2011-07-11, 03:25 AM
As I said last time perma pet equips were around, while you ARE paying 3x the normal, 90 day price, I see it as worth it, even if you quit after 150 days, or even 50. My rationale in getting perma item pouch, meso magnet, auto hp and mp was I liked having the peace of mind knowing I will NEVER have to buy them again, especially being a person who's had one primary character the whole time I've played maple (I've been an archer in beta, a ranger for the first 2 years of GMS, then another ranger, which became a bowmaster, which is STILL a bowmaster...I've never leveled anything else other than my KoC up to 100, even WITH the easy leveling that came with big bang).
Like many people, I've taken hiatuses from the game, stopping for no reason at all for months, sometimes even years before coming back. And with this unpredictability (and to be honest, life DOES come up...you never know when you'll lose your motivation to play), and it's happened before, I've bought pet equips that I used for a week, just to quit for a few months and come back to see them expire on me with no use at all. With these permanent ones, I know that they will always be around, whenever I decide to come back, and that when I come back and have no idea how long I'll be staying, I don't need to worry or debate whether to spend the money rebuying these things (well, I didnt get a perma pet, cause they didnt have a perma panda, but 2.4k is something I can spare for 3 months even if I don't use it) with the potential prospect of not using them at all. The first time the perma pet equips came, I logged on JUST to get them, and have always logged on (even if I wasnt playing at the time) to get permanent stuff so I wouldn't have to worry about it. My nx set is permanent. My pet equips are permanent. I never have to worry about them again.
However, one thing I HAVE noticed that has been an annoyance is when I need to level other characters (KoC for blessing, and now DB for the mask), it gets awfully annoying that my pets cant transfer over. I'd pay a handsome amount to have my permanent cs items transferable throughout cs (Heck, I'd pay 50k for it if they offered it, much like I'd pay 50k for a permanent hyper tele rock if they ever offered that too) to whichever character I want.
I thought about whether I'd be playing 270 days from when the first time the permanent pet equips came around, and my answer was "probably not", but I know I'll play here and there, and that was enough to get me to buy them. I can now play the game without feeling it's a chore because I have to make my money worthwhile or it'll expire, and that is totally worth the 30 bucks I spent on these equips. No regrets whatsoever here.
Like many people, I've taken hiatuses from the game, stopping for no reason at all for months, sometimes even years before coming back. And with this unpredictability (and to be honest, life DOES come up...you never know when you'll lose your motivation to play), and it's happened before, I've bought pet equips that I used for a week, just to quit for a few months and come back to see them expire on me with no use at all. With these permanent ones, I know that they will always be around, whenever I decide to come back, and that when I come back and have no idea how long I'll be staying, I don't need to worry or debate whether to spend the money rebuying these things (well, I didnt get a perma pet, cause they didnt have a perma panda, but 2.4k is something I can spare for 3 months even if I don't use it) with the potential prospect of not using them at all. The first time the perma pet equips came, I logged on JUST to get them, and have always logged on (even if I wasnt playing at the time) to get permanent stuff so I wouldn't have to worry about it. My nx set is permanent. My pet equips are permanent. I never have to worry about them again.
However, one thing I HAVE noticed that has been an annoyance is when I need to level other characters (KoC for blessing, and now DB for the mask), it gets awfully annoying that my pets cant transfer over. I'd pay a handsome amount to have my permanent cs items transferable throughout cs (Heck, I'd pay 50k for it if they offered it, much like I'd pay 50k for a permanent hyper tele rock if they ever offered that too) to whichever character I want.
I thought about whether I'd be playing 270 days from when the first time the permanent pet equips came around, and my answer was "probably not", but I know I'll play here and there, and that was enough to get me to buy them. I can now play the game without feeling it's a chore because I have to make my money worthwhile or it'll expire, and that is totally worth the 30 bucks I spent on these equips. No regrets whatsoever here.