Triumphant Jewelry - A request to reconsider the cost

[WaaaghBoy88]

i've gone to the trouble of grinding for this gem on 2 characters
in both cases they aren't for DPS, one is a toughness for my tank and the other is willpower for my DOK
it was a hard hard slog to do it especially as a destro player playing mostly in NA time

to just come along and remove them or reduce cost would be a slap in the face but it wouldn't surprise me if it happened I guess
I think a lot more time needs to go past before these items are changed
The only thing i'd accept as a nerf to them would be rewards from decently hard new content

Some people who have played the game for a long time have never gotten the rings due to IRL matters. There is no reason to hamstring the efforts they can afford to make. Cutting it down in price is only fair. It's righting a mistake that should have never been made in the first place.

[malark]

i've gone to the trouble of grinding for this gem on 2 characters
in both cases they aren't for DPS, one is a toughness for my tank and the other is willpower for my DOK
it was a hard hard slog to do it especially as a destro player playing mostly in NA time

to just come along and remove them or reduce cost would be a slap in the face but it wouldn't surprise me if it happened I guess
I think a lot more time needs to go past before these items are changed
The only thing i'd accept as a nerf to them would be rewards from decently hard new content

Some people who have played the game for a long time have never gotten the rings due to IRL matters. There is no reason to hamstring the efforts they can afford to make. Cutting it down in price is only fair. It's righting a mistake that should have never been made in the first place.

the only way I see they can do this without really annoying people that spend months grinding is to refend the amount of crests it gets reduced by
e.g if the price is halved to 5000, then I better see 4999 crests in my pack or the mail

[Detangler]

Wowzers, how did I miss this drama thread all this time?!?

Man this was a fun read mostly between the altaholics and parents (reduce the costs!) and the hard-core players with no kids or kids they don't like to see (leave it as is!)

Please god take this as a lighthearted joke and don't start insulting me.

In all seriousness, I have exactly zero of these newfangled ranked rings, and it doesn't bother me. I can still compete just fine at 95% best gear in town on my sov characters, and my lower ranked ones will get stomped by sov players with or without their fancy pants rings. Will I get them someday? Maybe - it's a nice incentive to keep playing characters.

To all the players that complain about fighting sov enemies - what should you do with your max geared characters? If you don't stop to enjoy the fruits of your labor, then why do it? Did you actually enjoy that character all the way to 80, or did the enjoyment fall off but you pushed yourself to complete the set?

Maybe the problem... isn't out there. Maybe the problem... **points at own chest** is in here.

**queue dramatic uplifting music**

[Martok]

Wowzers, how did I miss this drama thread all this time?!?

Man this was a fun read mostly between the altaholics and parents (reduce the costs!) and the hard-core players with no kids or kids they don't like to see (leave it as is!)

Please god take this as a lighthearted joke and don't start insulting me.

In all seriousness, I have exactly zero of these newfangled ranked rings, and it doesn't bother me. I can still compete just fine at 95% best gear in town on my sov characters, and my lower ranked ones will get stomped by sov players with or without their fancy pants rings. Will I get them someday? Maybe - it's a nice incentive to keep playing characters.

To all the players that complain about fighting sov enemies - what should you do with your max geared characters? If you don't stop to enjoy the fruits of your labor, then why do it? Did you actually enjoy that character all the way to 80, or did the enjoyment fall off but you pushed yourself to complete the set?

Maybe the problem... isn't out there. Maybe the problem... **points at own chest** is in here.

**queue dramatic uplifting music**

That was the most beautiful thing I have ever read man.

[Gladiolix]

Wowzers, how did I miss this drama thread all this time?!?

Man this was a fun read mostly between the altaholics and parents (reduce the costs!) and the hard-core players with no kids or kids they don't like to see (leave it as is!)

Please god take this as a lighthearted joke and don't start insulting me.

In all seriousness, I have exactly zero of these newfangled ranked rings, and it doesn't bother me. I can still compete just fine at 95% best gear in town on my sov characters, and my lower ranked ones will get stomped by sov players with or without their fancy pants rings. Will I get them someday? Maybe - it's a nice incentive to keep playing characters.

To all the players that complain about fighting sov enemies - what should you do with your max geared characters? If you don't stop to enjoy the fruits of your labor, then why do it? Did you actually enjoy that character all the way to 80, or did the enjoyment fall off but you pushed yourself to complete the set?

Maybe the problem... isn't out there. Maybe the problem... **points at own chest** is in here.

**queue dramatic uplifting music**

Hitting the nail in the head I too don't have any of the ranked rings yet, and I don't feel hampered by the slightest without them. Only working as an extra insentive to keep playing as I still have something to achieve.

But anyways, Wargrimnir himself has said (I'm too lazy dig up link to his post, propably the former "ring too expensive"-thread) the ranked ring is only BiS for now for some and it will not be that forever. Still (at least) 2 dungeons worth of gear incoming and I'm pretty sure Wargrimnir is hinting either one will have something better for the slot.

[normanis]

ppl keep it up, nb and +20 kobs crit +runefang gather togather aroun 60+pages. till something get done.(nb i think was 40+ pages , its ended with nb removal after 8 years) anything below it , its nothing. its ended sm and bo addon mess (plan-b) and still are not fixed
just remember be carefull what u ask.

[Ashoris]

Wowzers, how did I miss this drama thread all this time?!?

Man this was a fun read mostly between the altaholics and parents (reduce the costs!) and the hard-core players with no kids or kids they don't like to see (leave it as is!)

You got it all wrong .... you train your kids to do the boring farming ! while you enjoy the silence !

[Ramlaen]

The price of the jewelery piece is absurd and only set so high as punishment for the playerbase not engaging in the ranked pet project.

[Ekundu01]

Just because someone bought something a higher price doesn't mean the price can't be adjusted to fit the current game changes.

Not so long ago we had all separate currency for all tiers. Prices were adjusted to be lower back before we even had unified currency. A lot of us even had the RR61 SC weapons and multiples of them before the adjustments to prices were put in place and this grind took a lot longer than grinding out the ranked ring. Things change and giving more players access to these items is a good thing.

The 2 piece bonus is not going to make you any better of a player. It isn't going to break the game to lower the cost.

Lowering cost of things has helped even the playing field, players can get geared fairly fast up to Vanq. Even lowering lockouts for pve has opened up more options for players to be able to be in competitive gear much faster.

[Duukar]

You can gain an extra set bonus and in some cases its BiS to use more ranked gear. You expand this advantage over 6X or 24X or more and its a BIG DEAL.

Price reduction to 4k is fair and balanced.