by Maha » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:36 pm
if you want the legendary cards really scarce, what about the following
in avonmoora exist 5000 gems. to be able to craft legendary cards a player need to own a certain amount of gems. the stronger the card the more gems he need to have in possession. (eg 5 tiers with 20, 40... 100 gems needed)
Gems are stored in ships (each gem takes one cargo slot). when a fleet has a ship with a gem in it it will get a special marker. when a fleet with gemship in it loses a battle the attacker can chose to take the gem or to accept a preset ransom (set by the owner of the gem)
the right amount of gems need to be in possession for the whole duration of the casting. when the number of gems drop below the needed amount the brew goes stale and only a random amount of ingredients will be salvaged from the brew.
(when this gets implemented, the 5000 gems are hidden in npc ships.)ships with gems cannot be docked in the marina, but van be out of fleet.
this suggestion will (with the right set of numbers) lead to battles between voodoo masters. with the numbers i use here, only 50 players van produce top tier legendary cards at the same time. a list of the top 10 owners of gems should be added to the demographics, gems changing hands reported in the events tab.
what i think will happen that only a few will build up the witch hut under these circumstances (hihgh risk low return) and will be able to make a decent income. that will attract others to build up their huts and the competition starts.
with a scarcity build in, strategies have to be developed. all gems in one ship or spread out, go for top tier cards or invest in lower tier cards etc etc.