Taemien
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There has been more updates than not that added new items with the wrong values. Containers having way too much storage, weapons with too high of damage values, armor with too many stats.
If the policy from the get go was cosmetic only, these mistakes would not be possible. If the policy was cosmetic only, and it was adamantly so, then we wouldn’t see an entitlement mentality from those purchasing the items for the extra benefits.
I would point out that the expanded benefits are NEVER advertised. They are always passed around by word of mouth. The ones who first purchase them do so because they like the look and really have no idea what the inventory or stats would be, if any. So sales are still being made.
When there is a discrepancy and an item is mistakenly given more stats or inventory, word of mouth gets out and THEN people buy in looking for the advantages. Trusting the word of someone else that they will receive an overpowered item thinking they will keep it, instead of trusting the description, which has no indication of item power whatsoever.
They should simply offer what they advertise. Cosmetic items. Not this ‘oops, surprise you got something better’ that has a false dopamine hit for those who take that risk on it. Because it sucks when you get a chest or cabinet that is the size of a vault, only to have it fixed. Or get a piece of armor with 3 stats that gets nerfed to 2. But those things happen because we have human beings entering in or copy and pasting values for hundreds of items at a time in some cases, and mistakes get made.
You can’t make someone who spent money on an item that a mistake was made and they go ‘no problem’ when you fix it. That never happens. If they never had the stats or inventory to begin with, that never happens. People buy something simply because it looks cool, and they only get upset if the item changes in look.
Every patch since Age of Sorcery has had this very problem. So either they need to nip it in the bud or paying people need to accept their items will be nerfed every patch. The latter will never be acceptable by the community.
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