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Axel (#6627)

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2013-04-26 22:35:11
Well, everyone knows the Lioden developers are trying to balance the economy. However the SB cap is the worst way they could try to do so, as this will not make GB prices go down, neither will this make SB more desired.

The two main reasons why people are hoarding SB:
- Because what do you spend your SB on? Decorations? Not everyone is into such things and once you have decorated all your lions, what then?
- Because they want to buy GB. GB has so much more uses than SB, so of course people prefer it.

Now, how can we solve this?
By making SB once more the main currency and giving it back some light and usefulness as it is supposed to have.

And how can we do it?
By introducing more items to the Monkey Business that actually arent just decorations. Items that are useful, and alter gameplay. It is a wrong setting that every useful item becomes GB only.

But if there are more SB items then what will happen to GB? GB will be less worth! All amazing features should be GB only!
I see it as a problem that everything that has a 'too good use' is always made GB only. Of course people will look to buy GB instead, hoarding SB, and make prices skyrocket. Make some amazing features SB only, to raise its value. While I understand that GB is needed and the purchase should be encouraged, if SB isnt supported either, then the economy is never going to be balanced. Plus SB is the main currency... yet it is useless if you dont trade... or dont like backgrounds.



This thread is to suggest SB items, which you can buy from the Monkey Business ONLY, so the Oasis cannot have them. Feel free to add your own ideas. Please note that the names arent the ones I would like the items to be given.

Note: I wont put prices, this is for the developers to decide what they should cost.


-Customization Options-
- Reroll: -Added-
- Basic customization kit - Thread -

-New Items-
- Playtoy pack: -Added-
- Critter pack: -Added-
- Carcass pack: -Added-
- Quest guide: This might give your lion +5-10% chance to find the item or animal you need for your quest. Of course for NPCs you will need to be in the right environment.
- Anti-illness and healing items: If the sicknesses and wounds are introduced, there could be SB items to help heal the lion, lionesses and cubs. (-Original Idea-)
- Cub protecting items: If cub mortality is introduced, there could be items that help avoiding it. (-Original Idea-)

-Game Play-
- Energy tank: -added-
- Offer to snake: -added-
- Smell bad: The item makes you smell bad, decreasing the chance for enemy NPC encounter, but has a slight bad effect on impression too. (-Original Idea-)
- Catnip: This item will increase your impression slightly and attract slightly more females, but also catlike predators. (-Suggested by DragonSage-)
- Feed all Button: -Added as GB item-
- More accurate Scrying stone: For a small fee, it will also list you the markings the cubs will have.
- Adolescent preview: What the name says. Just put in the lion ID and it will show you its adolescent image. (-Suggested by DragonSage-)
- Adult preview: -added-
- Titles for Lionesses: If the titles will be implemented, they could be sold for SB. (-Suggested by PlaguedRuby - Thread-)

-New Games-
- Game tokens: You buy it from the Monkey Business (For example can be a Dice) and you can roll it to get a random prize. (- Suggested by Raksha-)
- The Wishing Rock: Once or twice a day sacrifice some SB to the Wishing Rock and perhaps your wishes will come true. The fee should probably be around 100 SB perhaps even more. I'd say the odds should be reasonable, perhaps 1 in 3 for something good, 1 in 6 for something bad and the rest of the time nothing. It could be used by any lion, the effects would be applied to the lion who used it. (-Original Idea-)
- A daily or weekly raffle: -added-
- Maze: Successful navigation through the maze and puzzle obsticals under the time limit would result in a small exp boost or stat boost. (-Suggested by DragonSage-)


-SB Fees-
- Plus Hunting party: -added-
- Subordinate Male Slot: -added-
- Signature token: Using this grants you the ability to have a signature. Can be rented for a week, then needs to be re-purchased. (-Original Idea-)



This suggestion has 346 supports and 0 NO supports.



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Edited on 29/10/14 by Axel (#6627)

Axel (#6627)

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2013-04-30 00:24:30
I might go through the whole suggestion forum, to see what else could be added for SB. I am sure that some very good ideas are left forgotten and not supported. Well, more than 40 pages but it would be worth it.



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DragonSage (#4453)

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2013-04-30 00:27:06
You probably won't have to go through the very last ones since most of those are either declined or already implemented.



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Ariel (#5014)

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2013-04-30 00:32:06
I agree with Axel on several points. You have to give players SOMETHING to work with here. That means some things that are GB only need to come down to SB. The reroll is a very good option. Again, I've seen several new players say they hate their lions and some have quit once they realized they couldn't change him without GB and saw GB is now at 800 sb a piece. They're looking at spending over 8,000 sb and now there's a cap at 5,000 sb from ingame activities. And Axel's right, unless you have custom color cubs or the latest craze (hetero eyes), its nearly impossible to sell cubs. Its no wonder people are quitting. And keep in mind, as more people quit, that hurts the game's economy too. They could've been potential GB buyers one day.

And because Dragon brought it up, frankly, personalities don't interest me and I don't want to see that added. Who is truly going to care if their female is "outgoing" or "aggressive"? And unfortunately, once the newness of personalities wears off, few people will bother with wanting to buy a "personality adjuster" and we'll be right back where we started. :/



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DragonSage (#4453)

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2013-04-30 00:38:19
The personality thing also had several suggestions on how to add strategy to hunting by choosing lionesses who work well personality wise together to increase success at hunting (which would be a nice dimension to the game) and since it is a fairly popular suggestion, if it get implemented items to change or adjust the personality would be very useful in your hunting strategy



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Ariel (#5014)

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2013-04-30 00:56:49
Yes, I've read your suggestion and I'm not for it. Hunting is random enough (and some people will loudly complain hard enough) without adding yet another variable to it.



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~ Mahogi ~ (#10400)

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2013-04-30 01:15:58
I like all these ideas! Support!



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Axel (#6627)

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2013-04-30 03:30:42
Added more that I found.



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DragonSage (#4453)

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2013-04-30 04:09:37
Along the lines of the smell bad feature, perhaps a catnip feature that increases the rate of lioness [and cat NCPs] encounters. Another item idea would be something to increase NPC encounters for those who are exploring for experience? For items that affect encounter rates, perhaps there could be multiple duration lengths so people can choose how long they want it in effect.

I know there was a thread floating around wanting an adolescent preview feature; perhaps that could be done by SB: you could enter the ID of the lion(ess) in question, pay a small fee and see the adolescent form. Something similar could also be done for those who'd like to preview adult forms (and not take the time to enter them into the oasis customizer)

I do think the persoanlity things should be added to the list since there are around a hundred supporters to the idea which means it's popular so if it is implemented there should be demand for items to change/alter personality.

If the territory type you are on ever actually affects game play (it doesn't at the moment) perhaps you could pay a SB fee to switch territory types.



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Axel (#6627)

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2013-04-30 05:42:52
Hmm... and how about paying extra in the Scrying stone to see the possible markings as well for future cubs listed? I am sure it would be very popular. Many use the stone, but markings arent always visible on the cubs.



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2013-04-30 05:45:16
I support, but I think they should change a few things

e.g Re-roll should let you keep stats



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DragonSage (#4453)

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2013-04-30 05:47:22
So a button to list the color, markings and intensity? Its possible to view the all those details through view source however some people don't have the know-how so I'd support a couple SB to have them listed; if people wish.



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🐊 Mutt (#3901)

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2013-05-01 17:58:24
Supporting everything on this thread.



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Axel (#6627)

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2013-05-01 19:26:35
Hmm...
How about things that change your lion's natural appearance?
Like...
more visible and slightly bigger claws... or visible teeth, slightly ruffled fur on the back, dirty paws... mud decoration that adds a mudpool and your lion/lioness/adolescent will be muddy. Tongue sticking out... like when a lion is trying to reduce body temperature (they do pant like dogs in high heat).



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DragonSage (#4453)

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2013-05-01 21:14:17
I'm all for things that change the natural appearance without affecting genes. Some of the appearance decorations could have an opacity meter so you could control the exact look/degree. Things like mud splatter, mange, and dust cover would work well for a sliding opacity and they could possibly blend together to make an interesting appearance.


I am afraid the switch to the new studding system shall mean that the there's even less to spend your SB on because the greater access to studs will drive down stud fees and the cost of custom colored cubs so I really hope they bring out new things for us to buy with SB soon



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Edited on 03/05/13 by DragonSage (#4453)

SabishiKitsune (#7128)

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2013-05-09 02:34:31
I support it all! ^^



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