Currently, when a new holiday recipe is added to the game (for instance, the Twinkles of last Oortmas), they require the holiday’s currency to be crafted (the Red & Green Candy Canes for Oortmas).
This means several things :
• You will need to grind a lot of the holiday event to have a good stock of that currency to be sure you can craft the item all year 'round if you need to.
• If you don’t have any more of that currency item, you have to hope someone is selling them, somewhere in the universe. If not, you’re boned until next Oortmas. If someone does sell them, they’re likely ridiculously over-priced.
NOW. How about we take a page of another game such as Creativerse to see how they do things?
Several years ago, they introduced wandering NPCs to their game.
They spawn during these holiday events and wander around like any other creature, and they trade RECIPES and pre-made holiday items for holiday currencies.
OPTION 1 : Why not apply this to Boundless?
• The NPC could use a randomized player-appearance with a holiday-themed outfit and some special effect to make them stand out in the wild.
• The Candy Canes would be used mostly to unlock new recipes, instead of learning them out of nowhere when a holiday starts.
OPTION 2 : The Exchange!
The game does have the Exchange to sell outfits, plots and such. Why not add a new tab to sell recipes of new holiday items for the holiday currency? This solution would be easier and more in-line with how Boundless works.
Then, we could change some holiday recipes :
• Some very holiday-themed items could still require the currency to be crafted (such as the Oorty plush - could be nice to add a neutral-looking Oorty plush , too).
• Items that are very common-looking could no-longer require the currency-item in their recipe (such as the Romantic vase & column, the twinkles, the skull…).
This would open more creative avenues for players during the entire year.
How do you feel about the current system?
- I like the current system (explain why!)
- I don’t like the current system!
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If you don’t, would you like the NPC idea to be implemented?
- I would like holiday NPCs to be implemented!
- I wouldn’t like holiday NPCs to be implemented! (explain why!)
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If you don’t, would you like the Exchange tab idea to be implemented?
- I would like holiday exchange tab to be implemented!
- I wouldn’t like holiday exchange tab to be implemented! (explain why!)
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How would you feel about existing holiday recipes to be tweaked to help implement this change?
- I’m ok with changing the holiday recipes if that can make things better!
- Do NOT change the holiday recipes!
- I’d rather the existing holiday recipes don’t change, and only apply the new philosophy to future holiday recipes…
- Something else… (leave a comment!)
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