Apparently, WEBZEN prefers to implement a new idea if it 1) produces RNG results for continuous profitability, and 2) can be an item purchased from the Cash Shop. We made several suggestions to improve the current Skill Book system, and we haven't seen any change except that they hold dimensional bosses events more frequently than before.
Dimensional event has a low chance of giving out desired skill books, and it requires from players to consume a lot of resources especially Artisan Crystals which has other important uses i.e. crafting. So, I suggest to add an item called Skill Book Enhancer (SBE for short) as an alternative option to get desired books in exchange for real money for those who want to get it faster. Although I'm not supporting Pay-2-Win features of this game, I'd like this item to be also obtainable in PVE as well as PVP.
Skill Book Enhancer (SBE) will function in a similar way to equipment enhancers. To get this SBE, you'll either need to buy it from the cash shop from Platinum Chest, or destroy skill books to get Skill Book Fragments (SKF) that when combined in a certain amount, you get SBE. The amount of SKFs resulted from destroying skill books differs according skill book grade destroyed in the process. To get one SBE, you'll need to combine 100 fragments of skill book. Below is the suggested amount of fragments you get from destroying each skill book grade:
Common: 5 SBFs
Magic: 10 SBFs
Rare: 15 SBFs
Perfect: 30 SBFs
Success rate depends on the grade of skill books a player is attempting to enhance. Suggested enhancement rates for each grade are as follow:
Common to Magic = 90% success chance
Magic to Rare = 35% success chance
Rare to Perfect = 7% success chance
This way, I believe satisfaction level of players will be much higher even with RNG being applied to it. To make it profitable for WEBZEN. They need to hold dimensional events less frequently so that players either grind to get SBE or buy it from the cash shop. I suggest to remove/move some items from Platinum chest such as the All-seeing-Eye, costume parts including shadow gears and remodellings or keep them in a different chest e.g. Cosmetics Chest to increase the rate of getting useful items from Platinum Chest.
As for PVP, you can exchange Honor Coins for Skill Book Fragments e.g. 100 Honor Coin = 1 SBFs. This will encourage many players to be more active in PVP as I believe the lack of incentives is one of the reasons that diminish players sense of enjoyment in PVP.
I mentioned Multiple Skill Book Shelf system many times before. But this time, I'd suggest it as a part of the next class development quest e.g. at level 80. Having multiple skill books shelf activated will make classes more overpowered than what they were before. This will also allow players to use all different kind of action modifying skill books. To add more features to it, there should be extra effects for obtaining high number of stars. If a player acquires 87 or more stars (total of 3 sets activated), he can get even extra effects. If a player achieves max number of stars (108), he can get an ultimate,unique form of Multiple Skill Book Effect!
So, how can WEBZEN benefit from this feature? I believe many players will buy cosmos stones as achieving 108 will be the most difficult part. Because each book will have to be of Perfect grade and with max number of stars (6 stars in each book). This will be as apart of end game content at least until a fourth skill book set is added.
Extra suggestions:
Traces of Nightmare (Account bound) needs to be obtainable from PVP shop in exchange for Honor Coins.
Magic Primers should be also obtainable from rare mobs if my previous suggestion on making rare mobs drop event like chest containing different items. Each chest is given out for each participating player when it is killed. The amount of Magic Primers (account bound) is random and can get higher at higher level dungeons. Maximum magic primers you can get from the chest at the current level is 50 but at a very low rate. With this suggestion, I believe C9 will be considered less Pay-2-Win.
Dimensional event has a low chance of giving out desired skill books, and it requires from players to consume a lot of resources especially Artisan Crystals which has other important uses i.e. crafting. So, I suggest to add an item called Skill Book Enhancer (SBE for short) as an alternative option to get desired books in exchange for real money for those who want to get it faster. Although I'm not supporting Pay-2-Win features of this game, I'd like this item to be also obtainable in PVE as well as PVP.
Skill Book Enhancer (SBE) will function in a similar way to equipment enhancers. To get this SBE, you'll either need to buy it from the cash shop from Platinum Chest, or destroy skill books to get Skill Book Fragments (SKF) that when combined in a certain amount, you get SBE. The amount of SKFs resulted from destroying skill books differs according skill book grade destroyed in the process. To get one SBE, you'll need to combine 100 fragments of skill book. Below is the suggested amount of fragments you get from destroying each skill book grade:
Common: 5 SBFs
Magic: 10 SBFs
Rare: 15 SBFs
Perfect: 30 SBFs
Success rate depends on the grade of skill books a player is attempting to enhance. Suggested enhancement rates for each grade are as follow:
Common to Magic = 90% success chance
Magic to Rare = 35% success chance
Rare to Perfect = 7% success chance
This way, I believe satisfaction level of players will be much higher even with RNG being applied to it. To make it profitable for WEBZEN. They need to hold dimensional events less frequently so that players either grind to get SBE or buy it from the cash shop. I suggest to remove/move some items from Platinum chest such as the All-seeing-Eye, costume parts including shadow gears and remodellings or keep them in a different chest e.g. Cosmetics Chest to increase the rate of getting useful items from Platinum Chest.
As for PVP, you can exchange Honor Coins for Skill Book Fragments e.g. 100 Honor Coin = 1 SBFs. This will encourage many players to be more active in PVP as I believe the lack of incentives is one of the reasons that diminish players sense of enjoyment in PVP.
I mentioned Multiple Skill Book Shelf system many times before. But this time, I'd suggest it as a part of the next class development quest e.g. at level 80. Having multiple skill books shelf activated will make classes more overpowered than what they were before. This will also allow players to use all different kind of action modifying skill books. To add more features to it, there should be extra effects for obtaining high number of stars. If a player acquires 87 or more stars (total of 3 sets activated), he can get even extra effects. If a player achieves max number of stars (108), he can get an ultimate,unique form of Multiple Skill Book Effect!
So, how can WEBZEN benefit from this feature? I believe many players will buy cosmos stones as achieving 108 will be the most difficult part. Because each book will have to be of Perfect grade and with max number of stars (6 stars in each book). This will be as apart of end game content at least until a fourth skill book set is added.
Extra suggestions:
Traces of Nightmare (Account bound) needs to be obtainable from PVP shop in exchange for Honor Coins.
Magic Primers should be also obtainable from rare mobs if my previous suggestion on making rare mobs drop event like chest containing different items. Each chest is given out for each participating player when it is killed. The amount of Magic Primers (account bound) is random and can get higher at higher level dungeons. Maximum magic primers you can get from the chest at the current level is 50 but at a very low rate. With this suggestion, I believe C9 will be considered less Pay-2-Win.
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