05-07-2003, 05:36 AM
Quote:1) Make gambled items list the exact type, ie have for examples "Diamond Bow" listed and very expensive, instead of "Short Battle Bow" which has a very low chance to evolve.
That doesn't sound like much of a "gamble" to me. It's akin to a Blackjack dealer telling me the next card is "pretty good", would I like it?
Why not make the gambling price a gamble, too?
What I mean is, say a Light Plate costs 10k to gamble (I have no idea what it really costs, I'm just throwing out numbers). If you gamble a Light Plate, and get one (be it Magical or Rare), you pay the 10k.
In the current system, that Light Plate also has a chance to be Mage Plate or an Archon Plate as well. Works for me.
Now say you got lucky with the gamble, and that Light Plate turned out to be a Mage Plate. It's better than a Light Plate, so it costs more. The ante goes up. Double, triple, or even 10x the original gambling price. Whatever it takes to balance it. Archon Plates go for even more, of course. The stakes were raised, and if you want to play you'd better have enough cash on-hand to meet the bet. Otherwise you have to fold.
The real kicker would be if you have enough cash to gamble a Light Plate (10k), but not enough to pay for the gambled Mage or Archon Plates, you don't get the Plate. You get jack-crap, and your original 10k "ante" is forfeit.
(Murphy will make sure it is the most amazing Rare Archon Plate your eyes have ever seen, though. Too bad it's re-shuffled into the deck)
-DeeBye