Changes to Motes/Ember/Figments

[wispsong]

It looks like this part of the player base wasn't hitting enough of their targets...too much having fun, not enough grinding/spending.

And my spending will change due to this, not my playstyle.

It’s clearly a case of they want us to pay more real money for cosmetics. But they need to be more forthright about it. He danced around it explaining the theoretical underpinnings of the Figments currency, but it wasn’t really made clear. Not the best transparency …

Then maybe put them in the store where we see what we get for our LP.

So was problem to be solved here that some folks had collected too many cosmetics???? How did this imbalance the game?

As it sits right now are we supposed to stop questing in case figments are getting added to the current quests we are doing?

We definitely need more information than taking it on faith that there will be some method for cosmetics/decor collectotrs to continue to play the game without having crack open our wallets more than we already do. Cause right now shutting down the convestion is saying hey you can get a few hundred every couple months off festival wrappers, but until then feel free to gamble on spinning the wheel of lootbox purchases as this is the only option between festivals.


Of all the things to address I'm shocked this somehow made it to the top of the pile.

I don't need more information; it is clear that they want every player to buy keys for a lucky chance. Not going to happen on my part. I wouldn't mind buying these items diectly in the store where I can see what I get for my money, but I won't gamble.

Here is what I would do in Raninia's shoes:


Figments
The plentiful amount of embers resulted in a situation where people had so many they were bartering them into figments. This impacted key sales for lootboxes. This is a fair point from a business perspective ... cosmetics are cosmetics, and in a F2P game that is the best stuff to charge real $$$ for. But just be up front about it, and perhaps just put this stuff in the LOTRO Store so the game has fewer perception issues when it comes to being greedy. Give out a handful of LP for finishing the festival wrappers.

Ember prices are too high, and I prefer fluff that lasts over gear that expires. I wonder why they are so reluctant to sell directly in the store where I can get what I want and go instead this gambling route. I see the day coming then every item will be a gamble and then I won't need any more LP.