Swimming with the Fishies
We didn\'t have to ask twice -- ferocious Bonesaw was all too eager to be let loose on Subeta\'s populace once again! Find him in the Battle Coliseum!
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Cranberry
@Buttercream, a lot of thought goes into decisions like this. We compare the number of copies of a weapon on site to the number of battlers who can use it and try to keep things balanced. Reducing the price of one weapon can kill the value of others in the tier, especially in tiers 8-12, which don't have a lot of weapons in them.
We've been working hard lately to release good, affordable weapons in every tier, such as the recent plot prizes (nice t7 and t9 weapons) and the monthly challenger weapons (of which we've already released t9, t10, and t11), but we don't want EVERY weapon in a tier to be easily obtainable. That kills a lot of the fun -- if everyone owns the same weapons, then they use the same strategy; if everyone can earn every weapon, then there's no market for selling them (and people are sinking tons of money into bettering their pets and not recouping any of those costs); if every weapon is easy to get, then there's no fun in training your pet and trying for higher and higher goals.
In addition, plot prizes are supposed to be rare; that's half the fun of participating in a plot. It's not fair of us to release a bunch of copies of a weapon during a plot, and then turn around and re-release and devalue that weapon only one year later. We've had people asking us to bring back old plot challengers for a while now, and we've always said that if we did, they wouldn't come back with all of their stats and loot and achievements intact, because those were exclusive prizes. We chose to re-release the gutting knife because there were so few around and not many people attempting to sell their copies (it's been a long time since that plot), but the same cannot be said of the tooth.
tl:dr version: It is about money, somewhat (balancing the economy on a petsite is important), but it's not as simple as all of that.
We've been working hard lately to release good, affordable weapons in every tier, such as the recent plot prizes (nice t7 and t9 weapons) and the monthly challenger weapons (of which we've already released t9, t10, and t11), but we don't want EVERY weapon in a tier to be easily obtainable. That kills a lot of the fun -- if everyone owns the same weapons, then they use the same strategy; if everyone can earn every weapon, then there's no market for selling them (and people are sinking tons of money into bettering their pets and not recouping any of those costs); if every weapon is easy to get, then there's no fun in training your pet and trying for higher and higher goals.
In addition, plot prizes are supposed to be rare; that's half the fun of participating in a plot. It's not fair of us to release a bunch of copies of a weapon during a plot, and then turn around and re-release and devalue that weapon only one year later. We've had people asking us to bring back old plot challengers for a while now, and we've always said that if we did, they wouldn't come back with all of their stats and loot and achievements intact, because those were exclusive prizes. We chose to re-release the gutting knife because there were so few around and not many people attempting to sell their copies (it's been a long time since that plot), but the same cannot be said of the tooth.
tl:dr version: It is about money, somewhat (balancing the economy on a petsite is important), but it's not as simple as all of that.
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Buttercream
I...really wish the reasoning and justification behind loot NOT dropping wasn't associated with money. It just keeps painting this really ugly picture of greed and exclusivity.
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Muerte
WHOA, where did my comment go ? So very sorry.
That is understandable (and achievement was going to be my next suggestion, ahaha).
That is understandable (and achievement was going to be my next suggestion, ahaha).
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Purge
@sui - We don't have the capability (yet) of having special loot drop on the tenth win. We could have set it up as an achievement prize... but broken achievements is what created this mess in the first place.
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MaritimeMuerte
Would it be better to make it a tenth win battle ? I know a lot more people can beat him, but can they all get the tenth win ?
*Cannot afford the tooth and greatly desires it* XD
*Cannot afford the tooth and greatly desires it* XD
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Cranberry
Tomes are never disappointing. ;)
We couldn't give out the pretty big tooth again... more people can beat Bonesaw now, and it would completely devalue the tooth, which is already buyable. Large Gutting Knife was okay because there were so few out there (none in shops and only one in trades). We'll have some new loot on old opponents that are coming up this week!
We couldn't give out the pretty big tooth again... more people can beat Bonesaw now, and it would completely devalue the tooth, which is already buyable. Large Gutting Knife was okay because there were so few out there (none in shops and only one in trades). We'll have some new loot on old opponents that are coming up this week!
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Hamda
You have defeated Bonesaw 5 times!
Bonesaw drops:
Tome of Water
Tome of Water
Pisa earned 1805 EXP Points!
You earned 9842 sP for beating Bonesaw!
disappointed :(
Bonesaw drops:
Tome of Water
Tome of Water
Pisa earned 1805 EXP Points!
You earned 9842 sP for beating Bonesaw!
disappointed :(
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TJPanda
Seems there was a strange delay in the end of the battle and the opponent wouldn't let my pet go XD. I finally got my pet unstuck fro, the battle and the healer healed my pet. When that thing takes hold of your pet it don't let go easily XD.
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Viking
You have defeated Bonesaw 10 times!
Bonesaw drops:
Tome of Water
Water Defense Baguette Crystal
Mr. Woody earned 1067 EXP Points!
You earned 5812 sP for beating Bonesaw!
:D
Bonesaw drops:
Tome of Water
Water Defense Baguette Crystal
Mr. Woody earned 1067 EXP Points!
You earned 5812 sP for beating Bonesaw!
:D
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TJPanda
Is there automatic healing with him when you lose a battle? I just lost a battle to him and when I went to heal my pet it said my pet was already healed and didn't need the healers help :).
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Gothique
so happy to see this guy again ^_^ and ngl, happy that he doesn't drop another tooth. It's really cheap as is
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PoeticEnigma
Sad no second tooth for me for win five but after getting pylot's loot I really can't cry too hard!
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paladin
You Won!
You have defeated Bonesaw 1 time!
Just need to do it four more times >:C
This is what I get for going on a hiatus T_T
You have defeated Bonesaw 1 time!
Just need to do it four more times >:C
This is what I get for going on a hiatus T_T
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Tanis
Just started battling with my pets today, I'm not going to be able to reach these tough guys any time soon, but I'm loving the ones that I can fight against!
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