I was under impression that "Antiques Dealer" buys antiques and sells more desirable stuff in exchange which is the point of selling outdated stuff to AD,
Apparently a lot of people forget there's such a thing as new players and new cities.
No offense, but that doesn't make any sense. It's more like "one man's trash is another man's treasure". Not to mention that it doesn't actually resell what it buys from you. An antique dealer in real life doesn't buy old stuff and sell you newer stuff. Think of it more like a thrift store. Everything going in and out is used. Also, if you want a new car you don't go to a used car lot.
Have you been to an antique mall lately? 99% of it is crap, except to collectors. I only buy BPs and Wishing Wells (and WW fragments) and the occasional 2/6 hour supply rushes. If they gave decent stuff in the AD there would be less incentive to participate in events. And events obviously mean money to Inno, just read the event feedback threads here. I doubt there is any significant number of players spending money/Diamonds in the AD. People complained for years about all the useless stuff in Inventory, so Inno gave them a place to sell it. Occasionally you can find something you feel is worth buying/bidding on, but I think the big thing from Inno's point of view is that it pretty much stopped the complaining about excess inventory stuff. (Of course, then they went all in on fragments, so I guess it's a case of be careful what you ask for.)
I am surprised they don't charge diamonds to change your avatar.
if useful items are not offered in the AD then it is pointless to have it, don't you think? lol
Well, useful is in the eye of the beholder. For those who don't max out event prizes, you can get some decent items in the AD, especially if you're patient. In other words, the average player who doesn't get the max upgrades in events and doesn't buy the $ prize lines and doesn't use Diamonds to complete the calendar and doesn't use Diamonds to get into Gold League, can get buildings that will improve their cities. You know, players who spend most of their time on real life stuff instead of maximizing the game.
Actually they update the event price box faster than they do the dealer (they've only updated it one time since introduction), so you just have to wait for the next time they do that event - not the dealer totally useless and filled with garbage.
I had the main event building won and then some with no diamonds and I spent half the event on vacation where I spend maybe 5 min a day on the game -if you know how to play its still very doable to get the main prizes from events and they are way better than anything the auction spits out lol
If you're talking about the $ prize lines (there's no such term as "price box"), then that's irrelevant to my point about F2P players. Not to mention that they've updated the items in the AD more than just once.
The main prize, yes, but that's not the point of my post. Read it again. I talk about the $ prize lines and the calendar, not specifically the main event building (which, by the way, you can't get maxed out immediately unless you spend Diamonds or cash. Maxed out meaning Gold level.)
Every event the past year (?) has had all of the event prices except the current year in a box that was a daily special or price in the line you could get.
