NTE's Limited-Time Auction Event Draws Players Who Want It Permanent
The event's popularity, including calls for it to be made permanent, shows that limited-time minigames can become a major draw for the open-world RPG.
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Perfect World Games released an update for NTE: Neverness to Everness on July 29, adding a limited-time player-versus-player auction minigame called One-Shot Bid. Players bid on boxes across five rounds, aiming to profit while avoiding overpaying. The event has drawn strong reactions, with some players asking for it to become a permanent feature.
One-Shot Bid, the new limited-time auction minigame in NTE: Neverness to Everness, has players hooked. The event, which runs until August 19, pits players against each other in a five-round bidding war over boxes of treasure. Bid the highest and you win the box, but overpay and you take a loss.
Players on Reddit report spending hours on the minigame, with some asking for it to be added as a permanent feature. The game's depth comes from strategies like driving up prices and then dropping out to force rivals into losses, which you profit from. However, the lack of a tutorial has left some players confused, prompting requests for a gentler explanation.
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