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Ironbeard's nice list
In other IRE games I played there is usually a topic for people to show off what Ironbeard brought to them. I thought I'd start one here.
What did Ironbeard bring you this Celesmas?
What did Ironbeard bring you this Celesmas?
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Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
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I got 5099 gold in mine.
@Oleis on giftbag value back in in the first days of October's promotion: ( http://forums.aetolia.com/discussion/comment/61465/#Comment_61465 )
Gift bag value was discussed a fair amount in that thread, and I'd imagine the best way to go for now is to look at HELP GIFTBAGS for what items are possible, but maybe not the exact amount of those items.
Rawr
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Giftbags are often given away during promotions, such as Ironbeard. They will contain one of the prizes selected randomly from the following list:
And then lower down:
Gold
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Between 10,000 and 35,000 gold.
Could the help file be updated, please?
I got 8.4k. Woot!!
They are advertising Ironbeard as a promotion this month to entice people to login, increase activity and indirectly help with newbie retention. Even if 90% of the people are idling, that's an extra 10% who aren't, and the game itself looks busier. MMO-type games retain players better if the game world looks more active. It also encourages people from other games to roll newbs to benefit from the promo. I'm sure there is at least a partial link between giveaway promos like these and when they are done (ie times when numbers tend to increase because of people being off from school/work/etc).
So, it's not entirely just something free they are giving away out of the good of their hearts. In my opinion it's perfectly valid for a player to give feedback to the admin to indicate that the prizes are underwhelming - in general, if the prizes for something tend to be really minor or not compelling, it undercuts the activity itself and people won't want to bother participating, be that a promotion or a contest or a bashing area. That sort of feedback, one would think, would be rather valuable, as it helps pinpoint the sorts of things and range that hit the mark.
Feedback like this in the past has led to greater profit - look at Imperian, for example. They did the relic stuff before us and the initial release was really viewed as meh. After a bit of forum discussion they tweaked the promo and people started buying thousands of credits. Obviously Ironbeard isn't as easy to directly analyze as a credit purchase promo, but fiddling with him can have an impact.
I got a couple of thousand gold and bragging rights over @Xenia who was hanging out with Ish at the time. Who still hasn't gotten a visit, I don't think.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Just saw someone else get like 6k.
You grasp a grisly Celesmas tree and give it a vigorous shake, attempting to unroot and topple it over.
With a great heave, you manage to send the blighted Celesmas tree falling to the ground.
A stocking falls out from amongst the fallen branches. As you look inside, you find 41439 gold
sovereigns.
Edit: eff yes 10k
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Awwww ye bb
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
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