I've considered donating to heRO but the problem is I look at the rewards it gives and find them kind of.... meh. So I've decided to throw this suggestion to the wind, with hopes that it will drum up donations for our server and give me something to put my wallet towards!
HeRO V.I.P Token, this token will work like many quest items in RO, it will weigh nothing, be perma-stuck in your inventory, and be completely un-sellable.
When you donate a certain, low amount monthly, the GM helper will offer this token to you and any alternate characters you may have. Sorry to the people with several accounts, but I can't see how you can benefit from getting the token on all of you accounts without people being able to exploit it and give VIP status to their friends.
The benefits it will give will be purely cosmetic and convenient, they wont give any VIP players an advantage over non-VIP players. Some of the ideas I have for these benefits are:
Class Cosmetics Change: An old server I played on had an NPC that would allow you to change your class-sprite into any other class sprite, with the exception of bards looking like dancers and vice versa.??Ever liked the look of class A but you positively love playing class B? Now it's possible to look like a priest while you stalk the shadows as an assassin. If we had a RP community, I would claim that this would open new avenues and depth to the story but....
Hat Cosmetics Change: Much like the class cosmetics change with a new twist, the hat cosmetics change will allow you to copy the looks of Headgear A (that you own) onto Headgear B (That you also own) restrictions will apply, i.e you can't transfer the looks of celebration wings onto a romantic leaf, so the slots the items take up must be the same.
VIP Pet Tames/Pet Changes: Looking at a custom pet it's easy to see that mostly they are nothing more than poring with different food and raw damage numbers, a "Special Poring" if you will. With that said, is it possible to make a custom pet that is a "Special ____"? Having access to a Mavka that can heal and have the same chat phrases as an Alice for example. This can require having both eggs, custom and official, money, and some other random quest items to boot. These pets will be un-tradeable, and can only be hatched using their own special incubators, you can only have one of these on your character at all times, and they cannot be stored in the Kafra.
Access to "Privileged" popular maps : Ever been to Hillwinds and found the joint a little....crowded? How about trying to mob Hodremlins? Running into parties at Anubis got you down? Special maps that only VIP members can access, they
WILL NOT be your own private map, but instead a map that is shared across all VIP members.
Special Hairstyles, clothing pallets, and even different looks for Hunter Falcons, Merchant Carts, PecoPecos, Homunculi, Monk Spirit Spheres, ect.
A custom town, with a Kafra, Warpers, Bank, tool dealer, ect. (Although we already have a LOT of towns)
Your Token will be synced with the server time, and will end at the end of the date engraved on your token. Should you buy a token for one month and decide not to pay the next month:
- On your next logout, your original class clothing will be restored.
- Any items you've copied looks onto will break and can only be repaired by a GM Assistant, who will restore it to its original form.
- On your next logout, your pet will return to its egg.
- Without a useable token, any characters you have in one of the privileged maps, when logging in on them they will be sent back to Prontera.
-On next logout, your hairstyle and colors will be reverted to the default novice ones. (the colors and styles you see when you go to create a character)
-Your save will be reset and you will be booted from the town the second you step foot in it.
I know, I know, it looks like it'll take a long long long time and a LOT of work, but overall I think people would enjoy/be interested enough in the benefits of a VIP token that they would feel compelled to shell out $5 a month, or even a flat $50 for a year (giving 2 months free, because usually when you buy in bulk the price is lowered to make it more attractive).
So, comments, questions, suggestions, criticism?
