Good idea? Or Bad Idea?

I was perusing the interwebs and since Frostfell is right around the corner, I'm seeing lots of ads for Advent Calendars.

What if we had something like that for EverQuest!?

I'm not sure how it would be implemented, but how cool would it be to pay for the calendar (one-time purchase) , and then each day leading up to Frostfell (Christmas) in December you get to open a "reward."

This would certainly encourage daily log ins which encourages continued play, and rewards could be anything from small Frostfell housing items to perhaps a mount or illusion. Again price dependent.

Also.... PLEASE! Implement a way for me to gift marketplace items (or Daybreak cash) to others in game! (EQ2 has this feature)

Your thoughts?
Fading

Since 2011, was free, now paid.
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=6478

So if the whole thing was paid, and required login each day, what would happen if the person missed a day or forgot for some reason?

All I want is a new shirt for the 25 year anniversary.

Sounds to me at first glance like a timed-release loot box.

I should add that I hate loot boxes on principle, no matter the game, so I am heavily biased against this kind of "pay for random prize" mechanic as to me it equates to gambling & exploitaitive practices in gaming are already running amok.


If EQ had an "Advent Calendar" in game that rewarded players for logging in without them paying I guess you could call that a seasonal reward from Darkpaw, but Overseer is pretty much the "daily log in encouragement" already.

And I have seen passive "log in every day" reward systems on multiple MMO, SWToR has a pretty decent one for example.

Yes, they've done in the past where logging in every day got you a different free item each day. And yes, it's annoying if you have to skip a day for some reason then you can't get it.

I'd be down for it if it weren't paid for. But do it like they did for some past illusions: Log in as a gold member from x to y, get the illusion.

Being able to gift Marketplace items 100%. I wish, too, it was possible to gift DB cash, like the old SC gift cards that could be bought. It would be nice, too, to have a way to gift an expansion other than by purchasing the F&F which isn't that helpful if you've already gotten the expansion yourself.

Buying a time-release loot box with real money, nah, not a fan.

For next year I want a chocolate EQ advent calendar

Bout it my three silver accounts i log in for overseer.

If you miss a day Bad Santugg opens it and takes out the present and puts a Nights of the Dead treat in like some Haunted Candy Corn.

How about weekly log-ins? Can extend any of the requirements for the day to make it a weeks worth.

That way if you miss a day or two you don't lose out. And can extend it over a few days. Or procrastinate and do it all on the last day if you so choose.

I considered cornering the market with a black licorice advent calendar.

You are a monster, sir

Good quality black licorice is so yummy. Cheap licorice is horrible. Sadly, most have only ever tried the later.

I used to like black licorice like you, until I took a licorice stick to the knee.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/black-licorice-death#reported-deaths

Most licorice in the UK is flavoured with Aniseed rather than containing actual licorice root.

And eating too much licorice can actually be bad for the health of a person.\

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-qu...ting-too-much-black-liquorice-be-bad-for-you/

Let's just agree that taking licorice to the knee is not good for your health and it should be dumped in the waste bin.

And using it to remove ear wax is just...wrong.