If you are looking for a way to make your server better, F2P friendly, and yet make money, I have a revamp system I designed for a similar setup to Eternal Paula. Feel free to use it.
Galder sinks:
Cosmetics Boxes
– If you add previous “seasons” to RNG boxes (e.g. new line of “Eggs” available based on the “patch” or “season”), I’m sure people will be thrilled
– Pretty sure you can add a fuckton of items to the menu anyway to fill it up like a crazy person up to what, 40 listings?
– Keep 3 patches’ worth onhand at all times
– Price it:
– Current patch: Cheapest
– Last patch: Double current patch
– Patch before: Triple current patch
– People will be happy that they can play “catch up” if they missed out
– “3 months/patches” is about how long the average hiatus lasts, so this gives people reason to “burn themselves out” or recharge like crazy all over again when they come back instead of sitting around doing nothing, especially the fuse collectors
– More catchup opportunities = more $
– You can probably make RNG boxes “for cheap” out of out-of-date/cycle seasons/patches (they will never get the color they want :^) )
– ADD IN BONUSPRESENTITEM A FUSE FLAME FOR EVERY ITEM THAT REQUIRES IT IN EACH BOX, REGARDLESS OF THE BOX, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS PUT INTO MYSHOP
– THE WHALES WILL THANK YOU AND DONATE EVEN MORE $
– YOU WERE NOT GETTING THAT MUCH FROM FUSE FLAMES ANYWAY
– IT WILL MAKE THEM “REALIZE IT’S NOT A CASH GRAB” (it is) AND THE “GM ISN’T THAT GREEDY” ( 😉 )
– You can remove it for “out of season/patch” boxes IF YOU WANT but I think that’s honestly more work than you need to do and people will be happier if you just leave the fuse flames in there
End game equip vouchers
– If you want, do what I did and make “Class Gear Boxes” >>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/159fPzM7VZS0INwz6NkZBa8WqQmv-K1-8OBMBcasn9ok/edit?usp=sharing <<<<
– >>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yyqQNhLHd_dwHShSsZiHazaOc8L7Wcqz/edit?gid=905928020#gid=905928020 <<<< (you’re welcome <3 saved you a script or two.)
– Some of you are smarter than I am with PvP, therefore, you could balance this a lot better than I did, and include “inbetween filler level” (e.g. lv 110, 175 etc.) sets if you wanted, or exclude them and keep with only “key brackets”
– Key brackets might make you more $ simply because it will not be an “obvious cash grab”
– Might be good to make a PvP line and PvE line to separate the two as opposed to combining them like I did, simply because the PvE and PvP community are so split right now, but it might segue people into PvP if you put all the PvP+PvE gear into one box and FORCE them to learn about their classes like that
– That’s what I wanted to do–force PvErs to PvP mindset :^)
– Remember: More PvPers = MORE $
– MAKE SURE WHEN THEY RIGHT CLICK THEY KNOW:
– TARGETED STATS (E.G. HV/DA/DP/ETC.) -> PUT UNDER “USE”
– WHERE TO BUY (LOCATION & NPC) -> PUT UNDER “USE”
– ANY SETS THAT MAY BE FOUND IN THE BOX AND AT WHAT LEVEL -> “DESCRIPTION”
– DO IT FOR THE LACK OF STUPID QUESTIONS. YOU DON’T WANT STUPID QUESTIONS. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO AVOID THE MOST WITH THIS REVAMP IS STUPID QUESTIONS AND GET A SHITTON OF MONEY.
Color-to-color “rotational exchange” vouchers
– changes every patch based on cosmetic fuses
– Include ONLY THIS PATCH!!!! NO PREVIOUS PATCHES!!! Tell them it’s a limitation of the NPC 😉 Which wouldn’t be wrong. But I’m sure your assembly worker could technically solve the ~40 slot exchange bug for your releases to begin with
– A script can easily generate these rows for you, you know….Or copy and paste with little modification…Either way…You could easily make this rotational exchange.
– Might be good to (silently? might be better to add in patchnotes for added “oooh look at what we can do” for the people that bother to read) fix it and just say you found a way to add only “a few more slots” (even if you made it so you could double it or whatever idgaf) if someone finds out/in patch notes simply because “it just works now we figured out a hardcode bug we’re so good at assembly aren’t we you should give us more money :^)”
– If this gets fixed, mention the scrollbar becomes “unmanageable” with more than one patch’s worth, meaning, they “wouldn’t like it if you did it that way, anyway”
– If someone brings up NPC Slots, tell them they’re being saved for “future features and events” (not wrong)
– Maybe change/use hair dye tickets and rename to “Dye Tickets”
– Forces players to utilize existing assets without bogging up more of their inventory
– Also makes use of an otherwise normally useless item other than that niche instance with something of a similar purpose
– PUT WHERE TO EXCHANGE ON RIGHT CLICK DESCRIPTION
– IDIOTS WILL NOT KNOW WHERE TO EXCHANGE AND WON’T LOOK IT UP
– MAKE THOSE REPORTS AND QUESTIONS GO THE FUCK AWAY AND JUST PUT THE DESCRIPTION THERE
– You could just make each color give back a box if you wanted in exchange for a “Dye” ticket.
– The voucher itself also doesn’t change, just the rotation does.
– e.g. Red +tix -> Box, Green +tix -> Box, etc.
– It won’t matter. They’ll just be happy for a reroll, even if they end up getting the same one–at least they didn’t have to “pay” for it.
– You can also make it an occasional “BonusPresentItem” item for certain boxes
– e.g. Episode Quest Boxes since it’ll have more utility as “Dye Tickets” than just “Hair Dye Tickets” if you rename+convert them.
– Would be good to make them given en bulk for getting the special ears/tails of the “season”/patch on said table
Ari’s Exchange RNG Broom Box
– Or whatever you call your F2P exchange on that server
– Make one for sets utilized in BossLane labeled “Utility Sets”
– If you’re still using your old leveling method, include a link to my FastLane guide >>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bw6vgHLtEUMLzt15ZmEj6iQSiE_JoxbG4FgypmgN07w/edit?usp=sharing <<<< (I’ve updated+upgraded it for you 🙂 ) (KEEP IN MIND–IT WORKS FOR *EVERY* SERVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
– **It will give people a reason to gamble on these boxes!!!**
– Even if you’re not, it might give them a hint that they’re useful
– Keep in mind, this guide works for every server, and gives people “something else to do and grind for”
– This was how you keep the whales and f2p grinders busy–Bosses and Quests
– Make one for sets that would not be usable in BossLane named “Luxury Sets” or similar
– You don’t want to give them the hint they’re more useless–you want to make them think they’re collecting something of value (which they technically are; just not as utilitarian)
– Make this box drop from vanilla bosses as well as opposed to any given broom so Boss Hunters have variety to hunt/merchantize with each other
– Having RNG Brooms from a box is less of a punch in the gut than getting “nothing” every single time after going Hard As a Motherfucker on Bosses
– …But still enough of a deterrant to the economy that it won’t inflate too hard, especially if Bosses had a higher rate of giving “Luxury” sets 😉 (see why we call them that? So we trick the players into making them think they got a good deal on fighting bosses, even when they don’t get the items they want, even if you lowered the boss box rate)
– Alternatively, you could make a F2P Exchange for Boxes like how it was done the Koi/Kro souls
– Each Boss has a bunch of useless junk with them
– Make sure they aren’t used for quests!
– If they’re used for a niche quest: Add a special reward, especially ones e.g. Vamp Castle where it asks for those Eye bullshits. Give them a reason to grind it 😉 Maybe put brooms there?
– Make those motherfuckers collect ’em all.
– Add to the Right Click descriptions of the items HINTING that they may be useful on “epTO” (whatever you call your server) e.g. “For some reason, you have a feeling that epTO has a custom feature for this with Indiana John (or whomever idgaf saldfkjsadlkj) in Vamp Castle…”
– It will NOT take long. You can do one boss at a time. No one will give you shit for that. They will just be happy to have the option.
– It still forces them to waste time and search for the NPC themselves or ask where it is and team up with someone *if you wanted to encourage that*. If you wanted to get rid of the “Where’s Indiana John” or whatever questions, PUT THE FIELD IN THE DESCRIPTION!!!!
– You’ll get more money that way after all.
– Less outside intervention required = more money gained
– Get rid of the bullshit equips they drop or put those fuckers into a box that autoloots and migrate the Legendary Box to be autoloot too (and don’t pretend you don’t know how to do that now 😉 )
– Freeing up Boss Hunters Inventory = More donations from them wanting to spam more brooms and shit
– especially if you make a way to get this from a MS box (hint hint–make an “epTO consumables box” (or whatever you call your server) and sell it with the RNG boxes [UP TO 6 EACH!!! You DON’T want it to be an obvious cash grab!!!!] in MyShop for a “quick fix”
– OR put a “bulk brooms box” in MyShop in general that’s RNG 😉
– This is where separating into “Luxury” and “Utility” might come in handy for f2pers while MyShop users get a more precise choice (e.g. 3 broom types per box)
– REMEMBER TO LIST WHICH BROOMS ARE IN WHICH BOX ON THE RIGHT CLICK DESCRIPTIONS
– REMEMBER: STUPID QUESTIONS = LESS MONEY!!!!
– Remember my spreadsheet to “advertise” your brooms and extended gameplay that:
-1. Forces them to spend more on low level equips
– 2. Forces them to spend more time on your server
– 3. Forces them to circulate into the economy
– 4. Forces them to get FOMO if they “miss out” on any broom-related opportunities, including potentially recharging 😉
Ears/tails exchange voucher
– Can be RNG Box by “season” (every 3 months of releases) or direct exchange
– I have a feeling you will like the “seasonal” one more 😉
– Keep them available at all times
– Increase prior seasons scaled
– e.g. Current season: 1 voucher; previous season: 2 vouchers; “all legacy seasons”: 3 vouchers
– PUT WHERE TO EXCHANGE IN THE RIGHT CLICK DESCRIPTION
– YOU DON’T WANT THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU LOSE MONEY EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS TO ASK
– Include Permanent RNG Boxes for regular class ears/tails
– Cmon if you have the pivot tool, you can totally make it work.
– Make this voucher drop occasionally from vanilla bosses
CF exchange voucher
– RNG Box (max of 6 feather types; 3 preferred for player QoL)
– LIST WHICH IN DESC
– CUT STUPID QUESTIONS AT THE BASE AND JUST EXPLAIN IT WITH THE DESCRIPTION. JUST DO IT.
Consumables Reward Box
– Episode Quest Reward Box (MS Reward Boxes) butchered into RNG instead of granted set boxes
– 1x instead of 2x
– INCLUDE WHERE TO BUY IN DESCRIPTION. CUT ALL STUPID QUESTIONS AND REPORTS FROM THE STEM AND MAKE THOSE IDIOTS READ.
– THEY WON’T READ PATCHNOTES BUT THEY’LL RIGHT CLICK INGAME SHIT (or at least learn to with your system as opposed to ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS AND BOTHERING YOU OR YOUR STAFF or submitting STUPID FAQ support help!!!! THEY DON’T USE THE SEARCH, MAN, THEY DON’T!!!)
“Cora Eggs” -> as in what I did with the revamped eggs
– I know you got this infographic on you.
– Put useful shit in there that people normally grind!!!!!
– e.g. Goddess exchange items; Arcana Cards; Dimensional Boxes; Daily Coupons; Galder cheques; etc.
– Include that description of where to buy it and the “theme” of the drops of the box, so help me.
– ….any other custom features packed into an RNG box and sold at a custom ANDREW-BASED (in terms of PRICING for galder coupons) NPC (explained below…)
– Include where/who to “buy” these galder sinks in description of the vouchers and boxes if you want to get rid of more stupid questions btw
– PATCH NOTES ARE NOT ENOUGH
– PEOPLE DON’T READ THOSE, THEY WANT TO BE SPOONFED LIKE BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– More convenience for the player in-game -> More $ (hint hint)
To do for mega revamp of eco:
Step 1: Make custom light attr set
– HINT in description of the light attr set pieces that they are used for Tartarus bosses
– Put a throwaway joke in there towards the boss or something to lighten the mood
– They’ll be in Tartarus hell grinding forever, after all
– Put custom light attr set behind End Game Key Quest Line starting with Swamp, Rose Garden, or Snow
– One piece per late game area
– Needs at least 3 pieces of the set to survive end game boss
– I believe you have the skills to disable this set for PvP, worst case scenario
– Due to light attr’s bug, all other elements and AP are amplified greatly with “melee/autohit”, meaning, this set is specific to this task
– HP/DP/HV/other Attr comps (NOT LIGHT–RESTRICT LIGHT) (think–rTO masks, but less fucking crazy and without light attr comps, just light attr stats)
– High or low requirement level depends on how you program the end game bosses’ attacks, but I suggest making them able to kill a player within 3 hits, no less; will require higher level for higher HP/DP/HV/etc. comps in order to survive depending on how you implement
2. Put end game bosses in unused (or used since these are not aggro) Tartarus “cells”
– Not aggro unless hit!!!
– Design said bosses to be “auto-hit/melee” encouraged, but accessible to “PvP stats” (so PvPers don’t have to waste their time/resources on it)
– Insane stats to kill/dodge PvErs with (if they don’t have at least 3 pieces of the set, comped or uncomped–your choice, just make the comp requirement at 71% of max stat if you decide to make it comped to make it more fair)
– Low Light&skill resistance
Special drops from boss:
– Mini Boss pet
– CharacterInfo uses ID’s from all ItemParams, MonsterParams, and I believe BossParam–just make sure the ID isn’t on any of those sheets and you can make more CharacterInfo rows
– SMALLER THAN FIELD BOSS SO PEOPLE DON’T TROLL (YOU *WILL* GET REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS–NIP THEM IN THE BUD *BEFORE* THEY HAPPEN)
– Can use the “On Size” in CharacterInfo to make boss “big” and the pet “normal sized”, I believe
– 5% Drop Rate
– “X Boss’s Fun Box”
– Boxes within box
– RNG Box that grants a random “useful” box
– Harkon Shard Box -> 10%
– “Color-to-color exchange” voucher tickets -> 10%
– Bulk Gear vouchers -> 20%
– Revive scrolls+Hyperium Potions -> 25%
– “Ari’s Exchange” Box -> Huntables and drillables -> 10%
– Etc
– 15% Drop Rate
– Custom cheques that auto-loot to inventory (don’t pretend you don’t know how to do that now 😉 )
– Cheques worth exactly 25% more than highest “Galder Farming” area to kill at the exact same timing with the same stats relative to the level
– e.g. 1hr @ tap = “15mil”; 1 hr @ Tartarus -> 37.5mil (they will round up to 40 because players are dumb with cost-benefit analysis and like to brag instead [you know the type] *coughcoughnewpagecoughcough*)
– Make sure there’s a note to sell AT ANDREW, NOT ITEM GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– THERE ARE PLAYERS THAT WILL BE DUMB AND COMPLAIN. NIX THE COMPLAINTS IN THE BUD ASAP BY JUST IMPLEMENTING A PROPER DESCRIPTION!!!!!!!!
– Include their FULL value worth in there, too–DO NOT INCLUDE APPROXIMATION ESTIMATES FROM TESTING; LET THEM FIND OUT ON THEIR OWN AND FIGHT OVER IT
– You can weed out hackers/botters based on their income and estimates
– Any idiot will know to take at least 10% off the profit when calculating straight forward in order to “make room” for buffing/healing/reviving/etc., especially if they’ve actually experienced it
– All others will have inflated numbers or will be lying out their ass and you’ll be able to tell based on their account balances
– 25% Drop Rate
– “Questies Box”
– Boxes within box
– Quest Item box for mid to end game drillables and huntables
– Start with area AFTER you get your SECOND item in the Key Quest set
– Drillables and huntables in each area
– Include in description which area it applies to
– You DON’T have to go as specific as the NPC–you can just say on the description to see the regular wiki after opening the box
– 20% Drop Rate
– Episode Quest Reward Box
– 15% Drop Rate
– End Game MS Stone Box
– Boxes within Box
– Gives random MS Stone for end game equipment starting with the last for the gear exchange and ending with Kronos Tartarus Set
– 15% Drop Rate
– 5% Chance of nothing
3. Add ANDREW-based (in terms of PRICING for galder coupons) NPC (for cheque benefits)
– Will be the central “drop off” point for buying galder sinks + selling the cheques
– Would be good to place in first area you get the custom light attr set from
– INCLUDE CUSTOM DIALOGUE EXPLAINING THE FEATURE
– IT WILL REDUCE STUPID QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON’T READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND STUMBLE ON THE NPC. NIX THE PROBLEMS AT THE HEAD AND EXPLAIN IT IN THE FIRST MENU.
– Include other forms of galder coupons and cheques
– Yes even the 50g coupons
– People will be happy to unload Coins, 5g coupons, etc. en bulk
– Probably will BE THRILLED to be able to get rid of these in stacks as opposed to F1’ing them or dropping them after drilling
– …Also leads people who just drilled for money, into the samsara of being tempted to spend it all, in FOMO, after checking the “Buy” absentmindedly after selling 😉
– Put next to a Lisa+Angelina Bank combo
– Players will RAVE about this part and sing praises for the location at random (“Thank [your alias] for “Andrew” being next to the bank sisters…”, etc. etc.). Just do it.
Summary
Essentially, not only is this clicker/Z hell, but it makes it incredibly tedious to bot, grind for extended periods of time, and inventory manage for anyone using (meaning they have to buy store-mores or make more accounts and level them in order to even utilize this), while still feeling rewarding at the same time.
Much of this is what I remembered I wanted to implement on CoraTO and did not get a chance to.
You will probably get people addicted to this and your galder sinks like crack. Good luck.
P.S. Less stupid questions/reports = More $$$
Just a hint.
P.P.S. If you don’t put the descriptions, I will come back from the grave and “out” you. 😉 You want that money, don’t you? I want that for you, too. So don’t make me do it.
Love you Danny <3 Thanks for the best Trickster server ever. Maybe one day somebody can make your vision even better using this method and your original ideas.