New Root Abyss Equip Drop

CRA would have to increase to Empress level of supply and Empress level of demand for this to be the case. The only way CRA is going to get to that point is if (or more when) they release a newer set that outdoes what CRA does. So almost inevitably, this would happen anyways.

Why is Empress so hard to sell now? Well the market was already reasonably saturated, but more importantly, the demand for Empress has dropped significantly. Why don't people buy Zakum Helms or Horntail Pendants? Aside from the fact that the bosses are significantly easier to kill now, those equips are outdone by Empress and CRA equips.

Empress is in such demand because it's cheap. If CRA is cheaper, it will be more in demand, because it's suddenly within so many more player's realm of possibilities. Releasing a newer set will be no reason for people to suddenly want CRA equips. If they are cheap, they will be in demand and bought often, just as empress is.

The market for Empress was so saturated because of months and months of them coming from gachapon, marvel, teapots, empress runs, hackers, and so on. There's more from hackers/non empress runs than legit empress runs. If the market was given time to grow on its own, without illegitimate interference, or ways of obtaining them via NX cash, then empress would be much more quality of an equipment, and not be so devalued.

CRA becoming cheap will essentially put Empress equips in their grave. Additionally, CRA being cheap without being replaced by a better equipment isn't good. It'd be slightly understandable if there was much better gear and CRA equipment was pretty much negligible, but they're still one of the two best equipment sets in the game. They're not devaluing because there's better equipment; they're devaluing because so many are flooding the markets.

I didn't say I was against it happening to Empress, just that it wasn't necessary. The Empress gear market has been completely saturated for several, several months, and the change for her just means the gear has more or less become fodder for the rich. Besides, the entire Empress set is still somewhat expensive to obtain, if you look to get the Shoulder and Cape too, as those both are still somewhat highpriced.

The RA market on the other hand has been considerably high-priced since its release, prices varying depending on the class its for, but regularly going for 2-3b clean if not more, making it impossible for most people to obtain through any means, much less scroll and/or cube. As Niernen said, the people who can kill CRA bosses still control the market, and will continue to profit off of the gear, even if it's less of a profit now, because there will continue to be a market for it.

It's not necessary for Empress equipment, because they're already been devalued so much, and this is the nail in the coffin for empress. Give it a few weeks, months, and Empress will be pocket change. Thank goodness it's tradeable, if it had to be SOKed to trade, it'd be the new Zakum Helmet.

And honestly, why shouldn't some of the best end-game equipment in the game be high priced? Should this gear be available for everyone to obtain? Is the only thing that should differentiate an end-game player from a non end-game player the potential on their equipment, but not the equipment itself? This is basically all just tying back to the point of this making the game more pay2win. :/

There'll continue to be a market for now. If people continue to bring 4-6 characters along with them on their solos, it'll just be the rich staying rich until the prices plummet to the ground. @_@

I mean, I guess I can finally finish off my Dunwitch set. B>Royal Dunwitch Hat.