Coming Soon to the Antique Shop: Reading Drive Prizes

September 22, 2015 12:03 am

A big shipment is coming to the Antique Shop soon! On October 1st all of the Reading Drive prizes will be added to the Antique Shop. Don't worry, the prices will be much more reasonable than those pricy pirate and expensive island items were.

You will have until 11:59pm on September 30th to spend your Reading Drive points. However, this time you will not be able to cash out remaining points after the conversion. So spend your points now, or they'll be gone forever!

If you have any remaining pirate or islander points to convert, you'll also need to do this by September 30th, as this option will disappear and any remaining points will be deleted then, too.

October 3, 2015, 2:23 am by

I totally forgot to use my points ~ Lol ~

September 30, 2015, 8:23 am by

Sooooooo how bout that newsletter/email for this? This is really one of the more pathetic/mishandled things the site has done in a while, and that's saying something with the brew voting having just finished.

SMDH... every time I think Subeta might be learning/doing it right.

September 28, 2015, 8:01 pm by

"~Your contributions to our drive this year earned have you 1,548 points." Ugh, so choices x.x I just had surgery I can't make these choices x.x

September 25, 2015, 5:17 pm by

Why should we have another Reading Drive if the prizes will be available for sP purchase in the Antique Shop??

"Deleting" books from the site in exchange for event currency is stupid. Just ask any serious battler.

September 23, 2015, 4:51 pm by

If the reading drive is being cancelled/changing, will we also be able to buy the achievement prizes that came with it (i.e. or in the Crystal shop or elsewhere?

September 23, 2015, 2:31 pm by

Been AFK for awhile and came back to this today. The prices in the Antique Shop? Seriously?

September 23, 2015, 6:45 am by

For the reading drive items when they're added, will there also be a direct to collections for the food/books/etc, please?

September 23, 2015, 5:58 am by

ok, i used up all of mine. i mostly bought books to read to my pet, some food, and the Okobo of a geisha clothing. took down 2 WL items as well, yay me.

September 23, 2015, 12:43 am by

ive been hoarding books for like 3 yr so this kinda sucks,.....

September 22, 2015, 6:46 pm by

I really hope the reading drives aren't cancelled permanently. The last time had new changes made to it that seemed to give it more involvement from everyone on the site and feedback was requested - why all the effort if only to cancel? The Holiday Shop and the Reading Drive were/are(?) my favourite parts of the site. I understand improvement and progress, but don't leave some of us behind, please!

September 22, 2015, 4:49 pm by

Hey , is there a way to check if we already converted out pirate/islander points to sp? I can't remember if I did (nor can another friend of mine) and the retired currencies aren't listed on the currency page anymore

September 22, 2015, 4:26 pm by

We were a bit generous last time, I don't know if doing it once is really setting a precedent. I wish we could do it again, but that really isn't how the points were intended to work. Way too much sp went out last time, and we need to prevent that from happening again :)

September 22, 2015, 4:21 pm by

Ok I think I got it. My concerns weren't ever with the prices of items in the antique shop but with the fact that users are left with two poor options to either lose all the points we worked to get or buy a bunch of items we don't really want. Though it seems you guys regret the ability to cash out points it did start a precedent and kind of sucks that it's not going to be an option

September 22, 2015, 4:18 pm by

Definitely! I'm particularly terrified of weapons because I don't battle. It takes a lot of discussion before any of those are rereleased!

September 22, 2015, 4:17 pm by

I'm all for more limited releases especially in ways they're earned rather than bought so it gets more people trading, profiting, money flowing around etc... But sinks are always good, just not always the best option :D Either way though as long as it's being taken into account and eventually it will be settled, I'm content for now :D Thanks,

September 22, 2015, 4:13 pm by

I think my use of the word conversion wasn't the best. All I'm saying is that the price of items included in the antique shop will vary with each release depending on the current price of the items, how long ago they were released, etc. We probably shouldn't have even let people cash out points last time, so we aren't going to do it again.

We're considering ways to rerelease other items like that! Some may end up in the crystal shop, some may in the antique shop, it really just depends.

September 22, 2015, 4:11 pm by

Ok so because you're not pricing items based on how many points they're worth in shop this means we don't get the points to sP conversion?

September 22, 2015, 4:08 pm by

The pricing of items.

September 22, 2015, 4:08 pm by

What is the fate of the achievement/non-point based pries related to things going into the antique shop. The maelstrom/mana surge scrolls have been much discussed on the bcc with the re-release of pirate challengers and personally I've been trying for months on end to find a seller for a Thunderball (RD achievement prize).

September 22, 2015, 4:06 pm by

Sorry I'm really confused by your response. So there will be an sP conversion of points? Or are you talking about the sP pricing within the shop itself?

September 22, 2015, 3:55 pm by

The sp conversion will depend on a lot of things for each group of items added. We're hoping to be able to keep it an across-the-board ratio for each group of items (it worked out almost perfectly with the pirate/islander items, we punched so many numbers and it was almost identical to the market value for the vast majority of items), but not all of these items are going to be worth the same.

September 22, 2015, 3:52 pm by

Those were old reading drive points. Those were cleared 2 years ago. Any existing points are from the reading drive in 2013.

September 22, 2015, 3:47 pm by

( Í¡o ÍœÊ– Í¡o) I AM READY

September 22, 2015, 1:31 pm by

Wahoo! Glad I sold my Reviver of the Lion 2 weeks ago haha

September 22, 2015, 1:10 pm by

cries in relief I thought I'd never get my Westerosi banners. YESSSSS

September 22, 2015, 12:35 pm by

You also have the fact that if you just magically get a lot of sP and achieve your goals or some of them, your play time may go down (page views, cash shop purchases etc) or you just may lose interest all together. There are many reasons and I can go into more but you get the idea.

September 22, 2015, 12:34 pm by

You're ignoring the fact that this site gives out sP as if its candy in the first place. With the reading drive points being more common you'd be introducing an insane amount of sP into the economy. Quests already do this to an extreme amount. Coming from an economic stand point this would suck really hard for the pseudo-economy this site has. Either the points were too common to do this or they realised what they did last time was bad for the economy and changed their policies.

September 22, 2015, 12:29 pm by

I don't see how that really changes things? You can make each point worth less sP as they're making the items cheaper in the shop but you can still give the exchange of sP for points

September 22, 2015, 12:25 pm by

The points were way more common given people were hoarding. Plus there were other reasons. But mainly because the reading drive points were way more common.

September 22, 2015, 12:24 pm by

About time, I need all the beanbags :'( I can't complete my collection like this.

September 22, 2015, 12:21 pm by

Ok but by doing the sP conversion the first time they set up a precedent that seemed to say ok this is how this shop is going to work. Now the only option is lose all the points you worked hard to get or buy a bunch of junk you don't really want

September 22, 2015, 12:14 pm by

Probably because the island stuff was older than the reading drive stuff. Plus the differences were that there were two reading drives and the former as a plot.

September 22, 2015, 12:10 pm by

I'm confused why this shop isn't getting the same sP conversion as the previous one

September 22, 2015, 11:41 am by

there were 2 drives in the past. before the 2nd one started, the points from the 1st one were wiped.

Now.. what to get.. 299 points left :'D

September 22, 2015, 11:29 am by

Oh I am so excited about this!! I have so many.items I need that I couldn't get the first time around.

September 22, 2015, 11:11 am by

Will the achievement prizes associated with the reading drive be added to the antique shop as well, or are they stuck "not retired forever"??

September 22, 2015, 10:54 am by

I really hope these won't be as insanely priced as the pirate items. I understand that they'll be expensive, but hopefully not as expensive.

September 22, 2015, 10:50 am by

Like a lot of people I have mixed feelings about this. Even though I've never participated in one I definitely think there should be more than 8 days to use those points, because I know I've gone much longer than that without playing and I have no idea what the newsletter even is so it'd be highly unlikely I'd find out about the retirement. And even though its been a long time since the last one I'd always hoped fervently that the Reading Drive would happen again, because I've managed to miss the times this event happen and when I found out about it sounded fun. :-(

On the other hand...cool items. Easier to get cool items...

September 22, 2015, 10:34 am by

Awhile back, I returned from a hiatus to my reading drive points wiped out, and when I submitted a ticket, it sounded like everyone's had expired and been wiped. Mine were irretrievable. So finding out that everyone's actually had theirs this whole time leaves me pretty bitter from the effort I originally put into mine.

September 22, 2015, 10:34 am by

Whelp, rip sp when they move, lol. I've got so many things I want to pick up. So excited!

September 22, 2015, 10:20 am by

Just spent my last 9 points. :) As someone who was here for both reading drives I'm pretty excited for this!

September 22, 2015, 10:11 am by

That's cool, as someone who wasn't around for the last drive I'm pretty happy at a chance to grab some of these items from a shop. While I'm glad they're not going to be as expensive as the pirate/islander stuff (yikes) - I hope they're not too cheap either.

September 22, 2015, 10:02 am by

I probably still won't be able to afford everything I want but still: YAY! The reading drive items are all over my wishlist

September 22, 2015, 9:49 am by

So when does Epicon 2010 get added in?

September 22, 2015, 9:46 am by

Too bad this happens: Fatal error: Call to a member function update() on a non-object in /www/subeta.net/games/reading_prizes.php on line 38

September 22, 2015, 9:46 am by

Reading Drive Points You have 1,489

This was so totally not worth the effort and sP I put into this event, especially now that everything will be cheaper! :( Now I have to rush and spend my points? UGH!

September 22, 2015, 9:44 am by

I get that re-releasing these things in the future is not avoidable but at least make it a random/seasonal thing. People worked hard for these items, like spending a lot to get multiple items from the last drive I assume. Having them there 24/7 isn't a good idea and kind alienates people that worked hard and have been here a long time (your core user base) I think? :/

September 22, 2015, 9:14 am by