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Lower overall prices mean that people can actually acquire worthwhile amounts of gold without going to gold buying sites. See the fact that EU still has a sound economy while NA has hyperinflation that is finally starting to settle down more. The seal shop gives all players a fair chance to earn the rewards they want in game--as does the scroll shop--while still allowing players who save gold towards specific items to acquire them as well. The current state works well for everyone except players who want to feel special and exclusive because they have pixels that others simply can't afford.

It's a much better situation with the lowered cost for S2 mats and the S3 mats available for seals as well.

Actually I like this reset time better. Didn't like that it moves to 12:00 p.m. for part of the year. Regardless, I wish they'd just keep it consistent.

East has an okay number, but some are on hiatus at the moment. There seem to be more people getting interested in him again.

It seems strange if that's a reason for them cutting back. They had some very positive quarters before the losses started, and the losses didn't set in until Nexon Global made changes that didn't exist in other regions. The Road to 85 and the release of S3 brought in lots of new players and brought lots of old players back to the game. Even the forums stayed extremely active, and as most players don't participate on game forums, that really speaks to how active things were.

Queue Nexon Global deciding to implement its own launcher--something which the Asian regions would have rioted over, and rightly so--and at the same time having heavy-handed forum mods threatening players with bans for using the workaround or for helping others to do so. The Nexon Launcher still does not work for some players and it had major security flaws on release; I can't really blame the players who voluntarily peaced out for doing so, and certainly can't blame those who literally could no longer get into the game.

Add to that the launch of BnS, BDO, and various other titles along with the continued release of content in games like TERA and FFXIV during that same period and it's not really a surprise that Vindi was hemorrhaging players like it was going out of style. Further, we saw that Nexon employees literally went silent for months over on the Dragon's Nest forums once they knew they were selling the title off to another company. Whether that was poor management or an attempt to cause issues for a title that was about to no longer be in their possession, the fact is that it does nothing to inspire confidence in Nexon Global.

TLDR; Nexon Global is the cause of its issues. I doubt that the lack of events is a result of players not spending, but rather that the lack of events and the Global players being treated differently is the cause of players not spending.

MrGold wrote: »

Yeah I used several 3/7 day coupons till I realized the drop down list needed to be changed to perma inner. Really sucks that yours got wasted now. It really should auto prioritize the default coupon selection based on top type. Meaning permanent coupons get used 1st, then moved to 7 day, and then 3 day. Not the best setup, since it works backwards. 3>7>permanent.

Yeah, but then people would be upset that they accidentally used a perm coupon they paid for with cash instead of the temp one. At least doing the temp by accident gives you days to realize your mistake.