New Marketplace Items: Cloak and Armor Crate

[Amnerys]

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/content/en/news/banners/newerbanners/station_cash_banner.jpg" width="400" height="150" /></p><p>Two new items are available in the EQII Marketplace this week; the Cloak of Woven Nature, and the Smoked Leatherskin Armor Crate. Let's take a closer look at these new wearables.</p><p><a href="http://everquest2.com/news/read/072010/3616" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>

[guillero]

<p>[Removed for Content]!  15 bucks for that cloak! HA HA HA!</p><p>They just convienently more than doubled the price for a cloak, compaired to the 7 bucks for the Emerald cloak.</p><p>So after the ridiculously priced mounts of 25 bucks. They now gonna double the price on this kind of stuff. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Amazing. Simply amazing.</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p><cite>Jerokane@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>[Removed for Content]!  15 bucks for that cloak! HA HA HA!</p><p>They just convienently more than doubled the price for a cloak, compaired to the 7 bucks for the Emerald cloak.</p>*snipped* </blockquote><p>Guessing you mean the Mermaid Scale cloak?  Just as a guess for the price difference but I'd have to say it's due to the fact that the Mermaid cloak is -only- an appearance cloak, whereas the new one is a regular cloak with Featherfall and an additional visual click effect.  </p><p><em>Now, personally, I will admit to wishing them to stick to the appearance -only- for all Armor, or at the most to have visual effects and leave off the Featherfall but they keep trying to wiggle their toes into that Stat gear for sale.   And as an aside, I'm disappointed, though not surprised, to see this cloak being [Removed for Content] out as SC because it would have been -Perfect- for a higher lvl Tunare Quest Cloak.  The current Deity cloaks in game suck <span style="text-decoration: underline;">major</span> [censored]!!   *weary sigh*</em></p><p>.... .... .... </p><p>But, speaking of the Visual Click Effect .. The picture shows the Purple Flower Effect AND has a Leaf Blown Effect.  Does this cloak indeed produce both of those Effects together or since the Character is also wearing what looks to be [Wayfarer's Boots] are the boots producing the Purple Flower Effect and the Cloak is only providing the Leaf Blown Effect?</p><p>Speaking of the [Wayfarer's Boots], the Pants that are shown look to be a match for the boots .. Any chance someone could ask <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Windslasher</strong></span> why he didn't (or if he could quickly add) the entire matching outfit to the boots on the Vendor at the Druid Rings?!  Pretty Please!</p>

[Gaige]

<p>15 bucks for a cloak is pretty ridiculous.  Also please stop putting stats on SC stuff, even if its something silly like featherfall.</p>

[CraigH]

<p>Put all the stats you want on these items.  Just lower our monthly subscription cost in return.</p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>*snipped* <p>But, speaking of the Visual Click Effect .. The picture shows the Purple Flower Effect AND has a Leaf Blown Effect. <strong> Does this cloak indeed produce both of those Effects together</strong> or since the Character is also wearing what looks to be [Wayfarer's Boots] are the boots producing the Purple Flower Effect and the Cloak is only providing the Leaf Blown Effect?</p><p>*snipped* </p></blockquote><p>*sigh* I really dislike having to continually re-ask questions.</p>

[Guy De Alsace]

<p><strong>Insane </strong>pricing and the leather is just Halas Armour but a different colour. Can people who think these up come back down to earth please?</p><p>Would also be nice to see someone actually putting better art into <em>the game</em> instead of always on SC.</p><p>Come on guys...<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p><cite>Kaisha@Permafrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><strong>Does this cloak indeed produce both of those Effects together</strong> or since the Character is also wearing what looks to be [Wayfarer's Boots] are the boots producing the Purple Flower Effect and the Cloak is only providing the Leaf Blown Effect?</p></blockquote><p>I haven't been able to cofirm the answer to this yet. The marketing team member who took the screenshot said he thought the brown leaf might have been from the spell she was casting. I'll see what I can find out.</p>

[Rezikai]

<p><cite>Larik@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Put all the stats you want on these items.  Just lower our monthly subscription cost in return.</p></blockquote><p>QFE</p><p>i dont care if something has stats on it if it brings the sub rates down</p>

[Uncaged]

<p>Enjoy the option to purchase and if its too much....... just ignore it. Seriously, no matter how hard you make a grind/quest you cannot make an item exclusive in game. Just look at that [Removed for Content] Rime horse. That is about as annoying an item as you can put in game to get and they are a dime a dozen.</p><p>Honestly, This new cloak is cool for (goodies) but I don't need to see it on every Tunare following wood elf. The best reasoning I can see for some of these items on SC is for some form of exclusivity. Just get over it people.</p>

[Guy De Alsace]

<p><cite>Grimknight@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Enjoy the option to purchase and if its too much....... just ignore it. Seriously, no matter how hard you make a grind/quest you cannot make an item exclusive in game. Just look at that [Removed for Content] Rime horse. That is about as annoying an item as you can put in game to get and they are a dime a dozen.</p><p>Honestly, This new cloak is cool for (goodies) but I don't need to see it on every Tunare following wood elf. The best reasoning I can see for some of these items on SC is for some form of exclusivity. Just get over it people.</p></blockquote><p>Why put an item up for sale if you dont want to sell it? At the pricing they are using I'd just point and laugh - as I did when people bought and used the prowlers. May as well have had a big sign saying "Please take all my money" lol.</p><p>Thread below this one says the ENTIRE GAME is now available for less than the cost of one single cloak from Station Cash.</p><p>Please guys, get a grip.</p>

[Uncaged]

<p><cite>Guy De Alsace wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Grimknight@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Enjoy the option to purchase and if its too much....... just ignore it. Seriously, no matter how hard you make a grind/quest you cannot make an item exclusive in game. Just look at that [Removed for Content] Rime horse. That is about as annoying an item as you can put in game to get and they are a dime a dozen.</p><p>Honestly, This new cloak is cool for (goodies) but I don't need to see it on every Tunare following wood elf. The best reasoning I can see for some of these items on SC is for some form of exclusivity. Just get over it people.</p></blockquote><p>Why put an item up for sale if you dont want to sell it? At the pricing they are using I'd just point and laugh - as I did when people bought and used the prowlers. May as well have had a big sign saying "Please take all my money" lol.</p><p>Thread below this one says the ENTIRE GAME is now available for less than the cost of one single cloak from Station Cash.</p><p>Please guys, get a grip.</p></blockquote><p>For every few subscribers like you who point and laugh, someone buys this for the look they want to create. This is inherently the beauty of a capitalist society. You disagree with the price, great. Others will buy it. Many have. If not enough sales come through, then the price will drop next time.</p><p>Yes, of course, the entire game is up for less than this item. They cannot charge you for said cloak if you are not playing. Obviously that quandry is lost on you too eh? I see the prices charged by third party sites for LoN loot card cloaks with the same or crappier stats/looks than this cloak. It seems SOE's price is quite fair.</p><p>Bottom line. If you don't feel its a good deal then don't buy it. No reason to blast those who do. I happily bought my prowler mount. I have used it on three different characters on my account so far. Money well spent. It looks cool, is fast and prevented me from spending precious plat while leveling up toons. Said plats went toward masters/MC equipt. so that I didn't have to spend status/plats on a ride. When the time comes, maybe I'll do the Rime faction. But there is no rush with my cat harness in hand. Cash well spent IMHO.</p><p>My grip is good, Thanks for your concern.</p>

[Guy De Alsace]

<p>Was going to post a rebuttal but the recent news has stopped me from dissing SOE employees atm <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Sharakari]

<p>That cloak should have been an item that could be purchased with "florets" for doing the druid ring reconstruction!  You know, like we were offered a cloak during the Spires event... along with armor..... and a tapestry........</p>

[Ristan]

<p><cite>Grimknight@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Guy De Alsace wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Grimknight@Kithicor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Enjoy the option to purchase and if its too much....... just ignore it. Seriously, no matter how hard you make a grind/quest you cannot make an item exclusive in game. Just look at that [Removed for Content] Rime horse. That is about as annoying an item as you can put in game to get and they are a dime a dozen.</p><p>Honestly, This new cloak is cool for (goodies) but I don't need to see it on every Tunare following wood elf. The best reasoning I can see for some of these items on SC is for some form of exclusivity. Just get over it people.</p></blockquote><p>Why put an item up for sale if you dont want to sell it? At the pricing they are using I'd just point and laugh - as I did when people bought and used the prowlers. May as well have had a big sign saying "Please take all my money" lol.</p><p>Thread below this one says the ENTIRE GAME is now available for less than the cost of one single cloak from Station Cash.</p><p>Please guys, get a grip.</p></blockquote><p>For every few subscribers like you who point and laugh, someone buys this for the look they want to create. This is inherently the beauty of a capitalist society. You disagree with the price, great. Others will buy it. Many have. If not enough sales come through, then the price will drop next time.</p><p>Yes, of course, the entire game is up for less than this item. They cannot charge you for said cloak if you are not playing. Obviously that quandry is lost on you too eh? I see the prices charged by third party sites for LoN loot card cloaks with the same or crappier stats/looks than this cloak. It seems SOE's price is quite fair.</p><p>Bottom line. If you don't feel its a good deal then don't buy it. No reason to blast those who do. I happily bought my prowler mount. I have used it on three different characters on my account so far. Money well spent. It looks cool, is fast and prevented me from spending precious plat while leveling up toons. Said plats went toward masters/MC equipt. so that I didn't have to spend status/plats on a ride. When the time comes, maybe I'll do the Rime faction. But there is no rush with my cat harness in hand. Cash well spent IMHO.</p><p>My grip is good, Thanks for your concern.</p></blockquote><p>qfe.</p><p>If you don't want to spend 15 bucks for a featherfall cloak, go buy a carpet with plat, go to lon, don't do anything at all.  Let people who want to spend it spend it.  These cloaks have been in game for a way long time, almost all of my characters have a lon cloak so I don't kill myself running off cliffs, so now insetead of spending 50 bucks at a lon store or random boosters, your spending 15 in sc. </p><p>As for the prowler mount, I agree with the above poster.  If you don't want it, don't buy it.  I bought 7 of them (3 accounts).  I happily dished out the money because I think they lookcool, they run fast, and I don't have to grind myself into insanity for rime faction.</p>

[Barx]

<p>I like the look of the new cloak, but I really wish they made it without featherfall. A cheaper (say $5 or even $10) one with just the particle effect (and no slowfall) would be great. There's a crapload of slowfall cloaks already in game, so it's kind of unfortunate that this one is given that and priced accordingly when the appearance could have been sold in an appearance-only version for a bit less. Though it would be worth the $15 to me if it was just heirloom instead of attunable.</p>

[Iskandar]

<p>Is there an updated image of the particle effect available yet? I'd like to see it more clearly as well <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Senya]

<p>1500sc and it's not even heirloom.  I'm a supporter of the marketplace but there's less and less that I'm finding is worth is worth the sc price tag they shove on it. </p>

[Mysstie]

<p>Well, here's what the cloak and effects look like on me. Looks like some green grass, blueish/purpleish trees or something, and slithers of light going up. They trail behind you as you walk.  Didn't notice any leaves or anything like the other image.  Since I bought it using Station Cash from double cash weekend.. it's like it only cost $7.50.</p><p><img src="http://gallery.mysstie.com/var/resizes/EQ2/Outfits/Cloaks/Cloak_of_Woven_Nature.jpg" width="640" height="576" /></p>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<p>Thank you, Mysstie! </p><p>blah! I was kinda hoping they messed up the pix and the purple flowers were from the boots.</p><p>I want a Leaf Effect for my Fury!  The Wardens got that fun spell .. Furies get toxic fumes & hulu hoops!   <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Until the Druid ring event ends, the purple flower effect is really not that big of a deal since anyone with time to do a couple druid ring quests can have it for only (27) tokens, with the [wayfarer boots].  Though, at least the cloak can be turned on/off.  With the boots I'm always having to figure out how to cancel it out on my various lowbies. </p><p>*if* it had had a way to give me a Leaf effect .. I'd have spent the SC.  Even, though I really don't particularly like cloaks, nor do I need another featherfall cloak.   But, now?  meh.</p>

[Aerfen]

<p>I'm not a big supporter of SC, with the exception of the Guild Name Change potion that SOE couldn't (read: wouldn't) do for the last 5 years, but can now make money on, so they will... /end rant</p><p>What I find frustrating about this cloak is:</p><p><ul><li>the price - wow...these micro transactions seem to be turning into MACRO tranactions</li><li>the 'stats' even if it is just featherfall</li><li>we have guild cloaks in game that could use a SERIOUS update (and have guild heraldry banners, etc. added)...but I guess SOE can't make money off those, so it probably won't happen...</li></ul><div><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></div></p>

[Guy De Alsace]

<p>Thank god some people are wising up to the insane prices.</p>

[guillero]

<p><cite>Guy De Alsace wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thank god some people are wising up to the insane prices.</p></blockquote><p>Yup. As this is just not funny anymore.</p><p>I thought 500-700 sc for a single item (like a hat and cloak and such) and 1000 for a full armor crate were reasonable prices.</p><p>But 2500 sc for a mount and now 1500 sc for a "single" cloak is getting simply too far now!</p><p>And sure, there are always people having plenty of cash to throw out. There are people that earn in a month, what I earn in a year.</p><p>Doesn't automatically justify the idiotic increase in prices on Station Cash !! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e78feac27fa924c4d0ad6cf5819f3554.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Ciara52]

<p>nvm  sigh  I can't get my pictures to work on this forum    So here's a link if you want to see a fae with the effects  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> </p><p> <a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/MissSuzie/Louly5.jpg">http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1...uzie/Louly5.jpg</a></p><p>But it does look nice  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />   </p>

[Thistleknot]

<p>My problem with the cloak is that it looks really nice zoomed in (within 4 steps of first person), with the symbol on the back color-shifting from blue to green, but once you get past that (which you will most likely be when actually playing the game), the color-shifting effect completely disappears.</p>

[Warpax]

<p>i wish you could use it(for the nature effect) from the appearance slot. but NOO you have to equip it in your regular cloak slot use then rearrange =( and the dang thing looked GREEEN in the appearance window but when i wear it is YELLOW  that was a big disappointment.</p>

[Mysstie]

Well.. part of the problem with the appearance window, dressing room, and the Cut and Shave window is that the shade that appears there is not taking into account the in-game lighting effects or time of day. What looks like red hair in the Cut and Shave window can look like anything from almost purple to bright orange in the game. I've seen this cloak look anywhere from a pleasant green, to golden, to somewhat yellow. Look at the image I posted above.. certainly NOT yellow there. Just depends what zone I'm in and lighting effects going on.

[Warpax]

<p>2 different shots of the cloak</p><p><img src="http://i28.tinypic.com/59xc10.jpg" /></p><p><img src="http://i27.tinypic.com/2lcbvci.jpg" /></p>

[Barx]

<p>Interesting how it can look anywhere from a verdant green to kind of a golden yellow. I wonder if they did that on purpose?</p><p>I also like the bright green / blue-tinged symbol... does it morph over time (ie the blue changing position) like that one SF robe does, or is it static?</p>