malicewolf wrote:
Added a pollAnd I think this idea has good potential. I used to play another game online which the buying system would give you % chances of gaining permanent items (everything else was time based and expired). I remember I spent a pretty decent amount of money on that game to try getting some of the nicer permanent items and literally found out my best friend spent half as much as I did and had MORE permanent items than me. Needless to say, I wasn't too happy when I found that out.
So the idea of being able to get something not necessarily by chance is nice. As you said, keep the store to a limited number of items in it daily (or weekly maybe so those not quite as dedicated have a chance to see and buy an item). I wouldn't suggest 50% though. That may be a bit steep. We could put maybe, 20 items in the store at all time. All are discounted (so it may be items you could end up buying, but at a slightly better price). Probably do a % discount in the store (maybe 30%?).
Maybe make it so that the items "restock" randomly around a 24 hour schedule (not always the same so activity will be rewarded, not getting on at exact same time every day) but make the items available change up every week or month. So basically, something like this:
-Discount Store contains 20 different kinds of items
-The items will contain a limited amount of stock
-The items rarity (rare, epic, legendary, etc) will determine the stock amount per day. Maybe something like:
- Normal - 50
- Rare - 30
- Epic - 20
- Legendary - 10
-Everyday items will be restocked (randomize time within 24 hour time period so it's not same everyday)
-Every week (or month) the 20 items that are available change
This type of store would encourage more activity from players and allow players to focus more on customization of their mech rather than simply depending on chance to get any sort of item through item boxes.
You could also throw in a limited time mythical item maybe? I think enough mythical items have been introduced where this is ok.
The item could be an item won in clan weekly.
Say every weekend, the normal box will contain a .1% chance to contain a mythical item.
Examples could be, Ultraspade, Wipeout, HP modules, and lavascope.
This will be a pool of only old items.
Once the mythical item is obtained, the normal box can revert back to the regular normal box.
This deal is a limited time weekly and would encourage everyone to play.