User talk:TEF/Guides/Storage capacity

Values

How the hell do you value a character slot at 5 silver? Or a new account? Also, not sure what you mean by upgrading storage toon. --El_Nazgir 23:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps I did a poor job of connecting the notes to the table.

• "Upgrade storage toons: assuming you play only one character. 4 toons, 4 bags each, 10 slots/bag → 16 minor runes required; each toon starts with 20 slots."
• " Runes of holding are expensive and can only be obtained from vendors (this might turn out not to be true)." + "Minor Rune of Holding: nominally costs 4  96 , but were easily obtained in BWE2 for roughly 1 "

In other words, to get 60 additional slots from buying one more character slot requires 800 plus ~5, which is equivalent to 807, which translates to $10.09 (on the basis of 400 per US$5) or $0.17/slot.

I'll see if I can rephrase to make that easier to follow. – Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 01:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

The biggest assumption you're making here is, of course, the coin/gem exchange rate. Given that we've been given a surfeit of gems for free in each BWE, the BWE exchange rate is artificially low. I wouldn't be surprised if it went as high as 1 / or even more right after launch. I would be very surprised if upgrading your existing bags (with better runes) doesn't end up being the cheapest option by far. —Dr Ishmael 02:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, that assumption doesn't matter at all to the table's utility. The cheapest listed option is using non-main toons for storage by upgrading their bags. Doesn't matter if it takes 10 or 1 to buy one .

If gems turn out to cost a lot more coin in the live game than in the beta...then that might mean that more people open their PayPal accounts instead of waiting to earn coin. Or it will make 20-slot bags/runes more attractive (and drive their market prices up, too; runes were one of the things that people were trying to sell for more than the vendor WTS prices).

Also the BWEs are bad analogies for two reasons: as you noted, the gems were free (although, surprisingly, that doesn't always reduce their market value), but the supply was extremely limited. The people who sold on Friday were the ones who thought "free gems = free coins," but those who bought on Sunday were those who thought "the only way to open mystic chests is if anyone still has a few gems left I can buy." The first group sold cheap; the second was willing to pay dearly.

In the meantime, all we can do is use the data we have available ...and update tables like this accordingly as things evolve. – Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 03:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)