Converters only through Reward Merits in last patch (Mar 20)

Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei

They should NOT have released them for purchase only for RM's which like it or not favors the people that bought Supergamble packs and/or have a strategy of hoarding RM's leaving people that hoard AM's, EM's and HM's "for the same purpose" in the cold.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

Well, it sounds like they didn't mean to, unless we assume nefarious intent that they are misleading us about. (I'm not saying you're doing that, but I'm sure some people will.)

Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei

I think this is really what has miffed me about this entire deal. They said they didn't go into I22 because of it (bug) and now the next patch to then just enable it for RM's which is the best scenario only for the people buying Supergamble Packs with tons of RM's hanging around sucks.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

Well, it sounds like they didn't mean to, unless we assume nefarious intent that they are misleading us about. (I'm not saying you're doing that, but I'm sure some people will.)

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

Right, as if you don't have an agenda either.

Originally Posted by Bosstone

Yes, I'm sure the guy who insists on calling them Supergamble Packs clearly wouldn't have any kind of agenda.

Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei

I don't have an agenda, I just have high standard as a consumer and player of PC games since the 80's. The name Supergamble Packs is used as an ode to a player no longer here in the forums.

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

While I also don't like the Supergamble Packs, the fact is that the converters aren't available with the other types of merits is also a bug. Or someone rushing things, not paying attention, and not properly doing their job. However it will be fixed with the next patch.

In other words this is a case of not attributing to malice what is the result of incompetence.

Originally Posted by Void_Huntress

What, did a player who goes by 'Supergamble' die or something?

Originally Posted by Bosstone

This would make more sense if I went around calling them Superawesomebuythemnow Packs, but...kay.

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

Your stance on the packs can be well documented. The same can be said about your posts against anyone that speaks up about those packs.

Originally Posted by Bosstone

You know, it works the other way too. I'm going to leave this particular line of conversation be, since really there's nothing I can say your and Khasei's posts don't already.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

(1) If you wanted to do this to make in-game Inf on the market, so does everyone and their dog's fleas.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

I do get the frustration of folks who have a large bank of Astral or Empyrean merits and can't yet spend them on this, but as long as it comes along in the next few weeks, I have hard time being angry about it.

I'm fairly cynical, but I am not sure it follows that this is a ploy to get people to buy Super Packs for merits to fuel these conversions with. Could it be? Yeah. But if you don't want to do that, just wait. Why wait?

(1) If you wanted to do this to make in-game Inf on the market, so does everyone and their dog's fleas. You probably won't make what you were hoping to, because prices are diving.
(2) If you wanted to do this because you wanted access to things that were wildly expensive by your standards, prices are diving. Try to buy them outright and skip converting for now.

Prices will likely rise after the initial glut caused by tons of people doing the same thing at the same time. Over time, this crescendo of conversions will become a background hum. The bargain prices will rise to some higher level (still lower than before) and it will become less attractive to buy and more attractive to sell than it will for the next week or so.