New Gift Wrapping!



We\'ve simplified the gift giving process this luminaire by purchasing all of the stock of wrapping paper that the Holiday Shop has! You can now send gifts directly from the gift wrapping center without worrying about finding wrapping paper! We\'re even giving everyone 10,000sP if they redeem their wrapping paper from their inventory, since we aren\'t taking it anymore!



The owners of the holiday shop have taken the sP from the purchase of the remainder of their stock and skipped off to retirement in Veta!
December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by nlp
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I have 1028 things of wrapping paper... this is going to take awhile. Oh God. It's like deleting pumpkins all over again. =[

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by toilet
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this is awesome, cool :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Betelgeuze
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Wait wait wait, the redeeming option is already down? I still have a load of now useless wrapping paper in my vault!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by onlysimplicity
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I'm really disappointed about losing the Holiday Shop. All these changes seem like there's an intention to make it harder and harder for collectors or hoarders.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Evalynn
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I'm happy with the change. Not to fond of 7.5k to choose or 1k for random. Be better if you just made it 1k and you got to pick.

I mean really who cares what the paper looks like? it goes away and you just keep the item anyway.

I'll probably only be using the random option

Overall, I like it though!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Ligress
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The holiday shop is my favorite shop after the graveyard shop closed. WHAT ARE YOU DOING Please stop taking shops away :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Ewok
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I have to manually turn in 170 of these? Really?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Paradox
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Argh, whyyyyyy? :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by iGetThePoint
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I don't like this option. I loved having to buy wrapping paper and sending people presents. Now we have to pay to send people gifts? I call bullshit on that, sorry. There were way cheaper wrapping papers out there, I am not paying 1k let alone 15k to wrap a gift. I collected the wrapping paper, I bought a ton load the other week, just so I can send gifts. So much luck for that :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by caito
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Oh I love this. I don't send gifts often, so having to go to the shop to buy paper was annoying.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Mastication
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I guess I'm in the minority but I love this :')

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by hermes
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why kill the holiday shop though? i fear for future events and their event-related items' releases :| alegarten was mindblowingly expensive overall, and what about quentin's quests? what about the event items, that no longer will be restocking via the holiday shop, being asked for? ugh.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Alferia
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Don't know if I like this... :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Twisted_Pretzel
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We lost the Holiday shop? aww man, a classic fixture melted down and passed around.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Chinchilla
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What about the Genetech lab items that take wrapping paper? D:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Fellwyn
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Can someone message me and tell this noob how exactly I am supposed to turn in my paper?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by WinterMoon
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Goodbye Holiday Shop! It was nice knowing you! D:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by HalfBlood
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I like this idea, unlike most users who seem against it.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Lexigraph
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I don't understand the problem (since the price dropped) if you've been hoarding paper: Go to your inventory, trade it in for 10k, then go spend 7500 for the same thing, pocket 2500 sP. If you didn't keep wrapping paper around, your best option is just to spend 1k to send it randomly; the box is not the important part of a gift, is it? And if you're sending so many gifts that an extra 1k each will break your bank, well... what paper were you sending them in anyway that was an appreciable amount less than that? According to the page stats, the average user now has over 9 million sP -- don't pretend we don't have a need for as many sP sinks as possible, statistically.

I think next year the prices should probably be reduced since there will (theoretically) be less paper on the site to turn in for fat stacks of cash (I just made 540k and I still have 123 wrapping paper items left to turn in). Consider that they could have simply allowed us to use up our remaining stock for free... you'd be down no more money than before. However, even if I spent 7500 to send one present for every piece of paper I have (cost: 1,327,500 sp to send 177 presents), I'll still have made a new 442k -- and the economy will STILL be so ridiculous that I don't even consider that much of a profit. If you're concerned about new players' ability to send presents, set up a giveaway thread where you either give your wrapping paper away as 10k vouchers, or give 7500 away. Don't wanna? Welcome to why we have sP sinks. (That might have been a little TOO snarky, sorry)

Basically, if you're gift bombing wrapped gifts are are new/poor enough not to afford the 1k, I apologize that long time players/hoarders (of which I am both) have habits that contributed to everything more expensive and frustrating lately. It's one of the drawbacks of an economy where it is "easy" to make and keep money.

Hopefully, any combos will have their wrapping paper component replaced or restocked in, say, the craft store.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by DarkVixen28
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:'D No more gifts through the wrapping center for me. Goodbye sending cute anony messages to friends. -waves fairwell-

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by StarShadow
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Cool idea but the price is ridiculous. 15K to wrap a present? Don't think so. I might pay 1K but that's about it. So guess I'll just be sending my friends presents for Xmas without wrap from now on. :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Sunlight
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To me, I think the prices are high for wrapping paper, especially for those who are able to hoard it during the year in order to gift bomb people :[ . In all honesty, I am on the fence about this feature. On one hand, I really like being able to choose any wrapping paper, but I also dont appreciate the price. On the other hand, I feel like this isnot a good choice, cause it kinda takes some of the fun out of the whole process.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by amandajean
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um...how do we get holiday items now, if they don't vend and the holiday shop is closed?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Alenwen
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Hmm not so sure whether to keep my wrapping paper or not :0 But the selection is lovely! There are papers I didn't even know they exist xD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by SlayerWolf
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I'm honestly happy on the change no cluttering my inventory up with paper to send a gift

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by CaveAdsum
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Soooo, in general, I like this new Feature! But why did you make the giftwraps so expensive? That kind of annoys me. I think, as many others here do, 1000 sp for choosing and half the price for Random would have been appropriate. Gifting should be funny and easy, gifting wrapped gifts, a unique and wonderful feature of this site, should be also.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by HYPEBEAST
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Good thing I already got the gift sending achievements earlier this month.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by ChibiStraws
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This. Is just another idiotic move in a looooong line of idiotic moves you guys have been making. You should really just stop. I would say stop while you're ahead, but that point is way past the horizon.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Eye_468
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Yeah... no...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Black_Ophelia
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No. I don't like this news. I have a lot of paper in my Inventory...now is useless!! I think I don't send other gifts!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by bulleta
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Oh yeah, what about the genetech items with wrapping paper? I tought you guys would be moving the wrapping paper to like the crafts shop or something but this could work except for the genetech thing

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Paperoga
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:( :( :( :( I hate this. :( :( :( :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Egypt
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i literally JUST spent like 100k there oh my god ugh why dont you do these things before or at the very least the start of the event?? I JUSt

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by ChatLunatique
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Booo Hisss. No more gift wrapping for me. It's not often that I totally hate a new system but this takes all the fun out of Lumineve for me. I bought lots of giftwrap in the off-season when it was 100sp or less, just for Lumineve gifts. Over 7k to wrap a present in paper of my choice? that is freaking nuts! OOOH! I've had to erase this three times now to avoid unacceptable language. This sucks.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Acidtongue
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I wanna say thank you for this. I like this new feature. I didnt hoard and if I did I wouldnt want to go the the vault everytime to send a gift. Price seems a bit high and preview would be nice but overall I'm happy with this change.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Dracona
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I'm more upset about the loss of the Holiday Shop.... I used to love to buy things there. It was my favourite shop! How will we get event themed items now?? Or are you going to make everything cash shop items? Plus the prices you're charging are insanely high, especially considering you've at least quadrupled costs of sending a wrapped present now. I thought better of you guys. Very disappointed.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by RubyShades
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What about the genetech items that require wrapping paper? There are quite a few of those. If they're retired then it would have been nice of you to warn us before you decided to completely get rid of the wrapping paper. Unlike most during this season, I've not got a ton of paper lying around because I'm not that into gift giving. This just keeps getting worse. First I have to hunt through all the regular shops to find seasonal items (haven't caught even one yet, by the way) and now this. Did people really find the old way so annoying that you decided to shun more important site improvements to implement this first? Before you changed it I didn't care. Now I'm annoyed.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Peppermint
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I'm okay with it because I've been paying 40k for each Peppermint Wrapping paper. 8D;; Okay, on a more serious note, I don't think the new price is that bad, plus you can make it only 1k if you don't really care/don't want to spend 7.5k. Granted it's more than if you hoarded a bunch of such, but still, I don't think it's too bad. But if this change garners too much complaints over the next week or so, maybe the new system would be fiddled with. While change can be good, you should always be wary of the communities' response.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Kellijuana
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Yikes...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by penelope
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Echoing 98% of fellow Subetans that hate this change... I HATE THIS CHANGE. How about asking before doing, Subeta? Do you not care what your players think? Clearly not because you pull crap like this, and at the most inconveniencing times as well, with little regard for how we react. Stop fixing ish that's NOT BROKEN.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jasper
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You know what? I'm not done ranting about this. WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO THINK WE NEEDED A GOD DAMN NPC FOR THIS FEATURE? If this is some sort of christmas plot, can we skip it and have things go back to normal? The holidays are WAY to frickin' hectic for this kind of BS.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by KiaArra
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I'm on the fence on the whole change thing and getting rid of the holiday shop, but I definitely second bringing back the preview button!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Jasper
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Wow this was a shitastic change. I have HUNDREDS of wrapping papers in my vault that are now just utterly useless and the prices for this new format are beyond stupid. Never going to use this feature again. Thanks for that. :/

Also, you CLOSED the holiday shop with less than two weeks to go before christmas? Are you bat-shit-crazy?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Ivydactyl
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No no no. Please everything else aside, please bring back the preview button! I love to code my letters and MANY times that preview button has made sure I didn't screw it all up. I don't care for pricing but will make do, but PLEASE bring back the preview button.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Opundo
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7.5k to pick a wrapping paper?! This is insane! I could hoard wrapping paper at 200sP each to send presents. If we don't even get the object, why can't you just make it more or less free? (like 1k to pick, and 500sP for random, at most). And I don't like the idea of phasing out so many items that may be useful as other things (quests, fragging, treasure chests...)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Avedis
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The sticker shock got me for a few, but after some reflection I think this is fairly positive. Do like not having to go to my vault for paper anymore. A part of me is all "but I don't wanna pay that much to chooooose!" but then in reality, I usually just snag whatever random paper I happen to click on first from my vault and go with that. So not much really changes there. I am glad the prices changed from where they were initially pegged, but I am not sure that the price for choosing is low enough to tempt me to do it that way very often. We'll see tho.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Wolf_Spirit
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You still choose what paper to usep. But you&;re not being overcharged... drag out the paper from your store, click it for 10k sp, then go ahead and use the 7.5k paper, making 2.5k profit from the new system Basic maths.

Once the paper runs out that you can turn in you're being overcharged. 7500 is a far cry better than 15k, but I still find it much too expensive :S It's better, though...

Asro - they'll be working on changing the Genetech combos that require the paper I'm sure :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Natsume
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Uggggh I spent a lot of money stocking up wrapping paper for that achievement.. this is neat but ahh. D:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by Asrodeia
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But what about the genetech combo items that need wrapping paper??

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by TJPanda
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What about quests that ask for random pieces of wrapping paper? Some of the quests literally ask for any item on the site ^_^.

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