Allods Online Forum

Dear Sarnaut,

Are you itching to unlock your maximum potential in a flash? Thanks to Goblin Banker's latest and greatest plan, you can do just that – with a twist! Introducing Timed Artefacts, the latest addition to the boutique that not only allows you to rent all the power you will ever need (for a minuscule price), but also save a portion of that power to help you unlock them permanently at a later time.

Scared of investing your hard-earned war-wages into Runes of Power? Unsure if additional offensive & defensive stat-points are the way to go? Now you can gain all that (and more) temporarily for a tiny rental fee AND gain the items you need to help you gain that power forever and never pay for it again!

Sound good? Then check out what Goblin Banker has in store for you:


Please Note:

• These items will soon be added to (and become permanently available from) the boutique. Many more may also become available in future, so stay tuned!
  
• You can purchase multiple Rune Packs at once, but bonuses from other packs do not stack with bonuses from other fragile or permanent items (eg., you cannot buy multiple "Volume of Conclave" to gain multiple +120 stat bonuses simultaneously, or stack them with unlocked 'non-timed' bonuses of the same kind.

Thanks to this new feature, nothing can hold you back - and no rental is wasted. Unlock your true potential today!

-The Allods Team

Hey guys,

The Overall Concept; Rather than just renting X power for Y time and it later expiring without a trace... You instead gain a portion of that power to help you work towards a permanent version in future via much more manageable payments, and still reap the benefit of the full item of choice along the way (for a time).

Regarding some of the questions, will first refer back to the news notes:

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You can purchase multiple Rune Packs at once, but bonuses from other packs do not stack with bonuses from other fragile or permanent items (eg., you cannot buy multiple "Volume of Conclave" to gain multiple +120 stat bonuses simultaneously, or stack them with unlocked 'non-timed' bonuses of the same kind.

As mentioned, the non-rune bonuses DO NOT STACK (neither with itself [double rent] or the permanent version) - so if you already have the permanent version of X unlocked, renting X will provide no additional benefit other than the permanent 'extras' you get with the purchase. Same can be said about renting a power twice at the same time (which I assume would refresh the duration, not 'stack' with it - but you would still get the permanent extras per each purchase).

As for Temporary Runes;

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If I buy 6 Fragile Runes of Level 8, will I receive 2400 Crystal Chips? Or is that a non-stackable bonus?

You can rent as many as you need at any time, and gain the extras with each purchase, so yes, if you were considering multiple level 8 temporary runes for a month, you would get the 400 crystal chips per rune rented to help you work on your own permanent runes (or whatever else you choose to do with them). TLDR; Renting 6x8-Temp runes would indeed net you 2400 crystal chips.

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Meh, except for the 4th page of Mage's diary, rest is not even that rare. Maybe introduce the next tier in a promotion like this?

As said in the news, new timed artefacts will also be considered in future, so keep your eyes open if the system appeals to you -- it is early days yet!

Regards,
Mhul

PS. Pretty certain the rubies are not a mistake

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With the ruby page, do the fragments stack and allow progression? (if I buy enough to get 10x pages, can I combine into a legend scroll?)

I don't see why not. As far as I understand, the fragments you acquire are no different to those you could get from, say, Strongboxes related to that specific item, so yes, if you had already been working towards X and had fragments elsewhere, they should be combinable with those acquired from renting - and should all up-scale via combination as they usually do.

Regards,
Mhul

If there is a cooldown, you'll have to stick it out I'm afraid. It is more of a 'feature' than it is an actual sale - the concept is that you get that power for 30 days and keep something from it at the end to assist with unlocking the permanent version, not so much a filler means of acquiring fragments in general.

Regards,
Mhul