That's a brilliant idea! A scroll that forces all drops to be for a specific class? I'd pay for that, too. The Devil's advocate in me, however, says this would remove incentive for players to actually play the game to find the loot they want. So, maybe a scroll that grants a percent chance increase for class drops? Something like 20%? That might be enough for most players who want to spend a minimal amount, but the hardcore "I gots to have my l33t g34r" crowd could stack 5 scrolls for a 100% effect. They'd pay more, but they'd also have a much better chance of getting what they're looking for.

It might also be a good idea to give additional features to pope sweet jeebus. That could have an effect of getting even more people to buy the retail box.

Some ideas around this are;
1. The Bling Ring. The Almighty Bling, in the furnace of creation, made this precious to endow the Power of the Pawn on whatever it hits. A quick punch by a servant of Bling with this turns any unwanted item into something of equivalent level. The new item can't be Pawned, so sorry.
2. The Bling Suit. Dressed to impress, your pope sweet jeebus gets to try to put your unwanted goods to work for you, on Bling Street! For 30 minutes every day (during the Gold Light Rush) your chances double. Yes, he would get the suit for 30 minutes every day. Cool eh?
3. The Bling Grill. A full grill of gold! Check it out yo! This little item shows money well spent. The monsters, quests, and even yo momma pays more Kings Coins for your service, and pleasure.
4. The Bling Mobile. The shiz it. Period! Not only does it come with personality and customizability, but your pope sweet jeebus might just give you a ride on the top to get you places in style. Hang on, bro! Get me some spins! (shrink mode only for the ride?)

I can think of 3 ways to turn these things on (inventory item, passive skill, or one time use). The car would rock because it would allow you to customize your gnome at least in that way, I mean to make your gnome look different in some way.

I was also thinking for the Bling Ring to give the new item a big shiny dollar sign on it. This would show you things you already used the ring on.

Edited by Ybom (02/16/09 04:36 PM) — reason: add on

What I meant was , "While I feel $5 is the perfect amount to pay for membership , I would gladly pay for extra "perks" on top of the membership fee. If enough content were added , I would be willing to do this on a monthly basis."

I do feel this is a AAA title. It is the best game I have ever played and continues to be so.

HAHA I did totally want that! my little gnome in a little sweet car! omg. >< just so much cuteness in that. XD I did totally pay 10 bucks a month to give my gnome a car. @_@

For some reason, I got this scene in my head. You're running around town and when Mr Bling Bling Gnome sees your probably going to be passing by someone, he turns the hydraulics on. LMAO.

HAHA thats a great idea!

Hmm, while I do like microtrans as a system to get money it always seems to cheapen the game if implemented poorly. I think a large increase in item drops that tapers off slowly as time goes on would be a fun novelty thing, I could also see it being addictive getting so many items to begin with as a group of enemies explodes into dozens of items; especially if you bought a set of them with smaller time frames. I just dont think something like exp increases would be good, I always feel like I'm wasting my time leveling in games that have them; and I dont buy them because it feels like cheating.

But anyways exteel does it pretty good, the item shop is not overpowered but the items emphasize a certain stat that someone might perfer. I would definitely buy an item from that game simply because I wouldnt feel I was getting a leg up over everyone else.