Discussion: Arrrr! The Pirate Costume Power be on sale in the Paragon Market!

Hmm...identical as everyone else pirate costume that can be easily near replicated in the costume creator for $7.50 or a Beam Rifle powerset. Something about this pricing doesn't appeal.

I 'might' have been interested at 40 points.

The one day I didn't look before I leaped. Lesson learned.

I blame ebay. People were buying/selling the con costume codes for more than this in the past :P I've been fine with the prices on the paragon market until this one, but I would never want it so I'm not *that* bothered by it.

600 points? Sheesh.

Almost an insult to customers to even think we'd be stupid enough to spend 600 points on such a stupid item. RAWR.

Hi,

Ghost Falcon here, and I would like to thank everyone for providing comments on our “Talk Like a Pirate Day” - Spectral Pirate Costume Power promotion.

We are actively monitoring this thread and the sales data of this item. Both will be used in designing and altering future promotions.

Please note that at the end of this sale, the Spectral Pirate Costume will be removed, and will not be available for sale in the Paragon Market again in the near future.

For additional clarification, this is an account-wide "Permanent" NPC Costume Power, and not a Temporary Power.

I want to thank everyone again for their input.

Thanks,

-Ghost Falcon

I'd rather sink me own ship'n crew than sink me money into that overpriced barnacle of a power! ARRRRR ye out of yer minds, lads?! Walk the plank, I say!

Way overpriced, no thanks. As much as I want the Knives of Artemis costume pieces I would not even pay that much for them.

Better luck next time NCSoft.

I would have to chime in with agreement about the steepness of the price for this particular style of item.

The rare occasions I would use the costume on any of my characters doesn't justify the $7.50 price when an entire new powerset can be purchased for essentially the same price.

Looking forward to future offers though, and it'll be interesting to see how the community manages to help shape the trend of pricing over the next few weeks.

Sooo... Maybe 3-4 weeks before the Halloween event where this thing drops for Trick or Treating and you wanna charge $7.50/600 points for it??

I'd maybe pay 600 points for ALL the Halloween costumes, never just 1, and not even a good one.

It's good that you are monitoring this thread Devs, because it should be re-titled "How to blow away all the good press you've been getting about your game's relaunch in 30 days or less...." What's next? A Monocle for 10,000 points?

Ghost Falcon: "We are actively monitoring this thread and the sales data of this item. Both will be used in designing and altering future promotions."

Marketing-speak Translator: If we sell enough of these at the current price, we ignore a few posters and set it as the baseline price.

Ghost Falcon: "Please note that at the end of this sale, the Spectral Pirate Costume will be removed, and will not be available for sale in the Paragon Market again in the near future."

Marketing-speak Translator: We're trying to inflate demand so buy more costume powers (see previous translation)




Hmm, that can't be right. Need to run diagnostics on my translator.

Damnit, don't make me have to agree with je_sais.

So, this is like, an experiment, right? Where someone is throwing prices at the wall and seeing what sticks, and prices that get laughed off the wall never come back. Right?

Edit: At the top end, I figure I might pay as much as $2 in points for a costume power that I really liked and was account wide. $7.50 is not even close.

Someone's pricing these things in a greedy, money-grubbing way. There seem to be two different people doing Paragon Market pricing.
One is actually considering what other things are worth and have been sold for, and the other is vastly overpricing everything.
I take it that the latter person was the one who priced this power.

Let me just /sign pretty much everything that's already been said. Putting this thing, price wise, at the same level as Beam Rifle is simply insane. I *might* pay 50 pts for a costume toggle power. Heavy emphasis on *might*.

- The Beam Rifle cost was perfect. Bought without blinking an eye.
- The Rocket Board cost was perfect. Bought without blinking an eye.
- The *SALE* cost for 6x Server Transfer was pretty good. Bought after a few blinks.
- This price for a costume toggle was instantly rejected outright in my mind before I had a chance to blink.

That's a pretty big disparity in my reaction.

In the same vein, I was shocked when I went to see how much unlocking a 6th+ costume slot would be. 800 points! 800? 800. When I can save and load costumes at will to/from my hard drive, this price is just ridiculous. I honestly expected the price to be around 50-100 points or so.

And, there really ought to be something for sale at lower price points. I have 30 points remaining from my shopping spree, and there's nothing (that I could find) at that price point. There should be some miscellaneous flotsam that can be priced down there.

The price is not right. The price is too damn high. $7.50 for a low-res, single gender only costume with some transparency. A costume that was made back in 2007. A thing that is just a little cheaper than a -brand new- power set, that's also a permament global unlock for that account.

It's just ridiculous. Would you honestly pay for that? Would you pay 600 points for that costume when for 640 you could get Beam Rifle? Or for 800 two bundles of costume parts rather than a single power that does -nothing- and isn't customizable?

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...83424672_n.jpg

ok its hard for me to choose to purchase something graphic when this is all I see.