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How much have you spent on the Cartel Market?

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How much have you spent on the Cartel Market?

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MiaRB
12.22.2012 , 10:31 PM | #41
got the 5500 one. will buy more eventually when they add something i want.
can't wait for this game to come out!

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GhostDrone
12.22.2012 , 10:38 PM | #42
Spent too much. Got too little.

I kept telling myself "Just one more Crime Lord Cartel Pack and i'm done".

"Did i ever tell you the definition of Cartel shopping?

Cartel shopping is... buying the exact same pack... over and over again, expecting to get something different. That is crazy!

The first time somebody told me that, i dunno, i thought they were bulls******* me; So boom, i force choked them.

The thing is... he was right. And then i started seeing it. Everywhere i looked, everywhere i looked all these Imperials... buying the exact... same... pack... over and over and over and over again.

Thinking; "This time i'm gonna get the Mask of Nihilus". No, no, no, no, please; THIS time i'm gonna get the Mask of Nihilus."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_C5hdndk40
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Arkerus
12.22.2012 , 10:42 PM | #43
Nothing yet. I have been using my monthly stipend. If there is ever some really neat stuff in there I might shell out a few bucks.

I will say I was really happy with the armor sets in there. That's where my monthly bonus went.
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Shingara
12.22.2012 , 10:43 PM | #44
i used all my complimentary coins for account unlocks then a month later they decided to tell us that the bulk of them arnt account wide after we had bought them, they are either legacy or char bound. Had to purchase more coins to unlock my other servers chars.

But after this makeb farse i wont buy anymore coins, ill just save my money for content updates. Im even debating my subs as whats the point.
Health Warning - Thread May Contain Nuts.
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LUCASCASADEIS
12.22.2012 , 11:07 PM | #45
40 and i will buy more for get pack and sell them

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LordArtemis
12.23.2012 , 01:28 AM | #46
Nothing so far. Waiting with 40 bucks in hand when the prices fall a bit more. Right now they are just too high for my taste.

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bahdasz
12.23.2012 , 03:13 AM | #47
Quote: Originally Posted by blubeetle View Post
We know how it's going to end if this keeps on piling up, right? Like those SIMS addon fiasco (judging by the useless and forced contents towards vanity). Eventually the majority WILL get fed up, and that would be the end of SWTOR--if not even already and have only been holding on by a thread for the sake of BioWare's Star Wars, like me. Another stigma and scandal that--at least--be VERY hard go away for decades--especially with a name as big as Star Wars. It's just so unfortunate because it actually doesn't have to be this way. At all.

All these milking, misleading, fooling around with crackpot contents and trapping monetizing system for profit's sake--it's stupid! Even business-wise.

People--at least me, understand that the providing companies (studio, publisher, what have you) NEED money to survive. And at least I, do not mind lending a hand properly by supporting financially in returns for the joy I get from playing the game. But please do so honestly:
  1. Create truly useful contents with reasonable prices and for all levels (from one to fifty as per the level cap)--not just for certain high level characters. Believe you me, some of use will actually buy those religiously, aside from the ones they've got from in game. And funny enough at that that it's sometimes for vanity's sake.
  2. Create more story contents as the REAL money-pulling of the business beside subscriptions. Trust me, we never get tired of playing new stories. Make them episodic, perhaps, like that of Walking Death or whatever, as long as it works, make sense, and fair.
  3. Trash the stupid and contextually incorrect Legacy System.
  4. Any more ideas...?

Really guys, I love BioWare's Star Wars, and would really like to see it flourishes for more years to come. But the currently stupid system's killing me.

But then again, what do I know about game business, right? I'll shut up from now on and just play.

>sigh<
/yawn

All that and not only did you say nothing, you didn't even answer the question

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Macheath
12.23.2012 , 03:22 AM | #48
$0.00, and I haven't spent any of my "free" accumulated cartel coins due to my subscription, either.

I refuse to support the cash shop in any way until they stop releasing items that hurt crafters. Top tier space ship upgrades, lvl 10 color crystals with high-end stats on them... this has to stop before they do irreparable harm to their crafting economy.

This means no Section X for me and, if they continue to release items which hurt crafters, I won't be purchasing the Hutt Cartel expansion, either. I'll simply unsubscribe. I find myself not logging in all that often these days, anyway.

-Macheath.
Remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

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TalkingDinosaur
12.23.2012 , 03:24 AM | #49
Quote: Originally Posted by GhostDrone View Post
Spent too much. Got too little.

I kept telling myself "Just one more Crime Lord Cartel Pack and i'm done".

"Did i ever tell you the definition of Cartel shopping?

Cartel shopping is... buying the exact same pack... over and over again, expecting to get something different. That is crazy!

The first time somebody told me that, i dunno, i thought they were bulls******* me; So boom, i force choked them.

The thing is... he was right. And then i started seeing it. Everywhere i looked, everywhere i looked all these Imperials... buying the exact... same... pack... over and over and over and over again.

Thinking; "This time i'm gonna get the Mask of Nihilus". No, no, no, no, please; THIS time i'm gonna get the Mask of Nihilus."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_C5hdndk40
Haha, this made my day.

So far I've spent about $60 on the Cartel Market.
TALKINGDINOSAUR
Squadron
11-11-11

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FeelFlow
12.23.2012 , 03:38 AM | #50
Subscriber here.

I've only bought one of the Trooper chest pieces - because BW in their infinite wisdom have made it virtually impossible to look like a Trooper before level 20 or so without going to the Trade Network or Market.

Apart from that, I'm not going to buy anything for the forseeable future. Maybe if there are basic hood down Jedi Robes (cheap) but on the other hand, basic gear like this should be in the game, anyway...