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EDIT -- March 6, 2008
I am very sorry for everyone who has stopped by this thread while I had not been attending it. My real life had to take priority over Gaia, it just took longer than I thought. I still like my thread here, I am going to read over everything and update what I believe needs to be updated to reflect the current GaiaOnline. Thank you for stopping by.







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Store Item PLUS, what it is?

An idea to innovate already existing store items. In other words how to evolve them into something new, even though they have been around for a while.

What will it do?

Two part answer. Firstly it gives the Gaian users the option to take a standard store item and change it, so it's appearance will differ in some way(s) from the appearance upon purchase from the store. Second this feature can function as an excellent way to take gold directly out of the economy since it would be a system of the world of Gaia and not a user to user interaction.

To sum it up, like upgrading your Gaia house or any of the fishing rods this "Store Item PLUS" takes an item you can buy and makes it different! By paying a fee (by this user's reconmendation) just like a house or rod upgrade.

How should it work?

I think this idea could be looked at in three different parts, each with its own innovative contribution for the Gaian user.

• Color
  
• Shape
  
• Color & Shape
  
  
These are the three different ways I see store items being upgraded to Store Item PLUS. I'll go through and explain the logic.


1. Color -- First off most store items come magically in a choice of three colors, sometimes even different prices for the different colors. Being able to upgrade to a fourth color (just one more additional color) would drastically increase the variety of item combinations on Gaia. Also adding or removing pattern from an item (including making the item rainbow patterned) could be fun!
   
   Estimated cost: 5,000g
   
   • Single color addition
     
   • Remove pattern (already on clothing)
     
   • Add pattern (to clothing item)
     
   • Make rainbow colored
     
   
   
2. Shape -- A change in shape could be interpreted in many different ways, some of which I am going to discuss have been suggested to Gaia in the past. One way to change shape would be to "wear out" an item by adding holes or tears. Another way to change shape could be taking a previously released store item that seems flat and give it a face lift so it has more depth (in other words better drawn quality). Lastly a quick way to change shape could be cutting or tearing off the sleeves (or legs) of a shirt or jacket (or legs of the pants).
   
   Estimated cost: 15,000g
   
   • Holes and tears
     
   • Add depth/improve quality
     
   • Remove sleeves/legs
     
   
   
3. Color & Shape -- This last option I propose could be considered as a total makeover for an item, and this is not necessary for most items on Gaia in my opinion. However for items that have great potential popularity, like Flame Pants, but do not have an appearance that is universally appreciated, like Flame Pants, this upgrade method could be created for Gaians willing to pay a high fee for vanity.
   
   Estimated cost: 25,000g
   

Why request all of this?

Okay, looking at almost everything in the stores as a whole seems like innumerable hours of work on behalf of the people who keep Gaia going, but here is my argument (fyi, this is a bad way to begin any justification for point of view...but it is shorter and to the point rather then long and eloquent).

One of the main aspects of Gaia that appeals to people are the customizable avatars. Many people strive to make their avatar unique as they customize it. It has been shown that Gaians will both work hard (via questing and such) and give up gold in irretreivable ways (via salon) in this pursuit. Since people want to customize their avatars in unique ways and there has been a history of attaining ways upgrade the physical character (avatar) of Gaia why not incorporate ideas that have been presented consistently over time on Gaia. That being color and shape augmentations to pixel clothing. To even make things fair for all Gaian this petition suggestion that store items be the vessel towards this idea, because they are possibly attainable to all Gaians.

Are you against ever changing any non-store item like this?

No I'm not, however I do not think messing with non-store items is the same as messing with store items. In theory store items are unlimited in amount, non-store items are limited in amount. So trying to apply the same feature to both kinds of items would have very different effects on the economy. Imagine upgrading the Cat Tail to a tabby coloring (store item cost 2,000 and color change 5,000) and then trying to buy Deluxe Cat Ears (minimum cost right now 9,000 and upgrade 5,000). Later that year what if people could purchase Deluxe Cat Ears for half the price you paid, but still had the same upgrade cost? Meanwhile during the high priced season upgraded Deluxe Cat Ears would be even higher costing then non-upgraded.

This is far more complicated then just doing a lot of normal clothing items, and the Deluxe Cat Ears was one of the smallest non-store item examples in price I could find.

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These smarties have caught me not making clear sense

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The price is just a rought estimate. I did try to clarify that but I'll check over my post and see exactly what I said. :3I think that items which have been in the stores the longest should get an upgrade first (should this idea take place). In that way it would be beneficial to both older and newer users at the same time, since the skills at making pixel clothing have improved I think a few of those first items released could have a better appearance. Such as the Basic items, Flame items, Baseball Caps. Those are all early released items which I argue do not have the best appearance that the currently existing skills of the artists of the Gaia staff have.

Yeah, the more I look at it having a multipler is just too much for items that start going into the thousands of gold. Although I still want to make a cost idea that would work for all items of all prices. I'm trying.

Gaia is getting more complicated, and the way I think of it it might take less time to customize already existing items then constantly making new ones. Especially just a color change which a lot of people have requested be done to certain items. So I can't argue that yes it is more complicated then the way things are now, but its something that has suggested before, and I think would help take gold out of the circulation.

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First two posts entirely scrapped and remade. Above edit still in effect.

Fixed typos in first post surprised

Fixed a typo I made while fixing the typos in the first post xd

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4 more after this I think <3

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