This is a total mischaracterization of the problem I’m raising, @HigureTheStillWind . This isn’t a matter of a 40€ suddenly being worth only 10€. This is a matter of 40€ suddenly being worth nothing.
Again, let’s give another example. There are two gamers who each have 1 Mythic Lvl 50 weapon and 25 Legendary Lvl 45 weapons. Over one year, they each used gems to buy 50 weapon glyphs and also spent 500€ real-world money to purchase another 50 weapon glyphs. Now, one day before the Gear Rework announcement, this is how each gamer used their 100 weapon glyphs:
- Gamer #1 used 100 weapon glyphs to upgrade 25 Legendary weapons to Mythic Lvl 45.
- Gamer #2 used 98 weapon glyphs to upgrade 7 Legendary weapons to Mythic Lvl 50.
One day later when the Gear Rework is announced:
- Gamer #1 learns that all 25 Mythic Lvl 45 weapons will receive a great upgrade post-conversion. They also think to themselves, “Wow, I’m really glad I didn’t waste all those weapon glyphs on getting my weapons to Lvl 50, because I’d just end up with the same weapon post-conversion anyway, and I already had a Lvl 50 weapon to give me a Lvl 50 Offense Scroll.”
- Gamer #2 learns that all 7 Mythic Lvl 50 weapons will get converted to the same quality as a Mythic Lvl 45 weapon. He thinks to himself, “WHAT THE HECK?!? I spent a year and 500€ to get those 100 weapon glyphs… and I just wasted 70 of those glyphs on upgrading to higher levels that won’t carry over into any benefit post-conversion?! I should have just done what Gamer #1 did!!”
Simply stated: The current conversion scheme will result in Gamer #2 losing high-value / high-investment / high-cost resources. It doesn’t matter that they’re “still getting other good deals”, because Gamer #1 is also getting the same deal. The difference is that compared to Gamer #1, Gamer #2 is losing the realized benefit of all the time and money they used to obtain those extra glyphs.
These gamers had a binary choice on how to use the weapon glyphs: (1) Upgrade many to Mythic 45, or (2) Upgrade few to Mythic 50. Yes, gamers can choose a combo of both, but the reality still stands for Option #2: Whoever chose Option #1 will get huge rewards post-conversion. Whoever chose Option #2 will get less rewards (fewer mythic weapons) and suddenly have all the value invested in higher level items vaporized and deleted. Again, it’s like that time when Gozer the Gozerian asked Dr. Stantz, “Are you a god?” When Dr. Stantz mistakenly said “No?”, Gozer replied…
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Only in this case, I’m Dr. Stantz, I chose to use my glyphs to upgrade items to Lvl 50, and now I have community pillars saying, “Suck it up, that’s life, you still got something good, this is how games work,” all while they watch my high-investment resources get vaporized.
Again, @HigureTheStillWind, you are mischaracterizing the issue at hand here. This is not a matter of something being devalued - this is a matter of value being completely deleted. This is a matter of gamers having a binary choice on how to use costly resources, and unfortunately they make a choice that they could not have know would be “wrong” that would result in the deletion of any value. And it is NOT working the same way as when I had invested it - I spent those high-cost resources to upgrade something above what a lvl 45 weapon is, and now I am getting the new equivalent of a lvl 45 weapon.
Finally, I need to say this: I am deeply disappointed that a pillar of this community would see fellow gamers describe these losses, and respond by saying, “I am not supporting any petition of compensation for this issue.” That really sucks. I understand that we don’t want complaints/issues to nullify the good things that developers are doing. At the same time, supporting developers doesn’t mean we need to push down fellow gamers and squash their concerns related to losing in-game value of high-investment resources.