Yet another insane cash grab - $100 RNG mount crate!

[Darkdaemon]

EDIT: Well done guys! Again, people's opinions have been heard and the crate has been removed.



Orphiel's Mount Crate was released in today's patch, and will be available from now to December 31st.



It costs $100 and contains one random mount, which is tradeable.



This is a degree of insanity that not even the $250/$100 of the last patch or the intel caches can match.

inb4 shrills going you don't have to buy anything!

[dudurududu]

This is why WoW should not go f2p, this is bullshit

[Darkdaemon]

GW2:



This is $5

[Silver Forte]

Would anyone really pay 100 bucks for anything in Rift at this point? I'm surprised that game is still up.

[Leyre]

Oh Rift, how much have you fallen, to think you were the only MMO were i actually bought gold from a site

[Socialhealer]

lmao 100$ for a mount and there's forty fucking two of them? so if you're a collector it's basically hand over 4200$ and then trade your dupelicates with other people with more money than sense.

[LordCornwallis]

$100 for a single mount?! For that price I would expect a hell of a lot more than a single mount.

[Deleted]

Never played rift and never will, but this is the highest single prized item I have seen so far in a game - though I heard that a certain shooter has even more ridiculous real money items to gain.

Nonetheless, I guess as long as it does not influence the gameplay or balance it is kind of fine. My bet would be that more and more games would adapt something like this if it proves to be a success for others.

[Darkdaemon]

lmao 100$ for a mount and there's forty fucking two of them? so if you're a collector it's basically hand over 4200$ and then trade your dupelicates with other people with more money than sense.

Keep in mind that these are old, not new mounts. Many of them are very common. It doesn't check what you have.

[Eleccybubb]

Sigh they just can't fucking help themselves can they?

I get this one is cosmetic but 100 dollars for 1 mount out of 42?

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Never played rift and never will, but this is the highest single prized item I have seen so far in a game - though I heard that a certain shooter has even more ridiculous real money items to gain.

Nonetheless, I guess as long as it does not influence the gameplay or balance it is kind of fine. My bet would be that more and more games would adapt something like this if it proves to be a success for others.

There is higher mate. Full sets of raid gear go for like £150-250. A recent P2W pack introduced was £189.99 if I recall.

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GW2:



This is $5

That's just as bad because it's a lootbox essentially.

[Edge-]

That's got to be an error, either a misplaced decimal or them including the wrong tooltip for the lockbox or something.

[Eleccybubb]

That's got to be an error, either a misplaced decimal or them including the wrong tooltip for the lockbox or something.

I'd assume so but if it isn't then ooooh boy.

[Projectmars]

That's got to be an error, either a misplaced decimal or them including the wrong tooltip for the lockbox or something.

Odds are even if it isn’t then they’ll say it is and price it at $9.99... which is still a bit much.

[Edge-]

Odds are even if it isn’t then they’ll say it is and price it at $9.99... which is still a bit much.

Eh, $10 for a RNG mount crate isn't too bad. Seems largely in-line with most mount/lockbox pricing in games, even if it may be a bit on the higher end. Not that I like RNG lockboxes, but that would be pricing in-line with current market standards from what I've seen.

[Planetdune]

100 for a mount is nothing though.. back in the day I bought two spectral tigers for 500 each.. one for me and one for my GF.

[MrPaladinGuy]

[Eleccybubb]

100 for a mount is nothing though.. back in the day I bought two spectral tigers for 500 each.. one for me and one for my GF.

Yes because 2 mounts that are very coveted and no longer sold in the TCG are comparable to a 1 in 42 chance of a guaranteed one yes?

So yes when it's 1 guaranteed mount out of 42 100 dollars is a lot. However I imagine it's a pricing error.

[Elim Garak]

The worst part about this insane cash grab is how they force people to buy it... oh wait.

[DSRilk]

They only do it because some people apparently think it's a good deal and buy it. I personally wouldn't, and I don't care for that type of thing, but in the end... it's consumers that are making that happen. Saying "inb4..." doesn't make it wrong.

[Eleccybubb]

To be honest until we get some more info I'm saying that it was meant to have been $9.99.

No way are Trion THAT stupid.