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Why are there timers on things like megas ?

SpoopyPieSpoopyPie
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edited December 29, 2018 in General Discussion
I don't understand it. There's timers on everything from the attendance event. Some I guess I can understand but megas, of all things? Damascus steels?

Can someone shed some light on this?

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  • NoSleepNoSleep
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    NX works in mysterious ways.
  • Sir_RenderSir_Render
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    I'm pretty sure they just kinda threw this together hitting Copy/paste on all the items
    Which explains why Dama Steel which requires a crapton of work to obtain enough expires hilariously

    What does Expired steel even taste like?
  • AnnazAnnaz
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    They're being stingy this year
  • JinyieJinyie
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    You dare question our glorious Nexon? You should be more grateful getting free stuff *sarcasm
  • CloakshireCloakshire
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    edited December 30, 2018
    Jinyie wrote: »
    You dare question our glorious Nexon? You should be more grateful getting free stuff *sarcasm

    I'm grateful that I'm getting to play a game for free.
  • JinyieJinyie
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    Not that I'm not grateful the game is free even if I don't sound like it. At this point I'm more grateful to the players who support this game through NX than the company itself.
  • CedricCedric
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    nexon trashing their playerbase... nothing new here.
  • 2edgy4u2edgy4u
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    edited December 31, 2018
    if i may play devil's advocate for a bit, making these items unhoardable keeps actual game activity (specifically trading of equipments and materials) up in between content updates, rather than encouraging log-in-and-afkers

    of course, making the items earned through some sort of ticket system would do the same and allow us to keep them permanently. wow what a revolutionary idea, i know.
  • EmerthystEmerthyst
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    And then they throw a curve ball with the max +15 coupon expiring in 7 days rather than date expire on the 31st like everything else. Lost my coupon this morning cuz i was too tired after new years.
  • PlaksterPlakster
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    ever since kr took over they added expire on it.
  • RowboCopRowboCop
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    edited January 1, 2019
    Plakster wrote: »
    ever since kr took over they added expire on it.

    What makes you think KR took over? From what I've seen, it's always the NA publishers that are stingy. This has been the case throughout the years going back to when the FUD twins (Dealer/Aqua) were still around and we had actual community managers (I'm referring to the stinginess like us getting a nerfed version of Golden Time compared to other regions).
  • ikeviikevi
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    edited January 1, 2019
    RowboCop wrote: »
    Plakster wrote: »
    ever since kr took over they added expire on it.

    What makes you think KR took over? From what I've seen, it's always the NA publishers that are stingy. This has been the case throughout the years going back to when the FUD twins (Dealer/Aqua) were still around and we had actual community managers (I'm referring to the stinginess like us getting a nerfed version of Golden Time compared to other regions).

    Korea took over around this time last year. That is why all the maint is done near midnight + every video communication from Nexon has been from Korea (see basically the only one which was the 8th anniversary...)+ why support responds so quickly in the middle of the night.

    All the US folks were fired Dec 2017 time frame. (Just take a look at their activity logs.)

    Nexon decided to just give us the bare bones support and see what $$ they can get out of us. Heck we haven't even gotten word on the broken event that was suppose to be going on the last 2 weeks...

    Every time an official message is posted is near midnight PST. They are all on Korean working times.

    (The only maint. ever done on a normal US working hrs is now done by the server support. IE forced patch Tues by Microsoft. I don't know if Nexon needs to have anyone from Korea involved, but if it is like my work they just auto do and you have someone on call if there are issues.)
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  • RowboCopRowboCop
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    ikevi wrote: »
    RowboCop wrote: »
    Plakster wrote: »
    ever since kr took over they added expire on it.

    What makes you think KR took over? From what I've seen, it's always the NA publishers that are stingy. This has been the case throughout the years going back to when the FUD twins (Dealer/Aqua) were still around and we had actual community managers (I'm referring to the stinginess like us getting a nerfed version of Golden Time compared to other regions).

    Korea took over around this time last year. That is why all the maint is done near midnight + every video communication from Nexon has been from Korea (see basically the only one which was the 8th anniversary...)+ why support responds so quickly in the middle of the night.

    All the US folks were fired Dec 2017 time frame. (Just take a look at their activity logs.)

    Nexon decided to just give us the bare bones support and see what $$ they can get out of us. Heck we haven't even gotten word on the broken event that was suppose to be going on the last 2 weeks...

    Every time an official message is posted is near midnight PST. They are all on Korean working times.

    (The only maint. ever done on a normal US working hrs is now done by the server support. IE forced patch Tues by Microsoft. I don't know if Nexon needs to have anyone from Korea involved, but if it is like my work they just auto do and you have someone on call if there are issues.)

    Wow, this is news to me, but then again I semi-retired from the game since that patch (forgot the name) that nuked all the S2 content and got rid most of the of 8 man raids. So is Nexon NA gone completely? Are games like Riders of Icarus or Maplestory also run out of KR now??
  • EmerthystEmerthyst
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    ^ that is still up in the air but I wouldn't put it past them. Have you seen their quarterly reports they make a killing on mobile games in na not pc anymore.
  • SuukeiSuukei
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    We will have even less time-frame to use the items we get from the Second Golden time. Good job , Nexon.
  • ikeviikevi
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    edited January 2, 2019
    Suukei wrote: »
    We will have even less time-frame to use the items we get from the Second Golden time. Good job , Nexon.

    Meh most of them are crud. And you can at least make an aby shard grade 2 that wont expire. (I don't know why they are giving us 3 aby shards but only 1 myst shard).

    Very surprised they didn't give use one +11 rune let alone a +12. Something seems off to say the least. (No unbinds pots too.)
  • 2edgy4u2edgy4u
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    ikevi wrote: »
    Suukei wrote: »
    We will have even less time-frame to use the items we get from the Second Golden time. Good job , Nexon.

    Meh most of them are crud. And you can at least make an aby shard grade 2 that wont expire. (I don't know why they are giving us 3 aby shards but only 1 myst shard).

    Very surprised they didn't give use one +11 rune let alone a +12. Something seems off to say the least. (No unbinds pots too.)

    Where can we make grade 2 shards from grade 1?
  • SuukeiSuukei
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    2edgy4u wrote:
    Where can we make grade 2 shards from grade 1?
    From Bynn but you'll need to unlock the recipe first.
    2edgy4u
  • LoLoBootyLoLoBooty
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    LOL my favorite comment of the day:

    "How can perpetual enchant coupons expire? They're perpetual..."
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  • RakushuRakushu
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    edited January 11, 2019
    I still dont know how to use the blessing stones with expiration dates on it. rofl
    It will never pick the time sensitive stones whenever I bless a run