1. ok, that was confusing because i've been able to use those items since i first found them, a long time before i bought the upgrade. i assumed it was a different mechanic because of that. also, i also assumed it worked on heroes in the colosseum because it mentions it being an alternative to retiring, and that's where you see the retire button.
I can understand how that could be confusing, I'll work on the messaging in-game~ essentially the unlock is supposed to be the primary way to create another option to consider when retiring heroes (making them into an item vs. using them in the eternal strife, or turning them back into gold). while the item is an alternative way to get those items without having to retire your best heroes. The item currently shortcuts the unlock and allows you to do it much earlier than intended, but is also fairly rare.
I'll take the idea back to the drawing board to try to make it make more sense because I do agree there is some disconnect there, and I don't want players retiring heroes and thinking they'll have access to them in the Beyond.
i think maybe using retire in two different places (in the beyond and also for regular characters) is definitely confusing.
and i still don't understand what the unlock does. the item is the only way i can find to make a legacy item and nothing seems to have changed in my game before or after the unlock. i feel like one of us is misunderstanding the other and i'm not sure which.
4 days ago(+1)
oh, got it. i never touched it because of that. that'd definitely help with the confusion