by Pehaw on Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:12 am
Here is an idea I had that would alleviate alot of concerns raised by both sides. As players we really don't want to lose hard to find or useful items out of the lockers. The dev's idea is for people to have a unique kingdom.
What if the items that you bring back from the last run, as in the lockerable items, were available as a choice for your next run. So basically a rotating locker. Since those items don't come back if you die it would keep people from not lockering their favorite items. Also to prep an item from here could cost significantly more, not an outrageous amount, I would think at most 3-5 times as much to also keep the regular lockers desirable. You still have to do a few runs to find the item you want, but you wouldn't have to do runs to replace the item you usually use.
In the end you end up with 50% less grind, slightly more but less stable locker space and maintain a unique kingdom experience.
edit: Had a couple more thoughts to add. These no real need to gate this to a certain quest/upgrade as the gold cost and mostly open locker of a starting player provides little incentive to use these slots instead of the locker, while still providing an opportunity to try a new item. And to keep in spirit with the devs it really add to the meaningful decision. Do I just want to try this item a couple times or do I want to have it regularly available. It gives you chances to experiment but can be balanced to not replace regular lockering.
Sorry for the text wall but to me anyway it seems this could add some gameplay value while keeping to the spirit of what both sides desire.