So I remember not too long ago smega drop rate got lowered. I didn't necessarily disagree with this as there was beginning to be quite a lot of them. But IMO, they're an essential commodity that is becoming really hard to find. As I see it, relative to GMS there are very, very few players here. And if you don't have a ton of time to play, being able to quickly smega and get what you need whether thats a party, leech, buy/sell, etc. is essential. Sure, they weren't necessary in GMS, but that's because there was thousands upon thousands of players to call upon. I really don't have time to farm smegas, so I'd like to be able to buy a smega in the FM if I need one. As it stands now it is rare I can find someone to sell me one. Even if I don't put the standard 1m price on it, I still can't get anyone to sell me one. Routine is like, log in, "B> smega" in the FM, minimize royals to do other stuff and repeat the phrase every couple minutes. For instance, tonight i've been sitting here for like 45 minutes trying to buy one just so I can smega to find a priest to himes with. Used to be able to get one right away and get on with actually playing the game. Lowering the droprate to as low as it is now was not very constructive. It didn't increase the price of smegas (they seemed to be getting too cheap), it just made them scarce as shit. You could argue I should just go farm one, but that's just a really an unnecessary added step in doing whatever it is I'd actually like to be accomplishing, every damn time.
They are being sold if you look for them, at least I haven't had any issues buying them. Those smegas in Cash Shop should work. They are being sold in FM in the new source.
How much are they going to cost? I always thought of them as a nice way to get going when you first started. Getting a smega drop and selling it for a mil had you set for a little bit
I agree they are a very nice thing for new players to make some extra money, and they are needed for players recruiting for PQ's let it be APQ, CPQ, KPQ, zakum runs, it does take away a lot of the community when you can't find people for these party quests and gets awfully tricky when they are expensive. They did cost 1.5m in the new source, a price I find very expensive, well not for me I have played here long enough so mesos is not a big deal for me, but for new players that price will hurt.
Not too bad. Anything around 1m is reasonable. Is there any rhyme or reason for switching to this new way? You seem to appreciate the the benefit of having them be plentiful and available as drops for new players.
It's a great meso sink. I like smegas, they make the server seem both more alive and helps a lot in finding players for pq's/boss runs. My opinion is that smegas should be used lighthearted, not something needed to be thought twice before using, well I am used to 500k smegas so the difference is big.
With the rate in which SMEGAs are used (and abused), I think the droprate is fine and even should be lowered (or maybe we just aren't yet seeing the full effects of the droprate change since people have huge stockpiles). The whole point of a SMEGA is to be valuable so that when it is used, people pay attention to it. The way SMEGAs are used left and right on here for literally conversations between people, makes the SMEGA lose that commodity.
But in that case, people will use up their SMEGAs and wont get them back as quickly and the conversations will stop. May encourage people to be even just a little bit more frugal with their SMEGAs
I think the difference will be quite big over time when the massive stockpiles empties out. You lose out on all the smegas you could get from drops, and the cost triples, it's a big change, my only concern is for those who need to smega to find players for parties, which in my experience is not the easiest. All smegas I have used hundreds of them, have been when I need people for boss runs or APQ and it takes quite a few of them to find people. The only difference I see is who will be able to smega often, and just creates a bigger gap between rich and poor players. It's all speculation and will take a long time before you can really tell if it's good or bad, for all I know this could be a perfect balance. But to me 1.5m smegas sounds expensive, and as a meso sink the price should encourage people to buy and use smegas not make them think twice.
I agree on the whole increase smega droprate, but I solely want that for the purpose of recruiting or joining party quests and boss runs. Unless there was some new chat system with tabs and subtabs : R> BOSS RUN> ZAKUM> ATTACKERS> Or something of that sort so people can't abuse this public chat system, I feel smegas are the most effective way
i agree!! plz increase drop rate; sometime there are just 2 few ppl for pqs and i want to level!!! somthing needs to get the job done, and smega is the best way
Before we lowered the droprate my character had 200 smegas left, now I have over 450. I think the droprate is still rather high personally.
Either you're extremely lucky or I have terrible luck. I only get like 1 smega per hour while leeching with a bishop!
Yeah - this isn't going to happen since I'm pretty sure they're turning smega's into a meso sink in the new source.
