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Kabloosh
12.30.2011 , 01:42 AM | #71
Quote: Originally Posted by spideyct View Post
I don't know how people say this is a cheap upgrade. 800k at level 50? Really? Credits are so hard to come by, it isn't even funny.

And yes, the speed increase is negligible. And the fact taht it takes "a little more" damage to get knocked off, ummm, who cares.

I wasted my creds on the upgrade at 40 and am totally regretting it. Not to mention the fact that after I made my speeder, sitting on this thing that looks like it goes fast, it is a hunk of joke riding next to my friend who did not upgrade and goes the same speed as me, cause 105 faster, is not that much faster at all.

301k for the level 50 upgrade.. dont know about that one now
He probably had slicing pre nerf.

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Wraith_Shadow
12.30.2011 , 05:41 AM | #72
Mounts, the mount skill, it's all just way too expensive for how little you actually get out of it.

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Zeromentor
12.30.2011 , 05:57 AM | #73
I'm fine with it the way it is. Allows them to add faster mounts later and doesn't mess up anything (like World PvP on PvP servers, not like it matters right now).

But wait until you see those 1.5 mil credit speeders. Or the Social X ones. Wow, that will take some time.
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Captain_Failure
12.30.2011 , 06:00 AM | #74
Don't buy the next rank until later? 10% won't kill you while leveling.

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Elear
12.30.2011 , 12:30 PM | #75
You don't have to but all schematics for crafting, since you'll never make half of them.
You don't have to purchase new ranks of skills that you don't use.
You don't have to increase size of inventory or bank.
You don't have to use any speeder.

If you feel you don't need it, don't buy it. It's money sink, it's supposed to suck out your credits, and by no means is required. None of above make one player any better than other(exception: in rare cases speeder will allow to run away/catch someone in open world pvp only)

@OP
I did. Reason - 100% speed custom build speeder bike looked realy nice.

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joejonbob
12.30.2011 , 02:44 PM | #76
Over time the upgrade pays for itself. if you are a hardcoree player, or even spend 5-10 hours a week playing, you will eventually get to the point where you will have saved hours(dare I say days) of travel time. Between the slight bump in speed and the incresed toughness you will have that much more time to do money making activities.

On a pvp server it is a no brainer. The travel advantage in open world is too much to ignore.

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Grimmace
12.30.2011 , 02:49 PM | #77
Quote: Originally Posted by joejonbob View Post
On a pvp server it is a no brainer. The travel advantage in open world is too much to ignore.
Because the pvp servers in this game actually have more open world pvp then the non pvp servers.... lol what a joke, although perhaps once in a while when you come across that rare creature that is an enemy player out in the "open world" you'd want the extra speed to chase them down should they try and flee :P

The price simply put is far to much of a jump (affordable or not) for the very VERY marginal boost in speed.

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joejonbob
12.30.2011 , 03:15 PM | #78
Quote: Originally Posted by Grimmace View Post
Because the pvp servers in this game actually have more open world pvp then the non pvp servers.... lol what a joke, although perhaps once in a while when you come across that rare creature that is an enemy player out in the "open world" you'd want the extra speed to chase them down should they try and flee :P

The price simply put is far to much of a jump (affordable or not) for the very VERY marginal boost in speed.
I will admit that I do not have a high level character in this particular game yet, but since the formula for this game is the same as every other mmo I know that at some piint the servers will mature and open world mount speed will matter more, because the end game population will increase.... just like any game older than 10 days....

Also if you are a harvestor, at all, then it will be another no brainer.

Bottom line is if you don't think you need it, then don't buy it. I will be buying it because I know in the long run it will be beneficial.

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Raximillian
12.30.2011 , 03:19 PM | #79
Then don't buy it. It's just a good money sink for a luxury skill. If anything, it should have more stuff like that to keep the economy more in check.

Next complaint will be about the 1M VIP room entry item being too expensive...

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Zakumene
12.30.2011 , 03:19 PM | #80
Quote: Originally Posted by benefit View Post
It's kind of baffling.

I mean, if I'm traveling around the world, I could arrive a lot sooner on a 100% bike than a 90% bike. But for small traveling distances, it improves travel time only by a matter of seconds.

I don't know that I'm going to spend my credits on that. Anyone else on this bandwagon?
Yea other people said it - the increased chance to not get dismounted is key
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