First I want to say that I really like this idea. I, too, am a collectionist-hoarder. I LOVE having completed sets and, while I wasn't too interested in buying ALL the sets before (instead thinking to buy the ones I really liked), the new system makes me look at all the glaring holes in my wardrobe of things I don't own. Something like this would be FANTASTIC towards collecting those things I didn't push to get originally (especially since I keep seeing the steampunk outfits and regretting not getting one).


Second I will say that I have talked to Krin about re-releasing past items, and he has said he's not sure what he's doing yet. He said some items may be reintroduced, but I think those were in reference to holiday items? I don't know about the monthlies, though. However! If something like this was introduced, I would totally be on board.

Thirdly, I'm not entirely sure about a system? I like the quarterly idea, though I'm not sure if I like the concept of whole items being available for three solid months. I think a really good modification to that would be that the black market is only available for a month (one month every three months, so say January, April, July, and October; or for those who like Christmas surprises, March, June, September, and December) and have the items available cycle randomly every set amount of time (like 6 hours or so?). This way the items are available, cost more to obtain, everyone has an equal chance at an item, and it still limits flooding of any one item into the markets. (The downside to this is there is a chance people might miss out on catching one specific item they've had their eye on, but the opportunity is still there, and it gives people something to look forward to the next time around.)

I hope I get another chance at old items! I would've gotten them before if I had diamonds at that time.

My full support on this :3 (Even though I don't really have a lot of diamonds...)

We have already discussed on ways of re-introducing past month's Avatar Items.

We do plan on a method at some point in the future.

The ideas in this thread are good - so keep posting if you have more related to this topic. We will consider them for when we implement whatever it is we implement.

It's great to know it's thought of and I hope that all that brainstorming will bring
out something "usable" or give idea for a method to implant~ :3

Yeah when I said quarterly I basically meant for a short time every 3 months. Not the whole time.

Maybe you could introduce a "mystery box" or something like that? Basically people buy the box and inside it there's a random monthly avatar item.
Sorry if this would annoy some people by not being able to choose your item but I like surprises.

That would be an interesting idea. I mean if you don't like what you get there is ALWAYS someone else in the market for one.

Hmmm... This could be a double edged sword. Last Valentine event used this system for the avatar items, some of the items became overabundant (The Heartseeker), some are scarce because everyone seems looking and liking it more (the wings) they are arguably rarer than the weapons.



I have a suggestion... I remember a system called Global Quest or Server Quest on some MMOs, I think they can be implemented here because I see how the Easter Egg collecting work but I'm not sure if the coding would be too much on the devs AND too heavy on the server or not. So, they work like this:

- Every players may or may not participate (it's their choice, just like the Easter Egg collecting event, though there will be restrictions later if you don't participate at all, I will explain later below).

- In order to make an old avatar available a specific global quest must be done, such as collect 10k of Berry Heart Fragments to make the Berry Candy Wand available on the shop for a short time like a day or limited amount.

- For the Berry Heart Fragments to drop from enemies, players must take the global quest first, so it will work nearly the same as daily quest.

- The event is not timed, thus they will be available forever (this is the one I worry about, I don't think the server could hold such heavy data on the quests).

- The prices of the said items will be leveled by how well does the user participate on the global quest, if you submitted 500 Berry Heart Fragments you will only have to pay 100 diamonds, but if you only submitted 100 Berry Heart Fragments then you need to pay 300 diamonds.

- If you don't participate at all, you can't buy them, so there are no such thing as one user waiting for other user doing all the hard work.

- If the item is based on how many there are available at a time, then it should be as much as the user who participate. But every participant may only purchase ONCE.


I think that's all I could think of atm, it's still a rough idea but I hope you guys can understand what I was saying and get the idea! XDDD

Ruinia, I like this idea. But the problem with this is that it is much work. What if people don't have time that week for intensive playing? Even those people should have the chance to get those items they missed. By having a diamond store everyone can have the chanse to get those older items before they are gone again. Easyer for both the players and the runners of this game would be a black market like Shee suggested. A black market kinda thing that is there once a year with a bigger selection of old items/outfits or once every 3 months (so 4 times a year) with a smaller selection of old items. And that that market is there for 2 weeks or so, so that people have time to gather diamonds and buy those items.

Rjay, I don't support the idea of treasure chests or mystery boxes. These old items comming back is for people who did not have the chance to buy them at first. They might have limited diamonds or gold for diamonds and might only be able to buy one item. It would be very sad if they buy a box and they open it and it is not that item they want so badly. For older items comming back I think the players should be able to chose what item they want to buy because it might be their last chance to obtain that item. They do after all have to pay with diamonds.