No I actually wasn’t replying to you.
But I grew tired of this thread and this forum for the day…
Oh, not at all, let’s be crystal clear: the mockery does not make my arguments more valid, you did that on your own by making your own arguments ridiculous in the first place 
Not to mention that your little appeal to tradition is completely irrelevant. “Everyone does it like that.” So what? At one point in history, everyone used to shіt in the woods, doesn’t mean we have to get rid of indoor plumbing.
No one asked for that. People asked to be able to pay to have access to old items, without any changes. And at a disadvantage, too, by offering to have the Crom coin reimbursement rewards excluded.
It’s not rocket science.
“You people” – meaning you, personally – act as if we’re talking about some sacred rules written in stone. They’re not. There wasn’t an Aquilonian prophet that came down the mountain with tablets written by Mitra saying “Thou shalt not let anyone earn the Battle Pass after the moon has waxed and waned three times.”
Also, nice straw man you’ve got there. You’re the one framing these arguments in moral terms like “duty” and “integrity”. People here aren’t complaining about “injustice”, “fraud”, or “harassment”, they’re saying that they would like a chance to earn the same rewards as you by different, less advantageous means.
Yes, we gathered. Although I applaud your honesty, do you wanna remind the rest of us why it matters?
Pot. Kettle. Black.
It’s funny how often people on the high horse can’t see beyond the end of their own nose.
Confirmed!
It was AoS / 1 BP.
I’ve heard already 2023, that stuff from previous BPs has been offered in the Bazaar.
Confirmed again!
Fiend Armor was part of AoS / 1 BP (just a different pet skin).
If in doubt about armors I’ve posted them all in 2 comments.
Just an aside, from this one’s somewhat limited experience in game studios, the people making the assets for the Bazaar and BP also work on outfits and placeables for the main game. Maybe a little bit of other texturing of NPCs, but generally are not the same team programming the events, ect…
While this game probably has a skeleton crew, it would be very surprising if they were double dipping their building pieces person with their npc behavior development.
That’s one of the “neat” things about the monetization, it could go on long after development on the meat of the game ended.
Also as I watch the new games and their micro-transactions, these Bazaar prices are likely here to stay. $10 for an armour or a character re-skin is a new normal in 2024 games.
That does appear to be the trend but, luckily for us, trends often die out. One can hope that enough people will continue bucking against and stop paying for the aggressive monetization schemes so many games implement.
Just because other games do it (and as CodeMage linked above, many different games do them differently anyway) doesn’t mean the players shouldn’t advocate for better, more customer-friendly practices. 
Not that BLB prices have anything to do with this thread at all, but they rank the lowest on my personal list of things I would like to see changed about the monetization.
As long as BLB content isn’t P2W, I don’t care much about prices. If something in BLB doesn’t seem to be worth the money, I don’t buy it. 
Besides, I can actually relate to arguments about raising game prices in general. Even if we set aside the inflation, there’s the fact that the games have been growing bigger and more complex, and yet they’re expected to stick to “traditional” prices that haven’t risen for years.
There’s plenty to criticize about BP and BLB anyway
Simple as that!
I buy things mostly just to support the original idea this system started…
Keep the lights on
But some prices are really high for my taste! However i have to mention one really good thing here. I remember in the beginning of this system, i was asking to find separated items from packages. For example i was very interested for the dishes with food but not for the Aquilonian set of chairs and table. Don’t get me wrong but we have so many chairs and tables, why should i need another set 
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Eventually they started doing it and it made me really happy.
I like it very much to see signs that they listen their community.
I personally love to RolePlay.
One day my toon is a Stygian medic, who ventures with other Treasure Hunters into Forgotten City to find artefacts and try to exchange them for freedom.
Next week I play as a Nordheimer Berserker on a quest to defeat giants who camp on the mountainside to prove himself worthy and the biggest badass in New Asagarth.
Then I become exiled Argosean noble who tries his luck as a merchant seeking wealth and glory in the Exiled Lands.
I need a separate set of chairs for each occasion 
Me too 
. Here’s the funny thing. When i visited this forum i didn’t knew what role play is, until i find out that role play is what i was doing all this time 
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I believe that all role play needs is only imagination. I don’t know about you but i grow up more or less with sticks and stones. You cannot imagine how many games you could play just with sticks and stones.
But i respect that you want them and obtain them. If it makes you happy my friend, go for it, it’s your money earned by your own efforts, do as you please with them 
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Very much the same, stick and stones (and these tiny plastic soldiers), there was no home computers or consoles back then. We used to roam around on pushbikes. I was already in elementary school when home computers like Atari or Commodore Amiga became a thing.
I just like to have everything realistic and lore friendly. When I am a Nordheimer I don’t want a marble table around etc.
But I don’t buy everything. The far east stuff is completely not my thing.
Goodness, this here is redundant as possible!
So much fun to → 
Not that I am inciting you to spend your money, but always look to the possible combination of some of these items with other themes. Some blend right in with anything.
This.
Even so, I am rather into - less is more and not really into hours-long decoration… still deco has its value and can be pretty functional or useful under many circumstances.
To be honest, I am sometimes really buff how much deco assembled under the ancestral knowledge already. Most of the stuff is from the BPs.
Some items are incredible - my favorites: