Hello guys. I was just wondering that some items in the crown shop are WAY to expensive! For example: A mastery amulet would cost almost like a house!!! And some people liked the pegasus from Wysteria. But they were to expensive! (Ty ki for making that sale back in December) ALSO.... I herd some people were dissapointed about the new lvl 65+ gear, I was kinda dissapointed I couldnt see balance X_X Well I just wanted to post this cause people were dissapointed in the prices. Bye! Thanks for reading, wizard friends! ~Wolf StrongShield lvl 56 Balance (Cant wait to get Ra :-D )
The thing is that a house is little more than cosmetic. Sure, you get an outdoor and an indoor area by buying a house/castle, but the thing is that Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu AND Dragonspyre each have two houses fitting their world's theme - if the houses in the Crown Shop were more expensive, then it would be ridiculous to purchase one, seeing as how Wizard City sells a perfectly good house at a mere 15,000 gold...
However, mounts are largely restricted to the crown shop (permanent ones, at least), and they also provide a substantial bonus in movement speed for the average wizard. The Gear and the Pets are usually special, and either ridiculously strong (Sidhe Staff), a game breaker (Mastery amulets) or plain overpowered (Sea Dragon).
So, really, it makes sense that while a House is a "bigger" purchase than a mount/pet/staff, then the mount/pet/staff is more USEFUL, thus costing a fair amount.
The house is beneficial in minimal ways compared to say a mastery amulet is. The house allows you to just have an interesting place to go to or have friends come to. But a mastery amulet can change the entire game play for a character. I think they are more likely keeping the prices of the unique items as low as the houses, instead of the other way around.
