General Direction
Removing the mini bank tab is a big win for those who made investment purchases of minis.
- With Dye being moved to the gem shop(sans 5 laurels for 1 dye) and now with not having a Miniature Storage Tab so we could, you know invest in minis, where is the Gem Shop gonna be in two years? Are we just slowly moving toward an ArenaNet friendly paywall for consumers as the years go by? <——- That’s a serious question and one I don’t think is unfounded. I think as a consumer it’s a valid question to ask the people in charge. Where’s the Gem Shop headed?
First dyes weren’t moved to the gem shop. No idea where you latched onto that detail. Unidyes were always a chance from chests and the dye pack was there when the game launched. With account wide unlocks the population simply didn’t need dyes dropping like flies anymore which is why unidye prices in laurels went up by a factor of ten. Dyes can still be cooked up by a chef and forged into a common unidye. Fine dye prices still haven’t recovered although some masterwork dyes are being artificially manipulated by removing a chunk of of an already low supply.
As for minis, buy and hold is a terrible way to invest. Look at Beanie Babies and plates from the Franklin Mint. But for those of us who had dups, the move to account wide wardrobe finally got us to unload on the TP or drop in the forge. And now all my characters can have the same mini out. And since minis were always Gem Shop items, at least the ones you can sell, nothing has really changed there.
RIP City of Heroes