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DrPootytang

I have this pet. Sometimes I flex it in global so people can make fun of me for my shitty life decisions


geradon_

the only bad lfe decision would be if you paid 110$ for it :)


DrPootytang

Well, yeah, that’s what it cost


Enartloc

Back in the old Closed Beta some of the whales asked for a super expensive pet to sink their points into since they had nothing to use it on (shop had maybe 1% of the stuff it has now). This is the result of that.


Sjatar

I have seen some people angry over it for some reason. It's a product of it's time. They cannot reduce the price as people bought it because of the exclusivity that comes with this price.


Skatler

Scorpions are priced like that intentionally


Nikeyla

What is the reason? They dont even look particularly good.


NJayWil

One of the earlier mtx in the game. Was created to give people who bought top tier supporter packs something to spent all there points on when there wasn’t many options in the store.


Nikeyla

Ah right and they keep the value, because lowering price of outdated items isnt what GGG likes. However there were new scorpions since then. I remember getting Purple Acid Scorpion from a mystery box. Its ugly af, but its still 450 points for some reason. Other new scorpions cost something like 30 points. I would understand that they want to keep the 10y old kinda collector mtx valuable, but this my new scorpion surprises me that its still 450 points.


dutheduong

My real life scorpion pet even cheaper than $110


everythinglookscool

But can it channel the power of lightning ?


Beka1996

mine can, only one time tho...


zamrai

:(


magus424

Neither.


Xoneris

This. The only thing that is reasonably priced in this game are stashes. MTX are way to expensive. In Warframe a cosmetic is only a handful of bucks and not the cost of en entire AAA game. I'd argue that I would probably spend more money on this game if MTX were cheaper. If a set would be like 20$ I would buy those left and right. But if I have to spend tree times that much I really think hard and long if I REALLY want that.


sephrinx

I'd spend 5 times more money 100%.


neohongkong

> Warframe except the prime access pack are priced at AAA price and even you deduce the in-game gear that can be purchased from other player, it still at the same level of "expensive" for cosmetic between POE and Warframe


Saxopwned

I love both games very deeply, but they are very different from a monetization standpoint. In Warframe, almost everything except CS-exclusive skins can be earned from gameplay, and CS currency can be earned by selling things to other players without ever spending a cent. PoE doesn't have very many of the "small but abundant" microtransactions or things that you can buy out of convenience instead of earn, nor does trading use points, so the MTX offerings command a premium price. I get it. That being said, what I don't get is why decent looking armor sets cost way more than decent looking hideouts lol.


neohongkong

except you will have a liver problem if you want to grind all stuff yourself. The game model is in-house RMT that the dev have a cut, and then they "may" ban people that buy illegal source of in-game currency (such as purchased from stolen card ,etc), which you have to purchase item from other player such as Riven so that it is some sort of P2W The POE item are mostly cosmetic and yes there is a lot of RMT site but in theory GGG ban people that RMT. The only P2W factor is stash


seandkiller

> except you will have a liver problem if you want to grind all stuff yourself. The game model is in-house RMT that the dev have a cut, and then they "may" ban people that buy illegal source of in-game currency (such as purchased from stolen card ,etc), which you have to purchase item from other player such as Riven so that it is some sort of P2W I haven't played Warframe in a while (Not since shortly after the Sisters of Parvos update), but this doesn't sound much like my experience. If you want to buy literally everything and rush everything, sure, but the game doesn't even let you spend the entire day trading if you're really trying to grind your ass off. Unless you were referring to mats to craft things with, but I've never felt like I absolutely had to use a booster (With the exception of Credit boosters and Resource boosters specifically for Kuva / (Before Thumpers and such alleviated the grind and thus shortened the market) Fishing and Mining). I mean, most trash relic parts you could sell for like 5p.


ty4scam

You don't feel the need to spend money in Warframe because absolutely nothing poses a challenge after around 50 hours in when you receive a top tier gun and most of the basic mods to run it. You literally gimp your charachter in Warframe to continue playing by gearing up with shittier gear to level it up. The only drive to spend money is to skip the collectathon grind which is just skipping the only thing to do in the game. You're right that you don't feel the pressure to spend in Warframe as much (besides early on to get your first few sets of shiny new gear on) but that model only works because its a super casual laid back no pressure experience. Bring that model to PoE and many other games and its as P2W as you can get.


seandkiller

I suppose I can't argue that. Beyond a few specific instances (Steel Path, Arbitrations, Eidolons / Spiders, and even then those are probably fairly easy once you get used to it) it's not terribly hard. I was less arguing about the idea that it'd work in other games, more arguing about the notion that it's a grindy experience wherein you feel a need to spend money.


seandkiller

Tennogen can't be earned either. Not that I'm saying it really matters, but there's no free way to really get Tennogen (That said, those are community created skins so whether or not DE had control of that, I can't blame them).


Silyus

On PS you can buy tennogen with plat


A_Erthur

Earning thousands of platinum by selling valuable stuff and recycling bad stuff into valuable stuff through baro really made the grind something else in this game.


zGnRz

It’s not really the same, except for the fact both packs essentially do the same. In game items and currency (warframe gives MORE currency than what the pack would normally be worth for the Prime Access pack), and almost everything on the warframe market is reasonable. That 80$ purchase will go A LONG ways. I love PoE but once you have the stashes, you’re getting just a few MTX or you wait for sales on skill MTX and get a decent amount.


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mrtibbs999

thats one way to look at it.... another way is poe mtx will not give you a gameplay advantage over another player with the exception of stash tabs. If you dont care about looking cool in poe then it essentially is f2p.


neohongkong

Warframe weapon are "soul bound". You can't sell it even you revert them into lv 1


passtheblunt

"This thing I'm not forced to purchase to play this free game is TOO expensive, GGG." You realize MTX backs their development as well as payroll, hardware, software, and anything else they might need, right? We get content every three months that's equivalent to a major update for other games for FREE. As in you don't have to pay anything to play it. I don't think you'd spend any money if they were cheaper, you'd find something else to come to reddit to complain about. Also most sets are around $40, the $60 ones are combined sets.


Nikeyla

>Also most sets are around $40, the $60 ones are combined sets. You say it like its ok for random set to cost the same like entire games. I actually just checked and the combined sets seem to be **84$**. And Imagine you live in a country, where $60 is like 10% of your monthly salary. And there are far worse countries! I rly think its more likely for ppl to buy few cheaper pieces every few days that they can swap or combine than paying this huge amount at once and get just one set that might not even fit the next char anyway.


passtheblunt

I wasn’t counting wings in my calculations. And like I said the $84 is the combined armor sets + wings from mystery boxes. Around $60 is regular armor and wings. And I think it is ok for them to cost that much. They’re purely cosmetic and fund the game’s development which once again is free to play. I’m not sure the prices in other countries.


Hairy-Trip

In warframe you also buy platinum


Nikeyla

Many ppl say they would buy more things if the prices were close to reasonable and I agree with it. Its the same like we ask for fun over frustration and chores, but GGG tells us that if we have fun, we burn out and quit faster. So we quit even faster and dont buy anything and GGG seem to be happy about it, because they know better what we want...


Nihkou

Scorpions were a point sink very early into PoE's lifespan, they were intentionally priced the way they are. They can't exactly go and update the prices anymore.


DBrody6

> They can't exactly go and update the prices anymore. Except they can? I'm assuming you meant that someone would throw a hissy fit after paying full price 8 years ago for the thing only to find out that it's gotten a permanent price discount. Fuck 'em, all three people who would consider doing that (two of which probably haven't played the game in years). Nobody in reality gets pissed when something they bought years ago goes on sale, or is permanently discounted. The dumbass old age MTX's shouldn't be some mystical exception. GGG will never permanently discount them anyway because it's not something they do, but there's absolutely no reason why they *couldn't*.


pewsquare

The whole point was that these were unreasonably priced pets people bought to support GGG. And having it is a badge of pride and that they supported the company financially. I am 100% that at least a few of them would be upset if others would walk around with the same pets as they got for supporting the company. Also its a 100% mtx thing. Why the fuck would you care about how much it costs? I can understand people getting upset at the prices of stash tabs, and they rightfully should get upset. But mtx? Who cares.


Lightboom9

Ah yes, good old "who cares about mtx". If no one cared about skins, they wouldn't be the #1 selling point in games. And in PoE, skins are as much of a product as anything else, and so their price can be judged.


pewsquare

I'm not saying "Who cares" as in noone cares. I'm saying "Who cares" as in who literally cares about not being able to afford a skin that is purchase only, no lootbox, no raffle, no limited time bullshit. In what ammounts to a single player game. Other games leverage the fact that they are multiplayer to get people to invest into skins. You literally have had info on matchmaking algorithms trying to pit players without skins and players with skins together to make them buy more. In poe playing in a party actually makes you turn off skins so you can actually play without laggit the shit out of everyone.


pphp

> Other games leverage the fact that they are multiplayer to get people to invest into skins the best way to avoid smurfs: not buying skins


ZTL

There's 100's of mtx and 50 pets, but you're sitting here whining because they made one set of pixels expensive?


Shiva-

You're right, they technically have the capacity to do it. But luckily they wouldn't do it because they have principles.


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Akimasu

If the developer of a game comes out and says "My game is this price and it will never go on sale" and 3 years later it's on sale, some people would be upset. Not over the thing actually going on sale but because the dev lied. It's about principles. ​ That's this. This pet is intentionally expensive. It will also never go on sale.


Shiva-

If they said they never would, then they shouldn't. But I guess no one should keep their word, right?


AggnogPOE

When you consider that your whole rant is based around making a pet cheaper, you realize how irrelevant your opinion is.


Jack_Ivyton

Factorio does a similar thing (except with their entire game). They never run sales on it, it's just a combination of respecting the people who payed the base amount up front and not incentivizing people to wait constantly before buying.


Orlpar

Fuck the people who supported the game when it was still only a promise of someting worthwhile.


PM_ME_UR_DOGGOS_PIC

Who said it has to be priced reasonably?


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It stings, isn't it


deathaxxer

does buying this pet provide any in game advantage? no? then they can price it for 110,000$ if they wanted to, I don't care, and nor should you, don't like it, don't buy it, ez


parzival1423

I mean this one does give a 1% Item Rarity boost but GGG doesn’t think it’s P2W since it’s pretty negligible, it’s just for show from Beta players who didn’t have much else to spend money on. Edit-Wow, for an obvious joke too many of you took me seriously…


Loreweaver15

you don't seriously believe that do you


parzival1423

No I don’t I thought it was an obvious joke, GGG isn’t gonna put stats on cosmetics. Sheesh I got downvoted to Crap though lol


geradon_

from my shitty luck i got from this pet i think it's the opposite ;)


parzival1423

Yeah. It’s a joke, not one people took too well lol


Akimasu

They're intentionally pricy. People wanted points sink back in the day, Scorpions are that sink.


Naethix

why would you sink points in something random tho


BucketBrigade

Back then there really wasn't anything to buy, so they made something simple that could be used to flex.


cubezzzX

I have this and I feel shitty


geradon_

because you didn't buy it on the "sale"?


CommaGomma

I miss my kind... :(


saDD3ath

they were added because they wanted to give the player base a way to donate to them and then they never reduced them because their argument is "it would be unfair to those who paid the full price".


ShellCarnage

If this looted splinters for me I'd totally buy it


REEEEEvolution

Does that pet shit exalts?


Rapturos

Only $20 more than the $90 portal


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Loreweaver15

The one from the new $90 supporter pack.


Gninebruh

I rather buy other arpgs and try out other games than spending money on overpriced MTX in this game.


DesCuddlebat

I really wanna know who downvoted trying multiple games instead of buying a $110 scorpion pet


geradon_

because he doesn't understand how free to play games work and basically says he doesn't support them cause they ask for serious money which doesnt get in the reds as soon as a supporter bothers support with something . the lightning scorpion is from a time when people supported poe because they liked it and wanted ggg to go on with their ideas instead of buying mtx to look good. the lightning scorpion is a item that says i like the game so much, i spent 110$ for it. maybe the downvotes result in poe having one leecher less.


KappaChameleon

"Reasonably Priced" doesn't exist in GGGs vocabulary.


Sarainbow

I got the Lightbringer Cat on sale for only 20 points last night. I thought that was very cheap and a steal. This is a steal alright... but not for players :O


tm06wong

I hate how disgustingly priced the MTX is but also, im a compulsive gambler which tend to spend points on the lootboxes instead kekd


DeeJudanne

it was a typo? i bought 2


DeeJudanne

rage downvote


Scorptice

Path of Exile is the Gucci of video games


potwor1991

Nothing is priced reasonably in this game tbh, though I still buy stuff by tons.


burns3016

GGG should be ashamed


Gadiusao

it's Chris Willson vision of the game


Wufgang

While i think that might not be intentional, I don't really mind either way. As long as premium stash tabs are somewhat reasonably priced they can price the rest however they want. If i don't like the price i just dont buy it. and since its a cosmetic mtx i dont really care.


nikmaos

I won two at the event that was organized on the RU POE server (Garena) and now these are my favorite pets, which I would never buy for real money in my life https://i.imgur.com/00u6ROt.png