05-31-2003, 07:56 AM
I do agree on one point... it should be a gem. Let me explain. After playing Hellfire The Dark for many months, I've grown acustomed to the Blood Stones Akara sells. When you have some much gold your inventory is going to explode, you buy a blood stone and everything is right as rain. The concept is novel and usable for all; 1,000,000 GP = 1 blood stone. 1 blood stone = 1 SOJ, or some equivilant like that. With blood stones, you can easily set the monetary value of items with stones. However... you must make money worth something. How do you do that? I thought all that gold was worthless...? Well, glad you asked. First, you must make rare items a lot more useful so people will actually pick them up off the floor when they drop and start gambling again. Once people have started gambling for "good" items (like they use to), gold will be worth something, and the blood stone will be worth a lot to most people. The beauty behind the stone is that it allows everyone to acquire it through gameplay and does not cater to the cheaters, hackers, or even the botters. Everyday people who play the game for fun and not money or not to be #1 on the ladder or (put your favorite reason you hate people on b.net here) can benefit from a blood stone, having something of value without 100,000 mindless magic finding runs. No my friend, this method virtually a Perfect Diamond ;) <pun> .
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