Costly does not equal quality. It should have been much easier to craft from the very beginning. Full support.

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I'm fairly new (Started in July) and I guess I also qualify as a "casual" player, since I'm not on all the time and only have 1 account. Work takes up 6 - 10 hours of my day where I can't access internet at all (ah, retail life), and I have to sleep at some point, or so I'm told. I explore as soon as I wake up, every chance I can during the day, and right before bed. But with how much of this event takes energy for different goals - defeat rabid animals to unlock Blood Beetle Shack tiers, and defeat angels or demons (depending on your alliance) to get those rewards, and finally the Halloween encounters that give shards - it's very easy to burn through an energy bar in just a few encounters and not get a single shard, or to be very active and still not have quite as many as you might need. I'm currently sitting on 99 shards, and I do want a few of the other apps. I will not be able to get the new app. And I'm sure there are a lot more players out there in that same situation.

And since Seduction has been released, the branch price of Shards has also skyrocketed.

If the entire point was to make them rather difficult to get, I'd say they succeeded. If they wanted it more commonly available, it should be easier to get.

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HUGE Support

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" I have to sleep at some point, or so I'm told" HA, thats a mood

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Big, big, big support. For people who haven't had a lot of time to explore because they have work and other things, like me, this event this year is starting to feel a little disappointing, which SUCKS because this is one of my favorites. First the issues with the tiers, then event encounters majorly glitching out on me - event encounters that you need to collect currency. Things are getting hectic currency-wise, having to juggle about four different types of currency. And then I was super excited about the new markings and stuff they released, and even more so about the new mane app, and then earlier today I check to see how many apps it takes and...fourteen apps. Fourteen. Again, for people who haven't had much chance to explore this month that means choosing between one wildly overpriced item or getting to try and buy some of the other stuff that came out this month. I just...sorry, didn't mean for this to turn into a rant, but this year's October event has been really frustrating for me. :(

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The fact that someone sat down and went "know whats a good number of mane apps for one mane app? 14" boggles my mind and shows there's a serious disconnect between staff and people who actually play the game.

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I agree

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support~

The Incubus mane is the only mane I like out of all of them.
I'm rather disappointed at the price, as I know I'll never get there.

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Support, definitely. I’m a casual player, but I only ground up 60 shards. Great, that’s 4 mane apps, but I need 10 more. Not even close. The new mane app is really only obtainable with:

A) Buying the apps (which altogether is 60-70gb)
B) Combining both your accounts’ shards, but that’s a whole months work for one damn app. Arguably this app is supposed to be rare, but this isn’t a muko or remnants - it’s a mane app. It will spread like a plague.
C) Grinding, but not everyone has the time.

I think even 5 each is too high, but it’s still much more reasonable than 7. Though a lot of people already have the app, I guess refunds are possible? If not, we have to wait until next year which is a real shame. I really like incubus.

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I've supported this already but I was thinking. I know many players have already crafted their shards of evil into seduction, which would cause quite a riot over the price changing due to lost shards etc. Instead of lowering the price now and causing a ruckus, or lowering it next year and us casual players having to wait a whole year for a chance at it, maybe staff could just increase the drop rate of shards of evil in explore?

Just an add on. I agree there is definitely a problem with the ratio of price vs shard amount in game.

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As someone who has already crafted the Incubus app, I haven't 'no supported'. While I think it is unfair to those who have already crafted the app for the price to be lowered, I think increasing the drop rate would be a good idea <3 I was able to craft 11 Possession/Invocation apps before I ran out of shards, and I spend quite a bit of my time here on Lioden, and I have 2 accounts.

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I agree that increasing the drop rate is the way to go and then perhaps next year lower the requirements for it. I'm a fairly active player and I've got 1300+ blood beetles I've been exploring a ton in this event and still have only found a total of 36 shards. That's insane RNG considering some people have in the hundreds.

Another possible idea, I've got these Nepheline Feathers and Demonic Scales I have no use for and a surplus of Blood Beetles, since there ARE so many options and different currencies in this event why not make shards of evil something you can buy with BB like the fathers and scales are? Or maybe you can trade the feathers and scales in for shards but only at the alter when the alter opens or something like that.

Just some ideas. :)

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There's less than a full page of Seductions for sale and none of them are on branches. Idk what to make of that, but it's somethin' alright.

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i agree with the idea to increase shard encounters for the rest of the month, then adjust prices as needed next year.

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