a lot of gems in the early seasons as lots of the items in them were re-bundles of costumes I had purchased previously.
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  • Hippie4927
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    I just bought the Silken Ring motif book and the Peryite Taskmaster with my gems. Been saving them for a while.
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  • AlienSlof
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    I save them until I see something I really want.
    RIP Atherton, my beautiful little gentle friend. I will miss you forever. Without you I am a hollow shell.
  • starkerealm
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    I'm just saving gems for the next Bouyant Armiger.

    Just finished that one with gold. Holy snot was that expensive.
  • Eddyble
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    skins and more character slots as they become available....15/15.
    Edited by Eddyble on March 15, 2018 7:56PM
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  • Asgari
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    Saving my gems for the day i can buy Radiant Apex mount .. I have enough gems to buy multiple mounts right now.
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  • strangeradnd
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    Anything interesting that doesn't show up in a crate for me. Last series I used them on The Camel of Ill Omen and the Scorpion Fabricant. This series I will use them on the Scamp if does not turn up in a crate for me tonight.
  • Shardan4968
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    Pony Guar Pet and I'm out.
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  • SecretJoy
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    Asgari wrote: »
    Saving my gems for the day i can buy Radiant Apex mount .. I have enough gems to buy multiple mounts right now.

    As much as I wish they would let us buy Radiant Apex mounts with gems, I highly doubt they ever will. :(

    As long as there are people willing to buy endless amounts of crates in order to get one, it makes no sense from a money standpoint for them to change it.
  • Reddkatz
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    Before the new season of the crates, I saved up for the ill omen camel mount.
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  • Orticia
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    I been lucky and got the sweet roll a while back in one of my rare real money bought crates (bought some for the 2 crow mementos, the flock and the one that flies on your arm). So I have a nice little gem-stock (depleting fast) I am trying to get the most out off. Reserving 100 in the off chance they ever release a crow pet in a crate, because knowing my normal luck that would be 100 gems then.

    Stuff I buy with gems has to check off 3 points: I have to really like it AND would actually use it semi-regularly AND I think is worth the gem price.

    Which leaves out quite a few things, even stuff I really like, often due to being priced to many gems for what I want to pay for it or fun/nice but won't see use more then once in a blue moon. Those items all come from the free crates, or not at all.

    So I generally only get things from the 16 gem category, extremely rarely from the 40 one (only 2 so far: crow flock memento and red costume dress from flame crate. Never 100 gem or higher stuff. Just to much gems to collect and simply prefer to wait for new cheaper stuff so I can get more fun things.

    Gem bought this time: Scholar, flip the bird, mastiff
    Edited by Orticia on March 15, 2018 5:11PM
  • AnviOfVai
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    my gems are always saved for a mount incase I don't get one in the bundle of crates I buy. If I do get one, it will go towards hats/motifs and skins :)
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  • driosketch
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    I am saving 16 for when ever the Cleverman Wizard hat comes back into circulation.

    That means I have about 101 gems from free crates to spend. I'll see if that can buy anything I really want. Otherwise I'll just continue letting them build up.
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  • coop500
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    Mounts and/or pets
    Hoping for more playable races
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