Are the clothing shop prices bugged?

[Jackal]

So I've been to all the clothing and cosmetic shops that are currently available and I couldn't help but notice that around 3 or so things are reasonably priced for that stage in the game while everything else including the dye packs are sums like 25,999 pascuns. There was even a diving suit for 49,999. However, when I look at the temtem wiki page, the prices were in the range of 500-2,000. Was this due to some change with it coming out of closed alpha or some kind of glitch, and is it like this for anyone else?

[GoorolinaPumpkin.TTV]

Once you start getting to the 2nd island where you get money for releasing temtems, that's pretty easy to get enough cash for stuff. That, and you get a lot more cash from fights too.

[Jackal]

Yes, however I just caught and released 53 lvl 30+ Magmis for 4,300 pascuns. that is less than 1/5 required to buy a regular shirt and it cost 1485 for 99 basic tamer cards bringing profit down to 2185. Do I need to catch and release over 400 temtems for a basic shirt?

[Carpe Noctem]

Pretty much just artificially inflating content by making the grinding for the shop items ridiculous

[nutsacksniffa]

i hope they nerf the prices. it's way too expensive; they should just have luxury cosmetic items in a different shop or whatever separate from basic clothes... like why is dye so damn expensive???

[Syncroniam]

Yeah it’s a grind for no reason.

[Izanami]

Starter area cosmetics should be an order of magnitude cheaper. Players should be able to get at least ONE of the things in the shop after beating the first dojo.

[The_K00lDude]

Originally posted by Izanami:

Starter area cosmetics should be an order of magnitude cheaper. Players should be able to get at least ONE of the things in the shop after beating the first dojo.

This^
It'd be nice just to be able to buy any 1 item after the gym, cause atm I look like everyone else and customization would be a great reward.

[CGman]

I have 40k right now, just from doing the main storyline. I think they are fair prices. They shouldn't be super easy to get as they are cosmetics that you can't get with microtransactions. We don't need everyone in the game to have every cosmetic.

[Efreet]

Originally posted by Noctem:

Pretty much just artificially inflating content by making the grinding for the shop items ridiculous

Price are for endgame?
If you look at pokemon prices for cosmetics don't make sense either.
Once story mode is completed you're going to make a lot more money.
Not to mention every shop has one or two item that cost 3k or less.

[Dice]

So I am not the only one noticing that most cosmetic items are 10 times the price now than before? I think even on EA release day 1 I've seen some shirts for 2k to 3k that are now around 29k.

[Syncroniam]

Originally posted by ElectriChris:

I have 40k right now, just from doing the main storyline. I think they are fair prices. They shouldn't be super easy to get as they are cosmetics that you can't get with microtransactions. We don't need everyone in the game to have every cosmetic.

What a trash mindset.

[Sunshine]

I've seen two items for drastically different prices in different regions and it's mind-boggling, after realising I've been wasting it I started a new character and haven't bothered with 'em.

I don't understand the logic behind the pricing and until it changes or they've explained why, it's going to be a wasted feature.

[ImmortalEmperor]

One of the things that got me excited about this game was seeing the level of character customization in one of the early trailers. (That scene with the tamer running across the bridge, changing outfits.) Getting to Arissola and seeing that everything was so far out of my price range has almost turned me off to the game. I don't expect to be able to buy everything at the start of my journey, but I shouldn't worry that a pair of sunglasses is going bankrupt me and prevent me from buying balm. Compared to Pokemon SWSH, you can at least buy a shirt and some shorts by the time you reach the next town.

I was coming to the forums to see if anyone else had asked the question about these prices, and was hoping someone would say you start earning millions later on; but it looks like players who are catching much, much higher-level temtem than me are also feeling that these prices are out of their league, so at this point I'm really not motivated. I didn't get to play in the alpha, but I've seen the alpha prices of items on the official wiki and I hope they revert to those.

[Digihuman]

Originally posted by Elvick:

Originally posted by Smug Kot:

Cosmetics are end-game stuff, fashion its expensive and useless becouse the whole point of cosmectic its to be a money sink.

you dont need that shirt to beat the first dojo leader...

If cosmetics are "end game stuff" then they shouldn't be in the starter areas at all. If they are "useless" then there's no reason for them to be expensive as they are just cosmetic and don't matter.
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Sure they should be. It shows you they exist, gives you their value, and thus a goal to work for at the beginning. It's like having really high-end weapons at the start of a JRPG that you can't possibly afford.

Plus, let's be real; when the game is complete, Cosmetics will be what drive the economy. It makes sense, therefore, that cosmetic items require a lot of time and effort to earn. Every MMO needs an economy to keep it afloat unless they're able to secure many, many expansion sales. That typically comes in the form of MTX buying cash or cosmetics rather than grinding them up.

Take Spiral Knights as an example. I could spend IRL money on the Energy to buy a bunch of cosmetics, or I could spend significantly longer earning up the in-game currency to purchase it.

The real issue comes down to how it is managed, of course.

[Friendly]

I think it's on purpose since I am guessing you aren't meant to just casually be able to afford all these things but rather get them later on in time/grind to afford them.