alycii
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3 years ago I wish you the best of luck in finding a proper solution for this developer; after multiple reasonable suggestions and no compromise being offered, we discovered it was fruitless to attempt to suggest anything worthwhile for this particular content.
NOTE: Draft 0.1 of the Design Document should be in your PM now :)
🚀 Feature Proposal
Gecko's take a LONG grind or 200b to achieve before they're 'good' compared to other methods.
While Sand Geckos are very good, the mystery boxes have already lost a lot of value and are hard to sell, but this isn't a bad thing. They're still profitable, however, in another month or 2 if everyone is doing them, they won't be good anymore, and it's not fun for everyone to do the same thing anyway.
Rather than nerf geckos, we need more high-level good money makers. Also there is a serious gap for general skilling boosts. Both, and more, are addressed here.
Note: I am willing to calculate and balance these drop tables accordingly so they are well balanced with geckos and existing content. The current proposed drop rates are not final.
I am working on a design document, and the loot/drop tables will be well thought out and calculated to ensure they are balanced. There be a LOT in this design document, so expect it to be released in phases, assuming it is well received and accepted. :)
Here are some teasers: 0) General Skilling Speed boosts/buffs!
1) [Potentially] Increased requirements for Mally, Treebeard, and Kraken, (105/105/105, 120, 120) however we will give players time to train before release, and the monsters will have a significant buff to make it worth the grind.
1a) The buffed drops will [for the most part] NOT affect the existing economy for various resources, as they will get unique items, with decent benefits, as well as a small buff to the GM rate.
2) Darkmeyer Vein Vines and the Daemonheim Mining Resource Dungeon 2a) These will provide clues at a rate similar to geckos if 120 requirement, less if 110. 2b) They will also have unique resources.
Too long, didn't read / bottom line: More to come! Geckos are very profitable, as they should be for such a long grind. But if everyone does them, that's not good for anyone. So we need to make more good alternatives, ideally without injecting a lot of cash into the game, and providing more value to economy.
I will be working on the design document this weekend and we will go from there, if you like this idea, please thumb's up or heart this!