Pecannius
Dalayan Elder
Preface:
SoD is a game that has existed for a long time. The current tome system in place is a major factor that allows people who have played for years continue to progress.
With people nearing the completion of tomes, people are more likely to have nothing to do and inevitably, are much more likely to leave. The COP refund only accelerates this issue further.
Tome rewards upon completion:
This new proposed branch of tomes would be ones you level up and when they are completed, you can turn them into a specific vendor and receive a reward. They would also be repeatable. They wouldn't be nearly as powerful as real tomes, but more so, something to put exp into, which is better than nothing...
In other words, they wouldn't be too powerful or needed (like Codex of Power and charms were intended to be I imagine), but rather, fun little additions / some incentive for people to get something instead of putting exp into thin air.
Tome Suggestions:
Tome of Nourishment
-Upon completion, players get various no-drop random food/drink items that exist rarely in the game, ex: crumbling map water clicky, misc quest food.
Tome of the World Traveler
-Upon completion, players get a bag full of world drops. Yea this is pretty useless, but who knows, maybe if someone really wants one it at least gives them the opportunity to focus their efforts.
Tome of the Newbie
-(This one may be a little abstract) Upon completion name a lv1 character. This character will be listsent a bag of noobie stuff that will help in leveling. Ex: A few useful potions, food/drink, bandages, and maybe a few rez potions and/or divine aura potions. All no drop of course.
Tome of the Treasure Hunter
-Upon completion, receive several no drop maps, random, from VE to Crumbling. Optional: These maps could have a slightly increased chance to drop quest pieces. These maps would not drop plat or gems.
Tome of the (Blacksmith/Pottery/Alchemist) Artisan
-Upon completion, receive a weapon with a + mod of the specific tradeskill of the tome.
Tome of the Bling
-For players with nothing else to do, at least let them get rewarded in some way. Players can fill up the tome and when it is completed, rewarded for some random amount of plat. This tome would be wayyy more AAs to complete than the others and the aa to plat ratio should not be high enough to entice people to use it, but rather if they have nothing else to do. Something like 30AA per 1k plat off the top of my head.
TLDR:
Put tomes in the game to give minor rewards for people that have run out of tomes to do.
SoD is a game that has existed for a long time. The current tome system in place is a major factor that allows people who have played for years continue to progress.
With people nearing the completion of tomes, people are more likely to have nothing to do and inevitably, are much more likely to leave. The COP refund only accelerates this issue further.
Tome rewards upon completion:
This new proposed branch of tomes would be ones you level up and when they are completed, you can turn them into a specific vendor and receive a reward. They would also be repeatable. They wouldn't be nearly as powerful as real tomes, but more so, something to put exp into, which is better than nothing...
In other words, they wouldn't be too powerful or needed (like Codex of Power and charms were intended to be I imagine), but rather, fun little additions / some incentive for people to get something instead of putting exp into thin air.
Tome Suggestions:
Tome of Nourishment
-Upon completion, players get various no-drop random food/drink items that exist rarely in the game, ex: crumbling map water clicky, misc quest food.
Tome of the World Traveler
-Upon completion, players get a bag full of world drops. Yea this is pretty useless, but who knows, maybe if someone really wants one it at least gives them the opportunity to focus their efforts.
Tome of the Newbie
-(This one may be a little abstract) Upon completion name a lv1 character. This character will be listsent a bag of noobie stuff that will help in leveling. Ex: A few useful potions, food/drink, bandages, and maybe a few rez potions and/or divine aura potions. All no drop of course.
Tome of the Treasure Hunter
-Upon completion, receive several no drop maps, random, from VE to Crumbling. Optional: These maps could have a slightly increased chance to drop quest pieces. These maps would not drop plat or gems.
Tome of the (Blacksmith/Pottery/Alchemist) Artisan
-Upon completion, receive a weapon with a + mod of the specific tradeskill of the tome.
Tome of the Bling
-For players with nothing else to do, at least let them get rewarded in some way. Players can fill up the tome and when it is completed, rewarded for some random amount of plat. This tome would be wayyy more AAs to complete than the others and the aa to plat ratio should not be high enough to entice people to use it, but rather if they have nothing else to do. Something like 30AA per 1k plat off the top of my head.
TLDR:
Put tomes in the game to give minor rewards for people that have run out of tomes to do.
