Subeautique Change!
In order to change with fashion trends, Esmerelda at the Subeautique has changed the way that you purchase her wares!
Now you can find a Subeautique Invitation while wandering around the site, which when redeemed, gives you access to the current items that Esmerelda is selling (which change frequently!). You can also sell the invitation instead of redeeming it!
Each invitation will get you one item in the boutique, so make sure you get something you want!
She still charges an arm and a leg for her clothes though, so don't expect any discounts!
Posted by Keith
Lantern
I do wish the odds of finding an invitation weren't so low though :c That's going to make it a bit less fun
Random Event
A well dressed fashionista walks by and hands you a Subeautique Invitation. I guess she didn't need it!
Well that was unexpected :D
A well dressed fashionista walks by and hands you a Subeautique Invitation. I guess she didn't need it!
Well that was unexpected :D
So what's the frequency of the tickets/invitations? Token shop is hit and miss with anything depending on the time of day. I just hope these are fairly and equally distributed.
Interesting how there's a clear split between people who constantly rs'ed there and people like me who rarely (if ever) rs'ed there. Personally, I think it's pretty creative, but I won't judge how it might impact the economy until a few months have passed. I'd like to see how this balances out.
I love the idea! It's fair for everyone. Smart thinking! :D I spend hours on Subeta daily and I still can't compete with career restockers. Thank you for rewarding folks like me too!
I'm wondering what rate we'll see the Invitations. Because if it's like the goddamned Oracle quests, I'm seriously doubting the chances and the potential cost.
As someone who's never really had the patience to restock at the Subeautique before, I love this idea. :P
Not really sure how I feel about this :/ I'm not a great or frequent restocker, but if I really needed sP, I could spend some time focused on RSing and manage to nab a few tique items, and make the sP I needed. It really stinks to know this isn't an option anymore, but I'm curious to see if tique items sell any differently due to this
Personally, I think I like this change. I was always disheartened in the past because of folks with faster internet connections who sit there waiting to buy out SubQ and I never stood a chance at getting anything. Now I feel like I actually have a chance to get stuff, so thanks! :D
Wait, so it's the same rarity as coins and map pieces? Oh, in three and a half years of me being on Subeta I managed to find altogether one coin... sad sigh
Okay...so basically. ...You just made it harder to get subQ. I think its stupid. Peopke are already price gouging the new subQ lines. There goes any hope I had of RSing anything I wanted from there.Not impressed with this choice...something needed to.be done about subQ this was not it....I am nad gnow..
I hope these invitations aren't super difficult to get, I really want to get a chance at some SBQ items :)
i think this is an awful idea... sorry to say. not only did you make it harder to actually get something from that store. You added an extra step of non since to get it.
I really like this. Subeautique didn't ever take much expertise to restock, nearly all items were worth it. All it took was a fast internet connection. I think this is cute and original and, hopefully, more fair.
I'm not sure how I feel about it. It sounds like a good idea, depending on the frequency of the random events. If it's anything like the coins I'm discouraged since I've only gotten two since the revamp.
I have to wonder how this will help our other problem (inflation). Now a big sP sink is dependent on random items to initiate? I'm not sure that's going to help anything...
will the invitations float somewhere on the page when you find one, or will it just be an event that says: "you found an invitation to subeautique while browsing the site"? çause if it's a floating item that you have to click to get, there's a big chance that you'll miss it..
Not sure I'm too thrilled with this new method. Will have to see how it goes though. As a few other people have asked, can we still get SBQ items from quests?
I don't buy that this will be an sP sink. I don't see an source for sP to go out the system other than the cost of the purchase of the sbq item. This also puts a limit on the amount of sbq items coming into the economy. It potentially can decrease the amount of sP going out if fewer sbq items are sold.
I'm not thrilled that cheaper sbq items will more or less cease to exist with the base cost of an invitation, but on the other hand, I might be able to get a rare wig easier for less sP.
I'm not thrilled that cheaper sbq items will more or less cease to exist with the base cost of an invitation, but on the other hand, I might be able to get a rare wig easier for less sP.
Feedback - I'm thinking that only having the shop refresh every few hours is almost more frustrating than trying to rs the shop.
What Thomas said. I -really- hope it doesn't just restock when all the items have sold. No one is going to "waste" a 3mil-ish invite on items currently worth 100-200k. I realize eventually prices should even out, but who knows how long that could take.
Also, can you shed some light on how it restocks items? Is it time based or does it depend on the number of items that have been sold? Because those Sougara Nero Pants are going nowhere in a hurry.
@Keith - I'm sure you can appreciate there's an opportunity cost attached to actions, though? If I had the wig, I'd probably wait it out and get another wig to sell on for a premium - and I say this as someone who does like to collect all the lines. Which is aside from the fact we have achievements for doing so!
I suppose a lot of this also depends on the rarity of the coupons, though it'd be good for the items to still be entering the economy in some other way. I'm sure you can appreciate that the Lililace GoldenRags Woolen Socks, for example, are less desirable than the Lililace GoldenRags Chunky Knit Cardigan.
I suppose a lot of this also depends on the rarity of the coupons, though it'd be good for the items to still be entering the economy in some other way. I'm sure you can appreciate that the Lililace GoldenRags Woolen Socks, for example, are less desirable than the Lililace GoldenRags Chunky Knit Cardigan.
Wow I am so not here for this, since it effectively sets the price of new SubQ items (or ones that'll get inflated) to at least 3m, and while some things I see as being worth that (hair, good makeup, maybe some awesome shoes) I am so not here for a 3m set of gloves or bracelet or s/t.
I really like this because I don't have the time or patience to restock from Subeautique. I may actually be able to get some of these new lovely items for myself. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to find an invitation.
Wow. SubQ was one of my fav restock shops - I am so disappointed I don't know what to say. Do not like this one bit.
I like that now I don't have to sit around for a restock and potentially miss it. I don't like that I will probably have to wait forever for an invitation to even appear in the first place thus meaning I will probably have less of a chance of getting anything.
one thing less to do on this site... wonder how long it will take to get one of those... invites..
one thing less to do on this site... wonder how long it will take to get one of those... invites..
Well since i think I've gone into subQ ... a handful of times ? I don't know if this will encourage or discourage me from going in there. I guess I'll see how many years it takes to get an invite.
What Jess said exactly.
Not only did I love accomplishing the achievements by restocking everything myself, it was my source of Subeta income, and what I did to pass a lot of time. Not too thrilled with this.
Not only did I love accomplishing the achievements by restocking everything myself, it was my source of Subeta income, and what I did to pass a lot of time. Not too thrilled with this.
I'm kind of disheartened by this new change. Restocking at the SubQ was my favorite pastime on the site and now I no longer have that :(
The problem I can see occurring at the moment - nobody is going to want to buy a pair of gloves, for example, when you can wait it out for a wig. Are there going to be other ways to obtain sbq items, for example, from quests?
I really love this idea. I was never fast enough to catch anything good in SubQ, in fact, I never restocked any from the shop at all. Mine were either gifts, Gift of Fashions Past, quest rewards, or restocked from the Free Shop. Now I feel I have a chance at actually restocking ones I need!
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I got an invitation from the TS, I looked at SubQ, didn't buy anything and left, and now when I go to SubQ it says "Oh No! This shop is closed :(" You can see items in the shop until you spend all of your invitations by buying items. Then you'll get an error saying you need an invitation to shop at the sbq.
Is this intentional?