PETITION - TI10 Battle Pass Arcanas

[El Cadejo]

Hello everyone,

For the past 8 years I've been a supporter of DotA2 and I've witnessed some of the greatest innovations made by Valve. Some of the best features about the game are the Arcanas and the community market. The fact that you could buy an item and later trade it with another player, the community market price tracking and everything made the game fun and challenging even when it came to items. Arcanas were sold both on the community market and in-game. But the best thing of all was that if you worked hard enough you could earn an Arcana. I remember that my first Arcana was bought by selling items from the TI3 Battlepass.

Today we're faced with a different model. Arcanas are mostly earned by levels within the Battlepass which is hardly possible for most average players. E.g. in order to get the future Windranger Arcana, you would need to pay approximately €230 which is insane compared to the typical price of €30 per Arcana.

With this petition I am striving to get Valve's attention. We want our community market and we want to be able to get your products without paying our rent-worth of cash. I sincerely hope it gets 10 000 signatures. I believe that would be a sizable enough majority to start the discussion.

You can find the petition on this link: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/community_petitions/we_the_dota2_community_can_make_this_happen_make_the_ti10_arcanas_available_for_purchase_outside_of_the_ti10_battlepass/?fpla

Thank you for your time!

[EmBED]

Nobody asks you to spend 230 EUR in one payment, if you are not able to buy it straight away, just top-up each month. 76/76/76. As this item is exclusive, you can't do a thing about it and you won't be able to change Valve's plans just because you are too greedy and can't support Gaben.

[rated punk]

I have 10 usd. I want 3 arcanas and 2 personas. Trade plz with me.

[Zagryzaec]

So what the people who pay a lot of money should get?

[Toasty]

Arcanas are not game changing and are literally just here for cosmetic value, if you don't want them you don't have to buy them. For those that do want them then it's a way to support valve in these times while their biggest tournament is being delayed and their activities are being slowed down significantly because they have no access to their offices.

As for the reason they're more expensive it comes down to prestige, having the opportunity to showcase a once in a lifetime item is worth the price for certain people, not to mention that if your goal is the Aegis figurine or the lvl 2000 Roshan you're getting arcanas as a side effect.

[Grimmz]

you can have all my arcanas if this somehow happens which i doubt.

i don't want my exclusive arcanas to become some marketable 30 dollar trash.

[El Cadejo]

Originally posted by Grimmz:

you can have all my arcanas if this somehow happens which i doubt.

i don't want my exclusive arcanas to become some marketable 30 dollar trash.

I sincerely regret that the value of the Arcana depends on its market value.

[Grimmz]

Originally posted by Hatework:

Originally posted by Grimmz:

you can have all my arcanas if this somehow happens which i doubt.

i don't want my exclusive arcanas to become some marketable 30 dollar trash.

I sincerely regret that the value of the Arcana depends on its market value.

what other value is there when its marketable and tradable? not only that but also sold in store.


but when its a level 500 item and only available for 3 months. it becomes priceless. literally.
as a collector i gotta say everything that is limited time or unobtainable is the most collectible thing to exist. high level battlepasses are basicly designed for collectors. anyone who wants them to be cheaper or tradable clearly aren't collectors. they're casuals. they'll use the skin for a week, get bored of it and sell it. then move to another arcana to try.