Are new players actually buying limited rate up pass souls from the bazaar?
In the last month there seems to be a huge amount of inflation in pass soul prices. While it is understandable that limited rate up souls would increase in price over time, I'm shocked at how fast the newer rate up pass souls are increasing in price. I'm guessing part of the reason is that the rates were worse for Veronica and Ike while Edelgard only had a one week rate up but I can't can't help but wonder if players would now even realistically be able to obtain these characters if they missed the rate up event. Getting gold in this game takes time and as the stock gets smaller and smaller the prices will only go up.
While I think allowing people who skipped on a pass to be able to eventually obtain the character is good, I do hope that other ways to obtain the character aside from these events are added. Being able to purchase the souls directly with gems is the most obvious solution. Having pass or rate up reruns could also help, but those would appeal less to longtime players if they come at the cost of new pass character rate up events or passes.