Use Gold ZCoins to Obtain Minipets

dts720666

dts720666

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

E/Me

With first year white mini's now going for 10k, it would be nice to have a way to obtain 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year minis through gameplay. How about Gold ZCoins?

Maybe:
1 Gold Coin = 1 White First Year Pet
2 Gold Coins = 1 White Second Year Pet, or 1 Purple First Year
3 Gold Coins = 1 White Third Year Pet, 1 Purple Second Year, or 1 Gold First Year Pet

etc....

Alvarez

Alvarez

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

No, they are intended to be gifts for characters that have survived deletion over the years.

lemming

lemming

The Hotshot

Join Date: May 2006

Honolulu

International District [id???]

The game doesn't exist to handfeed you pve rewards.

Deviant Angel

Deviant Angel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

On a boat!

Homeless.

Mo/

I guess you missed the part about them being BIRTHDAY gifts?

As for the "etc" you threw in there, I'm assuming you're probably wanting to use zcoins to acquire the chest drops and contest minis as well?

/oh-hell-no!

Auron of Neon

Auron of Neon

cool story bro

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mililani

yumy

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deviant Angel View Post
I guess you missed the part about them being BIRTHDAY gifts?
easily solved, make the minis available for purchase with zcoins only on the character's birthday.

Lanier

Lanier

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

[Pink]

P/

definitely /notsigned. The birthday minipet system is perfect as it is and doesn't need tweaking.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

/notsigned. Birthday presents are for birthdays. The prices will settle after a while anyway.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I gold coin for first year?
Ha-ha! No.
More like 50 gold coins for a first year.

But being so many, people would just get the Zkeys, sell them and buy the miniature, so it would still be a pointless addition.

Gennadios

Gennadios

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2009

N/A

Too much is easily farmable in GW as it is, it's nice to have at least something that's in short supply.

Benderama

Benderama

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2008

UK

[Rage]

Rt/

1 gold Zcoin is a bit much for a jungle troll, or equivalent no?
its not like minis are hard to come by anyway?
just wait out a year, by or get given some older minis and get some in game ones, and you're nearly there.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Learn to trade 'em.

/not signed.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lemming View Post
The game doesn't exist to handfeed you pve rewards.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Silverblade View Post
/notsigned. Birthday presents are for birthdays. The prices will settle after a while anyway.
These.

We have ways of creating gold or green minipets without character birthdays. If we need to generate white or purple miniatures somehow, we can come up with some way of doing thing, but it ought to have an attached cost much greater than what you're initially suggesting, and the reward should not be something found from the birthday presents.

Morphy

Morphy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2009

The Netherlands

Not going to keep up with that anymore

R/

For reasons mentioned above,

/notsigned

Crimson Robes

Crimson Robes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

Holland

Sexy Shinigami Misa [????????????]

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by dts720666 View Post
With first year white mini's now going for 10k, it would be nice to have a way to obtain 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year minis through gameplay. How about Gold ZCoins?

Maybe:
1 Gold Coin = 1 White First Year Pet
2 Gold Coins = 1 White Second Year Pet, or 1 Purple First Year
3 Gold Coins = 1 White Third Year Pet, 1 Purple Second Year, or 1 Gold First Year Pet

etc....

1 gold coin gets you one zkey, the equivalent of 5k

You are proposing people can get any 5th year white mini for 25k? no thanks

Perkunas

Perkunas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

In my own little world, looking at yours

Only Us[NotU]

E/

Wow, 10k for a 1st year white common? And I have been giving mine away in Ascalon for 1k each? Maybe I better wake up and smell the coffee.

(Making plans to move to the north for the gold rush. lol)

(Hmm, wondering what my undedicated Pig is going for these days.)

BlackSephir

BlackSephir

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

A/N

Why not just go straight to what you want?
1 gold coin = +1 point in your hom.
Because that's what it's really about.

jazilla

jazilla

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]

E/Me

If you want Minis, read this link: http://www.massively.com/2010/10/11/...hall-of-monum/

At the very end of the article, Rubi talks about a Minipet Swapping event taking place today at 3PM EST in Lion's Arch Japanese District 1. If you want to fill your HoM it takes work.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

No one gave a damn about minipets before.

Now that the HoM rewards are released it... OMG I really want a forest minotaur mini, because you know, I like it. Sure...

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Although I am for the re-release of some minis *cough*kanaxi, IG, panda*cough* I'm gonna have to /notsign

Xiaquin

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

Nothing to contribute but another big fat NO vote.

I hardly have any minis added and I will pay the price now since I never bothered before. I shouldn't be rewarded for being lazy and getting a library of anything I want for a few coins when people sunk a ton of time and energy into acquiring them the hard way.

dts720666

dts720666

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deviant Angel View Post
I guess you missed the part about them being BIRTHDAY gifts?

As for the "etc" you threw in there, I'm assuming you're probably wanting to use zcoins to acquire the chest drops and contest minis as well?

/oh-hell-no!
Give me a break. You can buy them from other players on day one of your character creation. Your logic makes no sense.

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
I gold coin for first year?
Ha-ha! No.
More like 50 gold coins for a first year.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benderama View Post
1 gold Zcoin is a bit much for a jungle troll, or equivalent no?
Ha ha!

Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackSephir View Post
Why not just go straight to what you want?
1 gold coin = +1 point in your hom.
Because that's what it's really about.
First of all, this was only a suggestion. If you want them more expensive suggest something else. And no, you would only be able to get 8 points with 8 coins (8 first year whites). After that, the price would go up.

own age myname

own age myname

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Minnesota

[TAS]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by dts720666 View Post
Give me a break. You can buy them from other players on day one of your character creation. Your logic makes no sense.
But, they are birthday gifts. Why would the Zaishen have anything to do with that?

/notsigned

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

/notsigned

for all the above reasons

but the main ones being, they are BIRTHDAY presents, they are easy (or expensive) enough for anyone to obtain, and this game provides you with many, many methods of getting minis OTHER than bdays.

Personally even though I have 8 pets to go, there are many I haven't and won't dedicate: celestials, Shining Blade minis, and others worth a bit.

Aldric

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

[IG]

R/

/not signed

Birthday minipets are exactly that, rewards for a character reaching a certain age.

Spookii

Spookii

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2008

Southeast, USA

N/

/notsigned

Unless you want to add Tormented Weapons and Insta-Teleports to the UW Chest for 1G too.

I'll totally /sign that.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spookii View Post
/notsigned

Unless you want to add Tormented Weapons and Insta-Teleports to the UW Chest for 1G too.

I'll totally /sign that.
And armor remnamts for heroes! Don't forget armor remnants for heroes!

-or not.