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Viking Sarah wrote:Hey YoFans,
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It's very true that back in the early days of YoWorld, some YoCash items may have been available for purchase with YoCoins. But what's also true is this pricing method had no real planning or strategy behind it. As YoWorld has evolved, a pricing guideline has been established that not only takes in inflation and adjusts accordingly, but also sets parameters on which items are available for YoCoins versus YoCash.
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Snorty (3054329) wrote:This answered nothing about our current concerns.
Maybe you could address why things arent moved at the beginning of a vault. Or what items are being saved out of this theme? Or why the stuff to replace what you take away is a lot more expensive usually? Or why you take out themes and replace it with a lot less complete theme? SMDH.
Viking Sarah wrote:Hey YoFans,
We've seen a lot of discussion occurring on the forums regarding themes being vaulted, and I wanted to take this time to provide some official communication regarding our decision to vault themes.
Why Are We Vaulting Themes?
As many of you know, YoWorld recently celebrated it's 11th anniversary (), and in those years we have seen many, many, many, many .... themes pass through the YoWorld gates.
To help everyone visualize just how many themes and items have made their way into YoWorld, let's first take a look at some numbers!
- Since Big Viking Games took over YoWorld in 2014, we have created and released a total of 169 unique themes
- Since YoWorld's creation in 2008, there have been over 174,900 unique items released into the game
- There are currently over 40,000 active items available for purchase in YoWorld
- There are currently 83 active themes still available in YoWorld
- On average, there are at least two, two-week themes released in YoWorld every month (this doesn't include smaller themes, mini themes, event themes, etc.)
It's very true that back in the early days of YoWorld, some YoCash items may have been available for purchase with YoCoins. But what's also true is this pricing method had no real planning or strategy behind it. As YoWorld has evolved, a pricing guideline has been established that not only takes in inflation and adjusts accordingly, but also sets parameters on which items are available for YoCoins versus YoCash.
Finally, another factor in our decision to vault themes was the glaring fact that coming up with new and exciting items for YoFans, especially when there are already so many items in store, can be a challenge. We strive to make each individual theme full and concise, and let's face it, there are only so many new ways we can plan and design a tree, or bench, or mailbox. Therefore, in vaulting older themes, this allows for our theme planners and artists to put a new spin on these much-needed theme items, without having too many of the same items in store.
Choosing Items To Be Saved From The Vault
When a theme has been selected to head into the vault, we carefully review all of the items in the theme, combined with your item suggestions, to determine which items should be "saved" from the vault and instead placed in YoDepot. While we wish we could save all of the items you request, ultimately this could then become a very subjective process that would impact all of the points listed above.
Therefore, the items selected to go into YoDepot are usually the "foundation" items used when decorating your home: windows, pillars, doors, stairs, etc. If YoFans come together and their feedback overwhelmingly asks for an item or two outside of this "foundation" category, our team will definitely review the items in question to see if they fit within our guidelines to be an extenuating save.
Sadly, not all cases will see these items being moved to YoDepot, but some recent examples of saved items based on player feedback include: Rock Tiles from the Tropical Getaway theme, Flagstone Patches from the Quaint Countryside theme, and Sunlight Ripples from the St. Patrick's Day 2018 theme.
Vaulted vs Expired Themes?
Before we introduced the vault, themes were expired. This meant that once they were gone, they were gone for good. Upon introduction of the vault, any theme that is vaulted has the potential to make a full or partial reappearance at sometime in the future. This same feature is quite often seen in media these days -- your favourite movie may not be available for purchase until it is re-released from the vault for a limited time.
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Hopefully, this has helped to shed a little light on why we have decided to vault themes and the process behind it. We understand this decision may not be a fan-favourite, but I can say with genuine sincerity that vaulting themes helps to ensure the longevity of YoWorld and the stability of the Yo-economy.
As always, please continue to leave your feedback!![]()
Pix Elated (6134566) wrote:Viking Sarah wrote:Hey YoFans,
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It's very true that back in the early days of YoWorld, some YoCash items may have been available for purchase with YoCoins. But what's also true is this pricing method had no real planning or strategy behind it. As YoWorld has evolved, a pricing guideline has been established that not only takes in inflation and adjusts accordingly, but also sets parameters on which items are available for YoCoins versus YoCash.
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Does the new pricing guideline include not selling any new chairs (couches, beds, etc) for coins anymore? Inquiring minds need to know.
Have the new pricing guidelines taken into account that the factory salary has not changed, in spite of inflation?
Bones (126579776) wrote:So nothing specific about MF2015? All the excitement is about WHAT ITEMS WILL NOT BE VAULTED FROM THIS ONE SINGLE THEME?
While I'd love to have a deeply enriching debate about the game's economic impact of theme vaulting theory, in this instance people are not interested in that. They want to know which of their precious necessities for decorating will remain in the store from the MF2015 vaulting threat.
JulieHootieScraps (108384802) wrote:Copied from Fermit:
this is my list so far of items that have to stay
Yellow sun beam (all beams are used used for lighting and colouring in sky scenes, through windows, etc)
White sun beam
Purple sun beam
Scorch mark 1 ( all scorch marks used for darkening areas, shadowing effects, making the illusion of steps etc)
Scorch mark 2
Scorch mark 3
Scorch mark 4
Hanging ivy 1, 2 and 3 (ivy's used indoors and outdoor scenes)
Growing ivy 1, 2, 3
Curtained windows
All alcoves (used in many interior projects)
Medieval pillars all (used in landscaping scenes, making fences etc.
Garden box all sizes
Stone archway
Stone pillar all (used for landscaping scenes, bridges, to create walls etc.)
Double medieval window (medieval windows used widely for castle builds of different variations both interior and exterior)
Round medieval window
Rectangular medieval window
Curved medieval window
Single stone 1, 2, 3 and 4
Standing stones
Large stalagmite (used for creating cave scenes)
Small stalagmite
Medium stalagmite
Corner support pillar
Tall wall pillar (all pillars used for creating both interior scenes and exterior building scenes- castles houses, bridges etc)
Tall mossy wall pillar
Tall broken pillar
Thick mossy pillar
Thick broken pillar
Tall pillar
Thick pillar
Tall mossy pillar
Silver chandelier rope (these are commonly used for the outlining house walls when constructing your own house our of tiles etc)
gold chandelier rope
Garden box all sizes (used to create bases of homemade fireplaces and garden scenes. Also used for steps in housing projects or to create 3d effects in landscapes.)
Viking Sarah wrote:Bones (126579776) wrote:So nothing specific about MF2015? All the excitement is about WHAT ITEMS WILL NOT BE VAULTED FROM THIS ONE SINGLE THEME?
While I'd love to have a deeply enriching debate about the game's economic impact of theme vaulting theory, in this instance people are not interested in that. They want to know which of their precious necessities for decorating will remain in the store from the MF2015 vaulting threat.
Based on Fermit's list, your comment, and the overwhelming discussion surrounding MF2015, what would everyone's opinion be on a survey poll released for every theme that were to be vaulted? Do you believe there are already too many surveys in YoWorld, or would a survey per vaulted theme be worth the additional effort?
Please let us know your feedback!![]()
(Please know that this is not something that is guaranteed to happen, but are feedback and suggestions I am gathering to bring back to the team.)