Merit+Job points Sphere Grid implementation and 1 month subscription tokens

[Tehant]

We need a different scaling system and one that allows us to potentially one shot colibri without having to do a skillchain. It should make us that much more effective. Merit+Job points Sphere Grid would be a big step to doing just that and it would look cool and be fun to statisticalize or fill up an entire grid of vana' diel constellation like imagery. We could buy or sell sphere erasers or attribution spheres.

Adding a one-month subscription token purchasable on the Auction House would allow users to trade subscriptions for gil. Also, SE could sell these tokens on their website for real money or sell them for points of which you can buy.

[Gwydion]

Are you on drugs?

[Voidstorm]

Are you on drugs?

ya, don't hoard it all for yourself, share with the classroom.

[Alhanelem]

sub tokens? Heck no. Keep that in WoW where it (doesn't) belongs.

[Tehant]

It would be good. 3 sub token codes and gift cards online.

[Alhanelem]

It would be massively, massively abused by RMT. No thanks.

[Tehant]

Go play another game.

[nixRidge]

With all due respect, Tehant, that sounds like what we should tell you. At least it is, if that's what you're going to tell 10+ year veterans like Alhanelem who know the ins and outs of the game, has a legitimate background in game development, and actively champions for fundamental improvements to the game right here on the forums.

[radar]

People try to suggest things that make sense, this post is laughable.

One shotting monsters without a skillchain just cause you wanna, and ignoring any kind of balance is silly. You might as well just be asking for a press q to kill monster button. Go kill some worms outside bastok or something.

The token idea would require massive amounts of coding, would massively hurt revenue for the game (and make it shut down cause it's not making money anymore, it's too easy to make gil for established players) and would be abused by RMT.

I genuinely thought you were trolling, but the scary part is I don't think you are.

[Alhanelem]

The token idea would require massive amounts of coding, would massively hurt revenue for the game (and make it shut down cause it's not making money anymore, it's too easy to make gil for established players) and would be abused by RMT.

Well yes and no. The concept of a sub token is you can buy months of game time in the form of an in-game item, which can then be traded/sold in-game to other people. The idea is that whales (people with lots of money to burn) can use them to get gil or trade for stuff in a form of "sanctioned RMT," while people who may be short on IRL cash but have lots of gil can spend the gil they earn on these tokens to play the game for free. It's supposed to give the game publisher a piece of the RMT pie while reducing bots because the real players become the "bots." But in the end, the RMT just play the system too and it really just doesn't solve anything.