Halloween costume rentals...

**MasterGT** · 09-09-2010, 09:47 PM

great idea

**Arterra** · 09-10-2010, 07:12 AM

[QUOTE=Kingofhurtz;75076][QUOTE=Arterra;75068]SORRY, FAIL. U CANT TRADE PLAT ITEMS. and i want one so forget it. also... 150 plat is stupidly excessive and the devs cant be that cruel

No need to be so rude. He's thinking outside the box. Maybe they'll make these plat items tradeable!

lol sorry, didnt see i had caps on... still I WANNA PAUMPKIN HELMA!!

**Snakespeare** · 09-10-2010, 11:51 AM

I thikn a pumpkinhead helmet would be so cool.

**Furrawn** · 09-10-2010, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Snakespeare

I thikn a pumpkinhead helmet would be so cool.

Lol me, too
We could have the pumpkinhead brigade

**Flamin** · 09-10-2010, 12:30 PM

These are called cosmetics, they are items for looks, you can equipt your regular gear that gives you stats, and but you can display your cosmetics instead. However I don't think that we should 'Rent' them, I think that once we buy them we can use them as long as we want.

**Azrael** · 09-10-2010, 01:12 PM

Waste of development time if you ask me.

**Snakespeare** · 09-10-2010, 01:15 PM

Not if people pay plat. Giving away free stuff is a waste, yes, but all these suggestions are for items that can generate the sale of plat.

Besides, any meshes they make of vampires and ghouls and ghosts and stuff, they can use in a future undead campaign.

**Azrael** · 09-10-2010, 01:18 PM

Or theu can develope new content to generate platinum sales

**Royce** · 09-10-2010, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Azrael

Or theu can develope new content to generate platinum sales

Develop new maps = X development hours
Create a few Halloween costumes for characters = Y development hours
My guess is X>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Y

**Snakespeare** · 09-10-2010, 01:37 PM

But, they are generating new content, as we speak. And when it is release, about 1000 players will pay 10 plat. 10 plat is equal to about $1.50. And then it will slow down and that will be that. But if they make meshes that people can wear, as rentals, for low plat, it could generate twice as much plat sales, or more, and it will recur every year. Hats, for instance, get them more money than a campaign, I bet.

And now they are giving away more free content! We have received, without paying any upgrade cost, new townes, new hidden dungeons, new pink items, new bosses, quests, and some in-game helm designs.

This is an idea to generate sales for many years to come. I think it will make them more money, in the long run, than new content.

And, as I say, there is plenty of content. People just have to make new alts, play them in the appropriate levels, and turn off XP, to enjoy the new free content. I know it doesn't seem like much if you are only playing your maxed-out character, but if you play them at the intended levels, you can appreciate the newness of the new content better.

Frivolous things make life interesting, y'know? We're not all Vulcans

**Hotndots** · 09-10-2010, 01:43 PM

I thought I'd write down what I think should be done since everyone else is throwing their opinions out there =)
First off, great idea with having costumes, I would love it!

Ok, in my old MMO, this is how it went and I'd like to put it down so everyone can discuss it:

They weren't costumes but that's ok. You actually turned into another creature, some could even fly. Anyway, you would buy a potion of the figure you wanted to transform into, and it cost gold. Once you drink it, the costume lasted 10 minutes. They were quite cheap, the drinks. You could buy them all through October, but they only had a one-time use, so once you were out after Halloween, then you were out.

So this is what I would like to see in PL:

You buy Costume Potions.. fairly cheap, I'd say one plat each and they last an 30min or an hour. They have a one-time use. You can stock up.. but they cannot be placed in the vault.. so you cant have millions of them ( lol ). Once they are used up after they aren't available anymore.. well then at least you had some fun and looked awesome!

Costume Potion: 1plat
Time limit: 30min - 1hour.
One-time Use.
Available for October.
Cannot stock up with vault.

Actually, they could just be in the Potions store so that you can't stock up in your packs at all.

**Royce** · 09-10-2010, 01:47 PM

Snake, one thing you may not get as a fairly recently capped player is the frustration Those of us who have had 45s since AO2 came out are starting to feel with the level cap. It has been a very long stretch at 45. In that time they've done a ton to improve the framework of the game and the newcomer experience, and Im not complaining about that. But the only new stuff really directed at capped players has been more and more gear added to AO2. With the current dominance of incredibly tedious rush farming, getting that gear is becoming less attractive (though I will have my Apep staff

). Anyway, all that said, I can't imagine making a few costumes will detract in any meaningful way from their work on AO3.

**Furrawn** · 09-10-2010, 02:11 PM

Tatiana- I love the costume potion idea... I'd also like to rent a costume- even a pumpkin helm... Honestly, I'd use both if they were available... I'd rent my costume for Halloween and buy costume potions during the rest of the month...
1p for the costume potion is brilliant... Because folks would buy them repeatedly...

Royce-
Me, too... The apep staff is calling my name

I agree...I don't see a few costumes interfering with content development. If anything, costumes could provide some extra funding for content...

**Arterra** · 09-10-2010, 04:33 PM

if they can sell a viking hat for 20plat, then let me have a PERMANENT pumpkin helm for a little more! yes, I'd pay for a PUMPKIN ON MY HEAD. i like all these ideas of looking like actual monsters, but think: thats a lot more coding and graphixs. about using in-game zombies and bosses, well, it's a good option.

...but just let me keep a pumpkin helm... A example i want to use is Adventure Quest worlds. i think this game is cooler than that by far, but in Easter you could do quests for acquiring a full-body berserker-bunny appearance.
Im not even asking for the devs to code in a way to change the entire armor, just a helm lol (though armors with black-orange stripes would be a good combo...)