Big expensive status symbol items
Posted: Fri 03.08.2007, 10:09
What about this: We can give the wealthy players something to spend money on without punishing them via taxes, expiring goods, or removal of their items from the main game.
I think some expensive "status symbol" type items (trophies? gold/jade/crystal statues? marble columns? potted palm trees? magical water fountains?) could be nice to have, provided the ever-annoying Poltergeists and other item thieving mobs couldn't pick them up.
They'd be really costly - maybe 1M for a gold statue - and possibly stackable. We would give them a special symbol. I nominate * for potted plants, anyway. Anyone could see them with Detect Items, and say "Wow, that guy must be LOADED!"
Perhaps special trophies that you could only buy after meeting certain requirements, like slaying the Tarrasque, or reaching 6350'.
We need a new store for these!
These items should not be returnable for any more than 20% of their purchase price. That way, you know only the people with tons of extra cash are going to buy them.
[edit] We should set the PVal to a Player ID, so only the owner can pick them up. That makes them unstealable and non-transferable. Also, we'll have to make sure when you drop one in someone else's house, that you meant to do so, and it becomes theirs instead.
I think some expensive "status symbol" type items (trophies? gold/jade/crystal statues? marble columns? potted palm trees? magical water fountains?) could be nice to have, provided the ever-annoying Poltergeists and other item thieving mobs couldn't pick them up.
They'd be really costly - maybe 1M for a gold statue - and possibly stackable. We would give them a special symbol. I nominate * for potted plants, anyway. Anyone could see them with Detect Items, and say "Wow, that guy must be LOADED!"
Perhaps special trophies that you could only buy after meeting certain requirements, like slaying the Tarrasque, or reaching 6350'.
We need a new store for these!
These items should not be returnable for any more than 20% of their purchase price. That way, you know only the people with tons of extra cash are going to buy them.
[edit] We should set the PVal to a Player ID, so only the owner can pick them up. That makes them unstealable and non-transferable. Also, we'll have to make sure when you drop one in someone else's house, that you meant to do so, and it becomes theirs instead.