Will the new fractals revisiting the Aetherblade Retreat and Molten Facility give us another chance at getting the Decorative Molten Jetpack and Monocle drops?
I suppose this question also extends to the minis and recipes that were also previously available through these instances.
When Colin talked about the Molten Facility coming back for fractals, he specifically said they probably would not bring back rewards like the jetpack in order to maintain their value.
Any updates to the fractals will need to include additional update to the reward systems as well, agreed.
As for the jet pack, those specific rewards are intended as limited rewards you can only earn during that time, thus making them valuable. It wouldn’t be fair to the people who did earn jet packs for us to bring them back, and suddenly undercut their value entirely.
And yeah that F&F dungeon updated for size would make a good fractal wouldn’kitten =)
In my opinion (and as someone who owns a jetpack skin), since they have made the bonus fractal at the end have a chance at being the Mai Trin or two Molten Champion fights (rather than just Maw) they should make it so at 30+ there is a chance that the bosses drop an account-bound version of their respective past reward (monocle and jetpack). This would also increase the incentive for running fractals between 30 and 40 since that area is the one that seems to lack the most rewards (the only new rewards being sigils and runes).
In my opinion (and as someone who owns a jetpack skin), since they have made the bonus fractal at the end have a chance at being the Mai Trin or two Molten Champion fights (rather than just Maw) they should make it so at 30+ there is a chance at the bosses dropping an account-bound version of their respective past reward (monocle and jetpack). This would also increase the incentive for running fractals between 30 and 40 since that area is the one that seems to lack the most rewards (the only new rewards being sigils and runes).
I’d like them to add an alternate version so people who didn’t get a jetpack can get one and people who did can get a different one.
In my opinion (and as someone who owns a jetpack skin), since they have made the bonus fractal at the end have a chance at being the Mai Trin or two Molten Champion fights (rather than just Maw) they should make it so at 30+ there is a chance at the bosses dropping an account-bound version of their respective past reward (monocle and jetpack). This would also increase the incentive for running fractals between 30 and 40 since that area is the one that seems to lack the most rewards (the only new rewards being sigils and runes).
I’d like them to add an alternate version so people who didn’t get a jetpack can get one and people who did can get a different one.
Well that’s why I would want it to be account bound. It would still sell for decent amount since it would be the only way to obtain it without running mid-high level fractals, and people who do the content through fractals can still get it as a reward.
This also makes rolling the supposedly harder bonus fractals (Mai, MF champs) have the potential at a better reward.
Would be easy to make an alternative version of the jetpack (make it dyed black), would be harder for the monocle since it is an already dyeable piece of gear. Though I’m sure they could do it, and this wouldn’t be a bad workaround either. Or they could do a combination of both of these ideas.
Biggest negative about my idea is that these skins would essentially become what fractal weapons are now (very RNG). But, at least it would be limited to 2 or 3 (if they gave Maw one) skins instead of 19 (though this would change as more bonus fractals are added)
The “value” issue is also one where people spend 200g on something that was promoted as being limited and no longer available. Having it come back and become indefinitely available certainly effects value, regardless of account binding having a somewhat limited (people stop buying when they can get it for free) effects on the market value.
The “value” issue is also one where people spend 200g on something that was promoted as being limited and no longer available. Having it come back and become indefinitely available certain effects value, regardless of account binding having a somewhat limited (people stop buying when they can get it for free) effects on the market value.
Black Jetpack would be awesome though.
Wouldn’t be the first time though. All BLTC weapon skins have come back with the exception of Halloween (just more difficult to obtain). When you buy high priced things there is always the risk that the price will decrease in the future.
As a game that focuses on cosmetic progression I think that skins that were originally time limited and very RnG should be obtainable (but be difficult to obtain). Whereas non-RnG skins such as those tied to meta-achievements should be time limited. Plus, this seems like a good place to add them in since these bosses were how you originally got them anyway, and I like the idea of actually having to do the content to get your reward more than just buying it off the TP without setting foot in MF or AR.
