BuySellTrade Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Hi I was online earlier but did not have time to purchase the helmets I needed and was planning on doing it once I had returned from work. I checked the market and it said I had 12hrs left. I get home expecting to still have 3 more hours in which to buy plat. and purchase the last few arcane helms I need only to find out they have already been removed from market. I am frustrated and annoyed. Shame on you DE. If you are going to put advertised time markers on merchandise in the marketplace, please follow through with the times you allot us for purchase.
DarthRevan84 Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Hi I was online earlier but did not have time to purchase the helmets I needed and was planning on doing it once I had returned from work. I checked the market and it said I had 12hrs left. I get home expecting to still have 3 more hours in which to buy plat. and purchase the last few arcane helms I need only to find out they have already been removed from market. I am frustrated and annoyed. Shame on you DE. If you are going to put advertised time markers on merchandise in the marketplace, please follow through with the times you allot us for purchase. or you could be more dedicated about getting what you wanted before you left :)
CandyDragon Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 So you waited to the last minute despite having nearly a month or more of notice?
AVEOX Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 or you could be more dedicated about getting what you wanted before you left :) Wrong. This is just wrong.
Dualstar Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Wrong. This is just wrong. How exactly? We all knew the stat helmets were on thier way out. We were even notified a week in advance of thier actual removal. Theres no reason why anyone should be complaining about thier timely removal.
Wahooo Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 You know, normally I would side with, and probably add a snarky comment to the pool to someone who had this much notice and had he planned on buying a helmet or two should have done it, but not this time. There was a VERY clear countdown timer on the helms in the game's market, and I understand had I been planning on buying say Booben Espirit helm since it is the only one I don't have and one that I actually do want, I would have waited to see if it popped up on alert until the last moment. Then had I gone and seen that they closed sales of the helms 3 hours earlier than the countdown time I looked at this morning said? It is a bad move. My personal only solace is I didn't plan on spending any money, but I feel for the OP. Not sure what to say. Not sure what you can do other than complain. Too bad most of us HATE to read personal complaints on the forums. They end up met with the types of responses you've received rather than empathy or help.
Ailith Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) or you could be more dedicated about getting what you wanted before you left :) Because it's impossible that this person saw the news just before going to work, or wherever, and then was screwed upon returning home. And anyone who isn't a hardcore elitist should be punished for having a life. Oh, but the smiley face makes it all better. Edited May 8, 2014 by Ailith
autrix02 Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Because it's impossible that this person saw the news just before going to work, or wherever, and then was screwed upon returning home. And anyone who isn't a hardcore elitist should be punished for having a life. This. I honestly did not know Helmet's statistics were being removed until 45 minutes beforehand. And the only reason I found out was because I jumped on the forums and accidentally clicked on Information section.
direcyphre Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 I guess I don't check the market enough, but there was some sort of timer? The rest of us knew well in advance, as they had gone over the changes at least a month ago in devstreams. Besides the solar rails, it was also a pretty popular topic in the forums. If you didn't know about it, sorry, but there was ample time if you ever intended to purchase them with stats. Nevermind the fact that you can still buy cosmetic helmets without a problem (as they had phased out stats from newer alternative helmets a long time ago).
Rekkou Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 You know that every time based event comes with "times and date may change" albeit an invisible one. Also, some people are trading arcane for less than 75 plat. So consider yourself to be actually lucky.
BuySellTrade Posted May 8, 2014 Author Posted May 8, 2014 DE have been discussing Removing the Stats on helms since almost the time they were released (nearly a year). So yes, there was always the possibility it would happen. And, yes I knew, but was not able to get the $$$ for them till today. Hey guys its right after the 1st of the month and some of us have rent, utilities, and other bills. They gave a clear time frame that they would be gone today. They gave a clearly posted countdown timer in the market for the helms posted as limited time offer, expiring just under 3hrs from now. They Lied. I have every right to be annoyed at being lied to. My post was to see if others have a similar experience and maybe get something done about it.
Ailith Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) I guess I don't check the market enough, but there was some sort of timer? The rest of us knew well in advance, as they had gone over the changes at least a month ago in devstreams. Besides the solar rails, it was also a pretty popular topic in the forums. If you didn't know about it, sorry, but there was ample time if you ever intended to purchase them with stats. Nevermind the fact that you can still buy cosmetic helmets without a problem (as they had phased out stats from newer alternative helmets a long time ago). This change was mentioned however long ago in a livestream, but no specific date was given. Other than that, the only way to know that stat helms were being phased out (aside from randomly reading it in chat) was to A) go to the forums > Information Headquarters > Warframe News > find the stat helmet thread or B) go to the in-game Market > Warframes > Warframe accessories, where all of the helmets said "LIMITED TIME". I honestly don't know how often other players go to either of those places, but I only saw the forum post because it was in the "recently replied to" list and I always look at helmets under the Appearance tab on each Warframe (which didn't show the "limited time" indicator), not the market. Edited May 8, 2014 by Ailith
Wahooo Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 or B) go to the in-game Market > Warframes > Warframe accessories, where all of the helmets said "LIMITED TIME". I honestly don't know how often other players go to either of those places, but I only saw the forum post because it was in the "recently replied to" list and I always look at helmets under the Appearance tab on each Warframe (which didn't show the "limited time" indicator), not the market. This is the thing, the OP is saying he went to the market and saw "LIMITED TIME" "12 HOURS REMAINING" i'll back him up on that because when I logged in this morning I couldn't remember when exactly they ended and saw 9 hours remaining. So the OP thought ok 12 hours to go, but 9 hours later they were off the market. What use is a timer if it isn't accurate? If it had been some nebulous get it before its gone and no one could answer exactly when that was, fine, you didn't buy it before it was gone. But when there is a clear time listed that ends short? He's got a point.
VegetableBasket Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) DE have been discussing Removing the Stats on helms since almost the time they were released (nearly a year). So yes, there was always the possibility it would happen. And, yes I knew, but was not able to get the $$$ for them till today. Hey guys its right after the 1st of the month and some of us have rent, utilities, and other bills. They gave a clear time frame that they would be gone today. They gave a clearly posted countdown timer in the market for the helms posted as limited time offer, expiring just under 3hrs from now. They Lied. I have every right to be annoyed at being lied to. My post was to see if others have a similar experience and maybe get something done about it. Buy them out of trade chat for less than 75p. I literally have 5 people in my dojo trying to sell me a vanguard arcane for 50p until I realized you couldn't merch them. You can get the helmets you need for less than market price. Oh wait you wanted to buy tons of them and sell them for a profit, yeah, too bad LOL your name is BuySellTrade, come on. Edited May 8, 2014 by VegetableBasket
Kartumterek Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 DE have been discussing Removing the Stats on helms since almost the time they were released (nearly a year). So yes, there was always the possibility it would happen. And, yes I knew, but was not able to get the $$$ for them till today. Hey guys its right after the 1st of the month and some of us have rent, utilities, and other bills. They gave a clear time frame that they would be gone today. They gave a clearly posted countdown timer in the market for the helms posted as limited time offer, expiring just under 3hrs from now. They Lied. I have every right to be annoyed at being lied to. My post was to see if others have a similar experience and maybe get something done about it. you had weeks and weeks of advance notice. quibbling about 12 hours when you had WEEKS AND WEEKS is kinda ridiculous. dems the breaks
Rhiasu Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 >Company gave a few weeks notice >Don't get it til last minute Typical
Authion Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 If you are going to put advertised time markers on merchandise in the marketplace, please follow through with the times you allot us for purchase. ^THIS is the problem everyone.. DE is the problem here, hellooooo??
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