35eggtarts Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 i've spun it a good 10 times, 4 times i have gotten NOTHING, thrice 25k, once 50k, once increase in stats, and 2 nermkids... WHAT IS LIFE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooturtle Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I've only ever spun it once, and that was only because a kind Neopian gave me the nps for it. I wouldn't take that kind of risk with my own np....until my avatar hunt takes me there. >< I got 25k that one time. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leverhelven Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 It's not worth it indeed, but many people (like me) try it because of the avvie... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 It's supposed to be a money sink .. so obviously you won't get a profit from it .. plus that avatar is really elusive !! I used to get some good nerkmids which I sold for profit .. but now Nerkmids deflated so much it's become a loss to spin for them .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueberrykiwi141 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have only ever done it once. Maybe one day I will do it more just for the Avvie, but other than that, I have no need or want to spin it ALL the time. It is a waste and no one ever said it was not a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Valentine Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just do it for fun, chasing after the avie or good prizes will only give you heartache. The only wheel that's good for profit is the Wheel of Mediocrity ;) fireembemphanatic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyurri Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I spun it once but, I got scared to do it again because I might lose everything. The only prize I got is 100.001 NP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Just do it for fun, chasing after the avie or good prizes will only give you heartache. The only wheel that's good for profit is the Wheel of Mediocrity ;) Actually, I'm keeping a log of the wheels, and Wheel of Monotony and Wheel of Excitement are both also clearly profitable (though Mediocrity does have the best payout). Wheel of Knowledge is profitable, I think, in the long term, but I don't have enough spins to confirm that for sure yet. I am not testing Wheel of Extravagance because it's clearly not -- when it first came out, it just about broke even (I kept a log at the time, though that died with my old hard drive), but that was before the stamp, background, nerkmids, and codestones deflated so much. (And it only broke even for me because I was training at 8 regular codestones. Once I got the avatar, I stopped because it was barely breaking even, you couldn't choose the stats, and prices were rapidly deflating. Assuming the probabilities of the various wins are the same, prices have deflated so much that it's quite clearly a loss.) I'm also not testing Wheel of Misfortune because I'm pretty sure that one is not profitable, as well, and there are too many bad results on it for me to want to find out for sure. Xepha and Rebecca~ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmonster Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I've already wasted over 3mil on it, ugh... giving up on getting the avatar for now. I always seem to have terrible luck with the random ones. 35eggtarts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_cat_luv_bb Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Definitely is not worth my np right now. Unless I have really big luck and get super rare item, otherwise it's just another black hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 If you spin every day, I can see how it would be a loss, but I've made 5-6m off of it. I only spin randomly and got a Maraquan PB from it. A staffer here also got a weapon worth 15m-20m if I recall correctly. If you've got NPs to spare, I'd risk it. If you're just spinning for a specific reason (avatar/item) it's likely not worth it at all. Mouseykins and Rebecca~ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I guess I should test WoExtra then. But I don't like spinning a wheel unless it costs less than 0.1% of my bank account (ideally, I'd say less than I earn in interest each day, but since that would be nearly 300M, I don't think I'd ever get there...), so I've got a ways to go before I'm rich enough to test it. It would also be a bit more of a pain to test because the value varies based on the cost of training, so I'd have to keep stats records separately from other results so I could calculate profitability cutoffs based on training tier (if that's important). Rebecca~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca~ Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 It's so great that you're going to be getting the data for this, Siniri! :) I wish I had kept track of it while I was spinning. I doubt I even broke even, since I only ever got super cheap Nerkmids before they deflated, and I got a number of the backgrounds and stamps. But, I do have to say that as an avatar collector, I did find the avatar to be worth the price of spinning. I've wasted FAR more NP on trying to get the Kelp avatar than the WoE, so I figure it's not that bad at all. :P Mouseykins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright ^_^ Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I don't know when the owner of this page is going to get around to doing the Wheel of Extravagance, but so far she has gotten statistics for how often you land on each space for the Wheel of Excitement: http://www.neopets.com/~Allibrisk hrtbrk and Rebecca~ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzy_child Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I did it once just to try. I got 25k. I do want that Avie though... but I'm not financially stable to my liking so it will have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mista_pickles Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Spun it today, hoping for the avatar, got nothing. Waste of 100k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyMyMyLittleMy Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I'd love that avvie, but have too much frustration with the lever of doom as it is and I don't want to throw all my nps down the drain :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireembemphanatic Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Actually, I'm keeping a log of the wheels, and Wheel of Monotony and Wheel of Excitement are both also clearly profitable (though Mediocrity does have the best payout). Wheel of Knowledge is profitable, I think, in the long term, but I don't have enough spins to confirm that for sure yet. I find it hard to believe that Wheel of Knowledge is profitable. Are you saying that just based on the value of job coupons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I find it hard to believe that Wheel of Knowledge is profitable. Are you saying that just based on the value of job coupons? Based on books (it tends to give out different books now, worth 1k to 2k apiece), job coupons, some foods (not just Brightvale berries anymore, it now gives out some foods that are worth 1k to 2k apiece), and certain scrolls (Greater Healing Scroll, for one -- which I haven't priced in a while). I've not won any of the rarer prizes since I've started keeping track, but I've won at least 3 or 4 GHS's, some other decent-valued scrolls (especially with wartime inflation -- I always hoard them until then), and numerous job coupons in the past, so I'm tracking at least 1000 wins before I determine whether it's profitable or not. Even without winning a big-ticket item, it's close to breaking even; a single ~10k-valued win would nudge it into profit, and I've been on a month-long losing streak. Rebecca~ and fireembemphanatic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emily Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I only spin randomly and got a Maraquan PB from it. A staffer here also got a weapon worth 15m-20m if I recall correctly. That was me :D In the process of spinning for the avvie. Then I blew it all on stamps xD Defnitely don't spin if you're trying to make a profit. The odds of winning back more than you spend is extremely slim. I'd wager that in the process of spinning, I broke even, including the sale of the pricey weapon. I was spinning every day (thank goodness for habi), and there were weeks when I would get nothing 6 or 7 out of 7 days. Mouseykins and Rebecca~ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn the Human Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I spin daily. Sometimes I get HSD boosts which help. Im at a big loss though. My friend recently one a Emerald Eyrie Coin which he sold for 70,000,000 NP. I spun over 300 times by now and no avvie. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerinaxD Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I haven't tried yet but I am avvy hunting and tempted to start but at the same time I am saving for a MSPP ;o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I would tend to agree that it doesn't seem worth it on a daily basis. I went for the avatar and luckily got it in a few months I believe. While going for the avatar I got a very rare booktastic book that was worth 50 mil so I wouldn't say that it can't be worth your while it will just be expensive trying to make it worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerinaxD Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 the 3 times I have spun it, I got an average nerkmid, a green job coupon (boo), and 100,001 Nps haha I am working on the avatar so it's totally worth it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 My experience has been only losses.. i still spin on occasion... hoping to eventually get really lucky lol. we can all hope :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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