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Event tickets in sky were never going to work anyway.
It's way too good to be true; a currency that cannot be transferred across events or into candles/hearts for the sole purpose of making event cosmetics easier to obtain, that is collected by participating in the event itself? Thats already fishy enough by tgc's standards.
Thatgamecompany has a habit of making short term solutions for long term problems because of the sheer amount of content they make yearly, leaving less room to optimize regular gameplay. ET has probably been the most apparent example of this. (MAAAAJOR YAP SESSION AHEAD!)
When event tickets were first released, I was ecstatic. I was already struggling to keep up with Days of Bloom and Mischief since I have taken many breaks from sky, but I couldn't begin to fathom how the prices may feel to a new player. I also hated picking and choosing between what items to buy simply because i didn't dedicate the past two weeks so candlerunning alone. Hopefully this new addition of ET would take off that load and i can enjoy the following events to it's fullest, and well, I did.
For the first year that is. These cosmetics that costed ET were damn near free for me. Yet, in the back of my head i always wondered what would happen the following year once these ET cosmetics came back, alongside the new ones that were to be released. Would they cost just as much ET as last year's items? Then collecting ET would only get more stressful and inflate its value. Would the past items go away? That is unfair to new players and pushes FOMO to get everything every year.
Maybe the total price could stay the same but older items depreciate each year as newer ones release, making the oldest ones the cheapest.
And to my great surprise as i look at beta logs for this year's days of summer, not a single item from the year before is under 90 candles! How could this possibly be fair to new players who are trying to enjoy sky for what it is and get items? I've seen some people argue that the player has the choice to not get all cosmetics, which is true, but I'd like to show you what thought process is implied with this system. Think:
"We know you don't fully know your way around sky's economy, or don't have the time to grind everyday, but for this year only these new items are free just by participating in the event! And if you don't, for any reason, the price of the items will be worth 3-6 hours of candlerunning on top of MORE cosmetics! But it's all up to you!"
This isn't to say us as a playerbase have zero autonomy, but i hope you can see how FOMO is enforced when you add a currency with zero value outside of an annual 2 week event that gives players a "now or never" mindset. This is great in the moment, it pushes people to participate! Yet, this ruthlessly punishes players who aren't available for any reason, even those who weren't aware of sky before joining.
Sky is still a new game. Event tickets were only introduced a year ago, but if tgc keeps going down this economic pattern then imagine the amount of cosmetics locked away from new players, or players who took breaks, because of this exponential increase in pricing!
This is a more subjective opinion- but let me be honest; these cosmetics are not worth their candle/heart prices.
I was lucky enough to get all the days of style and days of summer items from last year for ET and i barely wore them, i can only imagine ONE item from each event being rewearable. I didn't mind though because i knew the towel capes and silly glasses were nice starter items for moths, but it's not even moth friendly anymore?! In the past only items that were in high demand were priced outrageously like rhythm and lightseeker TS, and now I'm spending extra for a purple top hat that doesn't even match any of the other purples in this game☠️☠️ you're getting less bang for your buck with a 110 candle towel cape bro
And lastly, there are other issues I've seen in sky that i would say are parallel to this whole event ticket situation. The time gaps between seasons have grown significantly smaller, and each seasonal update has been saturated with glitches and disappointment. Season of the Nine-Colored Deer is another very apparent example of this for me. The castle and crescent lake is done beautifully and the quests are decent, but no one is returning to the area. The rest of the town is empty and awkward, and half the map is in a canyon where you spawn so it's already a good 2-3 minutes getting out of that area alone. The place is just rushed. Its inconvenient.
Ill be posting a poll right after this post, but me personally i would not mind having 3 seasons a year if it meant higher quality content and more breaks from events. More spirits that are well thought out, detailed seasonal quests that arent cleanups or scavenger hunts, less quantity but higher quality cosmetics and emotes, and elder appearances! It's clear that tgc has a more complex world design outside of Sky: cotl when we look at The Two Embers, but that the energy it takes to make it in game is placed elsewhere.
Thatgamecompany is pushing out more content than they ever have before and I think their work is starting to crumble under the weight.
If you made it here THANK YOU!!! you're a lifesaver, theres so much that i want to say and i really hope a lot of skids see this post so that we can get a cohesive discussion going❤️
#thatgamecompany#sky cotl#sky children of the light#sky lore#skyfest#skyblr#days of color#days of summer#season of duets#season of rhythm#sky cotl events#sky cotl alef#troupe juggler#fire prophet#ascended candles
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Aviary Village has been updated, but isn’t dressed in its winter decor yet, though you’ll see snow already at the old home. I guess the old home is farther north.
The daily seasonal candle is back on the statue in front of the portals.
#old home#aviary village#sky children of the light#sky cotl#thatskygame#thatgamecompany#sky cotl before and after#ascended candles
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I started playing Sky again after taking a break, and I love the new features in the Eye of Eden! My Eden runs used to feel too easy and repetitive. All I had to do was trace the same steps every time. But now there's a much bigger challenge. For the first time in ages, Eden actually scared me. It hits harder, which makes the stakes higher.
Other than honking at crabs and evading Krills, Eden is the closest thing we have to combat in Sky. I appreciate a good fight, and it makes the ending so much more rewarding.
#sky krill#sky children of the light#eye of eden#eden run#ascended candles#prestige candles#sky candle run#winged light#sky screenshots#sky screenies#sky cotl krill#season of passage
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if you wanted to get every wingbuff in sky cotl, you would need 329 ascended candles. (not including shards because that would be too much math) it would take about 20 weeks to get that many ascended candles assuming you are saving all 63 statues every time, and much much longer for every spirit to come back
#sky children of the light#sky cotl#sky: children of the light#sky: cotl#ascended candles#wingbuff#shards#eden#eye of eden#wow thats a lot of ac
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The fact that people are actively trying to avoid doing the 4th quest is the funniest thing ever.
#sky children of the light#sky cotl#thatskygame#skyblr#season of revival#doing the 4th quest for revival is like encountering a mission nobody likes to do but has to do it anyway for completion#don't get me wrong I'm still a bit butthurt from losing my WL after getting all 150 of them#but I had to go to Eden anyway for a wing buff and I was low on ascended candles#also hi Eden Uber#why is no one asking me to help them go through Eden??#i am practically the person for the job
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What's it gonna take for me to go to Eden? An oven apparently
#sky cotl#that sky game#sky children of the light#season of nesting#to be transparent i had ascended candles already#its just that if i bought it just with that i wouldnt have a lot left over
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this was the most important change of all, thank you Larian
#i bet it's the candle lmfao#astarion#bg3#baldur's gate 3#ascended astarion#bg3 patch 5#very needed change yes yes mhm#astarion ancunin#im sorry but im actually wheezing#astarion baldurs gate
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So I did that trick to complete the "Watch 30 sunsets from your nest" challenge, annnnnd
.....9- ....99 ....
99 ASCENDED CANDLES!?
#screenshot#Sky: Children of the Light#Sky: CotL#I DON'T GO TO EDEN EVERY FUCKING WEEK TGC#SERIOUSLY???? THAT MUCH FOR A FUCKING MANNEQUIN!?#I NEED those candles for traveling spirits!!!!#also I ONLY HAVE 30+#WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M RICH IN ANY KIND OF IGC!?#BITING! CHEWING ON A TGC DEV LIKE HOW THE WORMS CHEW ON SKY KIDS#it's 99 Ascended Candles for a mannequin fyi#my phone is shit at taking pics of my tv screen
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Big Brothers
Will probably dissappear for a while after this, feel free to request in the mean time
Also, seasonal candle is their cousin
#my art#sky children of the light#sky cotl#skyblr#my artwork#sky cotl candle#sky cotl grey candle#sky cotl white candle#sky cotl ascended candle#sky cotl sexyman saga#object heads#object head
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Mod you're seriously making me want to go back to Sky, but I know I will just lose all my feather thingies again and rage quit because I don't know how to get them back and everyone talks in japanese and I'm confused and alone and and-
ye :c
oh darling don't rage quit! I promise persisting is worth it, and in fact losing the winged lights is uh. well it's a whole part of the game. if you get to the 'ending' you will understand... also there are plenty of guides on youtube for how to navigate the more difficult realms if you need help, and if you are a moth (new player) people will often help you and lead you through hard parts of the game! one of my hobbies is hanging around in Eden to help people get to the top :D
there is actually an in game translation tool- if you are using chat, press that funky 'A' symbol next to whatever someone has said, it will be translated into your language. It is imperfect, naturally, but it certainly helps a lot!
when Sky comes out on PC I intend to get it, so if it would be of interest I could do a playthrough/stream of it to help newcomers? I'll see if it's possible! :D
#sky cotl#good luck out there kiddo#btw if you get Ascended Candles#USE THEM to level up the spirit guides friendship trees#that will give you a new permenant winged light#this is how you gain more and more as you play!#the game is Bad at telling you this....
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Me after not being able to do the activity after burning all the plants alone and losing 5 wings 👍
I don't mind lol its was lowkey funny I was just very lost for a while
#this was fun to make lol#i wanna and am gonne make more sky fanart muahaha be warned#this game has taken over my remaining braincell#sky cotl#that sky game#the game company#sky cotl shards#sky shards#sky cotl crabs#ascended candle shards#idk how to tag for this fandom yet apologies lol#sky cotl fanart#sky children of the light#sky children of the light fanart#that sky game fanart#fanart#skykid#looking forward to interracting with the fandom muehehehe#niinnyu arts
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I forgot I went to Eden in Sky lol. I entered Vault and was blinded by the shiny
#rays random ramblings#ray plays games#haven't been to eden in months but I need to start collecting ascended candles again for furniture
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Red shard today at the Hermit’s Cave. Take a bunch of friends because this one is hard. I had all these people with me, cooperating nicely to help each other, and three of us still lost stars.
#red shard eruption#shard eruption#shard memory#sky children of the light#sky cotl#thatskygame#thatgamecompany#sky cotl before and after#hermit’s cave#valley of triumph#village of dreams#ascended candles
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Y'know what I am pondering while waiting for Ark to finish downloading and while watching a size comparison of all the creatures. Like this shouldn't cause me to think of this but welcome to adhd lol
But if I remember right you can use berries and ink (not irl, at least not that easily) to make inks and paints and such. So now I am thinking of them putting war paint on their pets, especially if they need to tell them apart.
Which would especially help for when they have the tek things because most of those would look near identical, especially things like the drones.
Idk I just think it'd be cool
#stuck in ark au#batman au#ark crossover#batman crossover#ark survival evolved#dc#dcu#batman#ark survival ascended#batfamily#batfam#they're definitely becoming cryptids when they return#like they are definitely going to be so terrifying to the rogues#they have definitely gone a little feral#random fact to make ink#gather soot from a candle & combine it with acacia gum/sap and some water#also add vodka if needed if it's just beading on the paper instead of properly acting like ink#you can also create drinking water if you don't have a pan by carving out a bowl in wood#putting rocks in a fire and putting them in your bowl of water to boil it#can also use a water bottle too so yeah#random survival fun facts#you can also eat puffball mushrooms unless they're brown and spore-y inside#if they're white and fleshy inside they're edible and good food
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Pelipper mail! It’s from @the-random-mail-service
A piece of a red shard.
What the–
I think a pelipper dropped this when flying overhead, but I didn't see until after it landed. Was this even meant for me? What is it?
...Is that a crab that came down with it? Doesn't look like any I've seen before, but I guess so? Weird.
#pokeblog rp#pokeblogging#pokemon irl#rotomblr#ooc: time for Fluttershy to get between 2 and 3.5 ascended candles?
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yay
#33 ascended candles for a seashell that plays music#lmao#sky children of the light#joowee's chattering
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