Owl of Minerva Changes

You're so much more organized and constructed in writing then me!

I agree with your thoughts on Option 3 - it was originally intended for Selling as well, which owls cannot do atm.

Making owlrepo.com prices reliable\up-to-date (basically option 2 on a site) - is what I believe would be the most beneficial with least amount of potential side effects.
The reason I prefer it to be on the site, is the ability to see prices change over time.

 

Owls do admittedly kind of suck. Having real-time item selling/listing prices reflected in some database that anyone can access sounds great. Obviously this is super custom tho and you would need the blessing of our ML overlords and prove how it isn’t abusable. I’ll leave it to you and those who have authority around here to figure out what, if any, changes can be done to improve how the FM functions.

That being said, it’s kinda funny how you emphatically state you’re looking for constructive feedback and not people whining about change after admitting that you “don’t like the idea of making a second account for spending NX.”

With one small change OP, you too can have more NX to spend on Owls and whatever else you like. I’d recommend you get on that sooner than later cuz any changes like the ones you’re suggesting probably wouldn’t make it to live for a long time, if ever at all.

 

Aren't owls free already? How much are you paying for them? I pay nothing except a daily vote on an secondary account. It's just a minimal help in promoting the server, which is free to play and without any pay to win system.
Actually, owls are basically the only way to indirectly make mesos by voting (not considering small gains like hp washing by saving potions), so having a minimal effort for this is necessary imo.

 

Yeah owls are a pretty outdated system that was only designed to get our parents credit card number many years ago

 

It'd be a nice QoL thing if it were possible to gift owls to our mains, maybe? So I wouldn't always have to multiclient just to do price checks.

Doesn't solve the original complaint of having to spend time voting on an alternate account, but the existence and low maintenance required to vote on alt accounts hurts the argument that owls have an opportunity cost. Especially if they were giftable.

 

As silly as it may seem, even owls are better utilized in a multiclient fashion.

Single client owlers need to close the owl results window before they can move. If it’s used to price check an item you intend to sell, it’s no big deal. However, if you’re a buyer and want to buy multiple of the same item from different stores across the FM you need to write down store names/locations or screenshot the results window unless you intend to re-owl.

Owling in a multiclient fashion allows you to keep the owl results up and shop on your main. No writing, screenshots or re-owling required.

 

This is true. I'd be willing to put up with that if I could gift myself many, many, many owls from 3 or 4 additional accounts every couple months though, to help with re-owling. It's a tradeoff I'd be willing to make.

 

just vote on an account or two only for owls, even more if you want

they are too powerful to be free imo... and a bit of market inefficiency makes mmorpg's spicy