Coming Soon to the Antique Shop: Reading Drive Prizes
A big shipment is coming to the Antique Shop soon! On October 1st all of the Reading Drive prizes will be added to the Antique Shop. Don\'t worry, the prices will be much more reasonable than those pricy pirate and expensive island items were.
You will have until 11:59pm on September 30th to spend your Reading Drive points. However, this time you will not be able to cash out remaining points after the conversion. So spend your points now, or they\'ll be gone forever!
If you have any remaining pirate or islander points to convert, you\'ll also need to do this by September 30th, as this option will disappear and any remaining points will be deleted then, too.
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Sooooooo how bout that newsletter/email for this? This is really one of the more pathetic/mishandled things the site has done in a while, and that's saying something with the brew voting having just finished.
SMDH... every time I think Subeta might be learning/doing it right.
SMDH... every time I think Subeta might be learning/doing it right.
"~Your contributions to our drive this year earned have you 1,548 points."
Ugh, so choices x.x I just had surgery I can't make these choices x.x
Ugh, so choices x.x I just had surgery I can't make these choices x.x
Why should we have another Reading Drive if the prizes will be available for sP purchase in the Antique Shop??
"Deleting" books from the site in exchange for event currency is stupid. Just ask any serious battler.
"Deleting" books from the site in exchange for event currency is stupid. Just ask any serious battler.
If the reading drive is being cancelled/changing, will we also be able to buy the achievement prizes that came with it (i.e. 
or 
in the Crystal shop or elsewhere?
Been AFK for awhile and came back to this today. The prices in the Antique Shop? Seriously?
ok, i used up all of mine. i mostly bought books to read to my pet, some food, and the Okobo of a geisha clothing.
took down 2 WL items as well, yay me.
took down 2 WL items as well, yay me.
I really hope the reading drives aren't cancelled permanently. The last time had new changes made to it that seemed to give it more involvement from everyone on the site and feedback was requested - why all the effort if only to cancel? The Holiday Shop and the Reading Drive were/are(?) my favourite parts of the site. I understand improvement and progress, but don't leave some of us behind, please!
@Ariel
Ok I think I got it. My concerns weren't ever with the prices of items in the antique shop but with the fact that users are left with two poor options to either lose all the points we worked to get or buy a bunch of items we don't really want. Though it seems you guys regret the ability to cash out points it did start a precedent and kind of sucks that it's not going to be an option
Ok I think I got it. My concerns weren't ever with the prices of items in the antique shop but with the fact that users are left with two poor options to either lose all the points we worked to get or buy a bunch of items we don't really want. Though it seems you guys regret the ability to cash out points it did start a precedent and kind of sucks that it's not going to be an option
I'm all for more limited releases especially in ways they're earned rather than bought so it gets more people trading, profiting, money flowing around etc... But sinks are always good, just not always the best option :D
Either way though as long as it's being taken into account and eventually it will be settled, I'm content for now :D Thanks, @Ariel
Either way though as long as it's being taken into account and eventually it will be settled, I'm content for now :D Thanks, @Ariel
@Pistachio
I think my use of the word conversion wasn't the best. All I'm saying is that the price of items included in the antique shop will vary with each release depending on the current price of the items, how long ago they were released, etc. We probably shouldn't have even let people cash out points last time, so we aren't going to do it again.
@Mike
We're considering ways to rerelease other items like that! Some may end up in the crystal shop, some may in the antique shop, it really just depends.
I think my use of the word conversion wasn't the best. All I'm saying is that the price of items included in the antique shop will vary with each release depending on the current price of the items, how long ago they were released, etc. We probably shouldn't have even let people cash out points last time, so we aren't going to do it again.
@Mike
We're considering ways to rerelease other items like that! Some may end up in the crystal shop, some may in the antique shop, it really just depends.
@Ariel @Amber
What is the fate of the achievement/non-point based pries related to things going into the antique shop. The maelstrom/mana surge scrolls have been much discussed on the bcc with the re-release of pirate challengers and personally I've been trying for months on end to find a seller for a Thunderball (RD achievement prize).
What is the fate of the achievement/non-point based pries related to things going into the antique shop. The maelstrom/mana surge scrolls have been much discussed on the bcc with the re-release of pirate challengers and personally I've been trying for months on end to find a seller for a Thunderball (RD achievement prize).
@Pistachio
The sp conversion will depend on a lot of things for each group of items added. We're hoping to be able to keep it an across-the-board ratio for each group of items (it worked out almost perfectly with the pirate/islander items, we punched so many numbers and it was almost identical to the market value for the vast majority of items), but not all of these items are going to be worth the same.
The sp conversion will depend on a lot of things for each group of items added. We're hoping to be able to keep it an across-the-board ratio for each group of items (it worked out almost perfectly with the pirate/islander items, we punched so many numbers and it was almost identical to the market value for the vast majority of items), but not all of these items are going to be worth the same.
@Pistachio
You're ignoring the fact that this site gives out sP as if its candy in the first place. With the reading drive points being more common you'd be introducing an insane amount of sP into the economy. Quests already do this to an extreme amount. Coming from an economic stand point this would suck really hard for the pseudo-economy this site has. Either the points were too common to do this or they realised what they did last time was bad for the economy and changed their policies.
You're ignoring the fact that this site gives out sP as if its candy in the first place. With the reading drive points being more common you'd be introducing an insane amount of sP into the economy. Quests already do this to an extreme amount. Coming from an economic stand point this would suck really hard for the pseudo-economy this site has. Either the points were too common to do this or they realised what they did last time was bad for the economy and changed their policies.
@Suros
I don't see how that really changes things? You can make each point worth less sP as they're making the items cheaper in the shop but you can still give the exchange of sP for points
I don't see how that really changes things? You can make each point worth less sP as they're making the items cheaper in the shop but you can still give the exchange of sP for points
@Suros
Ok but by doing the sP conversion the first time they set up a precedent that seemed to say ok this is how this shop is going to work. Now the only option is lose all the points you worked hard to get or buy a bunch of junk you don't really want
Ok but by doing the sP conversion the first time they set up a precedent that seemed to say ok this is how this shop is going to work. Now the only option is lose all the points you worked hard to get or buy a bunch of junk you don't really want
Oh I am so excited about this!! I have so many.items I need that I couldn't get the first time around.
Will the achievement prizes associated with the reading drive be added to the antique shop as well, or are they stuck "not retired forever"??
I really hope these won't be as insanely priced as the pirate items. I understand that they'll be expensive, but hopefully not as expensive.
Like a lot of people I have mixed feelings about this. Even though I've never participated in one I definitely think there should be more than 8 days to use those points, because I know I've gone much longer than that without playing and I have no idea what the newsletter even is so it'd be highly unlikely I'd find out about the retirement. And even though its been a long time since the last one I'd always hoped fervently that the Reading Drive would happen again, because I've managed to miss the times this event happen and when I found out about it sounded fun. :-(
On the other hand...cool items. Easier to get cool items...
On the other hand...cool items. Easier to get cool items...
Awhile back, I returned from a hiatus to my reading drive points wiped out, and when I submitted a ticket, it sounded like everyone's had expired and been wiped. Mine were irretrievable. So finding out that everyone's actually had theirs this whole time leaves me pretty bitter from the effort I originally put into mine.
Just spent my last 9 points. :) As someone who was here for both reading drives I'm pretty excited for this!
That's cool, as someone who wasn't around for the last drive I'm pretty happy at a chance to grab some of these items from a shop. While I'm glad they're not going to be as expensive as the pirate/islander stuff (yikes) - I hope they're not too cheap either.
I probably still won't be able to afford everything I want but still: YAY!
The reading drive items are all over my wishlist
The reading drive items are all over my wishlist
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Reading Drive Points
You have 1,489
This was so totally not worth the effort and sP I put into this event, especially now that everything will be cheaper! :( Now I have to rush and spend my points? UGH!
You have 1,489
This was so totally not worth the effort and sP I put into this event, especially now that everything will be cheaper! :( Now I have to rush and spend my points? UGH!
I get that re-releasing these things in the future is not avoidable but at least make it a random/seasonal thing. People worked hard for these items, like spending a lot to get multiple items from the last drive I assume. Having them there 24/7 isn't a good idea and kind alienates people that worked hard and have been here a long time (your core user base) I think? :/
Gosh, I have so many things I need to get from the shop, but I have no points;
I hope I can afford the prizes when they arrive in the antique shop!
I hope I can afford the prizes when they arrive in the antique shop!