Yep, these numbers are in tune with what I am seeing/forecasting - JUST for maintenance. Doesn't include bells and whistles.
So, that's $37.50 a week.
I am kinda bummed those Patk/Pdef scrolls can't be bought in large quantities in the NCoin Store anymore. For 750 NCoin, you got 300 of each, plus 200 30% EXP Scrolls.
Now, if you want to buy them, they're 1M adena for a mere pack of 10! Well, that's a stealth price gouging tactic, and there are zero supply issues with digital items unless their creators impose one.
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So if 5 Ncoin = 50K adena (Sayha Blessing Prices in NCoin and LCoin[adena] Shops) This sets it to 1 NCoin = 10K Adena
And 1 NCoin = $0.0125 (Math says so based on prices in the NCoin purchase store.)
Then 1M adena = ???
[1 NCoin = $0.0125 = 10K adena, then:]
Removed Scroll Pack (300,300, 200)= 750 NCoin = 7,500,000 adena
vs:
1M Adena = NCoin? (1,000,000/10,000) = 100 NCoin. (or $1.25)
IF you were to match what's in the removed pack from the NCoin store:
300/10 * 1M = 30 * 1M = 30M Adena for the equivalent of 300 P.Atk Scrolls.
300/10 * 1M = 30 * 1M = 30M Adena for the equivalent of 300 P.Def Scrolls.
Exp Scrolls = 5 NCoin per (could convert to LCoin Boxes, but prices vary on L2Coin boxes in the "private" market:
So we'll just model that by spending NCoin.
To get 200, you'd need 200 * 5 = 1000 NCoin or $12.50 with NCStore to get the equivalent of what was in that bundle before.
So what do we have?
60M adena or $75 in NCoin which CAN be converted into adena for the scrolls, both P.Atk and P.Def, 300 EACH.
$12.50 for the 200 Exp scrolls, if you care about 30% more exp.
Leaving what?
You'd have to spend the equivalent of $87.50 in NCoin converted into adena to buy what you could buy before from the NCoin store.
What kind of price increase is that on a % basis?
833% change in prices for the SAME quantity and quality of stuff you were getting before. That meets and exceeds the definition of hyperinflation, and it's NOT being imposed upon by other player activities. It's all NCSoft's pricing model. There are no demand-pull or cost-push difficulties at all, because supply is infinite. If there was an arbitrage opportunity, more would have taken it by now. There's a reason these scrolls aren't tradeable.
I don't see how this helps people stay invested in the game. But, maybe it won't matter. But, I think when it comes to any kind of "hunting" in L2, the more P.Atk/P.Def the better (yes, more is better). This is like getting someone addicted with cheap prices and then gouging them later on down the road.
Now, they're optional boosts, but the scope and effectiveness of such boosts make it almost mandatory for consistent forward progress for players of any stripe. There is a major pricing disconnect here.
Try to spin it as a "special," that bundle for 750 NCoin. But if they're so special, then maybe these scrolls should disappear from the LCoin adena store.
You figure a pack of 10 (need 1 of each, yes?) scrolls lasts 3 hours and 20 minutes (200 minutes). You'd have to generate 200K in 20 minutes from drops just to break even under this regime. This doesn't factor in SS, Spirit Ore, Sayha, all that other stuff.
Again, it's about bang for the buck, delivering value to the players and NCSoft can have their comfy margins still.