The Entertainment District-
The Entertainment District is basically an extension of the lounge which was created as a game and prize type thing. Much like Chuck-E-Cheese or an Arcade that gives out tickets and you can redeem them for prizes if you think along those lines- the Entertainment District will have entrance fees for each event we have in the ED and during the events you will get items for participating and/or winning.
Think of the ED as an arcade- you put in coins (money) to play games (events and contests) and then when you win (or even participate) you can redeem your winnings for prizes (items).
Now what makes people want the items that you can win in the ED? Hehe- there's where the innovation comes into play!
With the new job system we don't want people to just continually save up money to obtain the next degree and then repeat the cycle when you get the degree you're saving for- we want people to have a bit of fun and do a little bit of work to get their next degree. Therefore we want to introduce a new concept in the game aspect of the ToO.
Confirmation Items
We plan to have special items people need to have in their inventory for their degrees to be usable.
For example i'll use the only public example we have out there right now so not to leak anything before the reset and release.
The Gourmet Club Idea- basically with this idea people would buy food items from a Food Shop and collect special edition food items only available in the ED then from a list we would have in place people would calculate up a score for the items they own (the special edition items obviously be worth more). When they reach a certain point value they are awarded a special Gourmet Club member card- and that Card would be one of the Confirmation items for the Degrees.
This is just one example but we want to have many ways for people to get confirmation items for their degrees to be activated. This way people have to spend the money they make on the next degree AND the confirmation items- while in the meantime they are having fun playing the ED's many events and games we are planning.
The higher level degrees will have very hard item quests to go on so you can have it activated.
The confirmation system would essentially mean that you will have to "work" for your job- which will give the ToO a good bit of output of the income they are making and it would also mean that the ToO's economy would be kept in a relatively small scale (say within the hundreds and thousands) and would be easier to be kept in control so we can continue to keep inflation in check.
Now for another innovation for those that have been around a while you guys will get a small bonus based on your number of posts when the reset takes place...namely you will get $25 Dollars per 1000 posts and $100 Dollars if you had all of the Degrees- this is what I call a post-apocalyptic allowance...or perhaps more like minimum refunding from depression.
Custom Jobs
We want to go back to the original idea of having alot of Odyssey related Jobs since this is "The Town of Odyssey" so when the reset takes place- Custom Job names will cost money- we will have a pass in the shop that you can buy and give to us when you want a custom job name. The prices will be based on what degree you have starting with no degree...
Prices to get a custom job
No Degree- $500
1st Degree- $700
2nd Degree- $1000
3rd Degree- $1500
4th Degree- $1700
Be assured there will be many default non-custom Odyssey related jobs available to you in the jobs section of the board we want to keep with the spirit of Odyssey but also have some option for those that want custom jobs.
These plans in part two are experimental (especially custom jobs) and may be subject to change
Please post any and all feedback- we want to know your opinion on these changes- it's your ToO!
I saved for a long time to get my current degree...
