Shiny Monthlies

Simple idea, add shiny odds of 2.5-10% on wings and swords in monthly crates. Make the items not just gold but maybe like their complementary colors. If it's too much work, just do the wings. If it's an easy job, get the full set done.

This would replace the top 5 openers/spenders but would still encourage collectors to still buy more keys for better odds.
It would also make it a bit more fair for players who don't wanna spend 600+ lemons on keys to get a small chance at cool/rare items. 5% odds on wings (for example I take skyblock) would mean theres less than 5 "shiny" items of the item if you look at the most in circulations sets.
It would also create the possibility of more rare items being introduced in the gamemodes instead of a monthly 5 golden items we get now.

This idea would likely benefit everyone, players and the server. Golden wings only get 5-6 people to spend more on crates a month, and generally its people who were already spending a good amount on the server. If there was several alternate items with a low drop rate in each crate, it would give the other 99% of players something to chase after, encouraging them to open more keys. The current crates are being so overcirculated with dupes being kept, that there is basically no reason to open crates unless you are going for golden wings. Prices for the standard items are all below the cost of a key by a lot, except wings and sword which give a whooping 1 lemon profit on average. This idea if done right would give a constant flow of "chase" items being added into the monthly economy (like the older low pop sets are now), and also bring in a good amount of money for the server since they are new releases.

Maybe this is just my opinion but I hate that something like either of these options are even ""necessary"" since they made crates not worth opening at all for the general player base with the new reclaim changes. It just feels like such an obvious tactic to encourage people to spend more to me after making the crate worse, when they could've just improved the current model instead of having to add something new, which maybe is just me being cynical.

Sure the idea of a gold variant of the wings sounds cool but I feel like it's pretty lazy. The vast majority of the time they won't even go with the set it is meant to and it feels like they exist just for the sake of existing. If more effort was put into them to make an alternative colour scheme that still matched the set maybe I'd like it more, but again I just think it's done so poorly now that either method of obtaining feels cheap to me.

That being said I do think this suggested way of doing it is better than what we currently have and would probably encourage a wider pool of people to actually open keys, even if it doesn't change the underlying issues.

I completely agree. Personally, I feel that golden wings have significantly diminished the value and exclusivity of monthly items, both current and future.

With certain players opening 100+ keys each month, there are simply far too many monthly items in circulation, which has ultimately taken away from the rarity and appeal of opening crates.

I think introducing shiny variants with a significantly lower drop rate would be a much better alternative. Not only would this provide an exciting incentive for players to open crates, but it would also preserve the value of regular monthlies rather than completely overshadowing them.

It would also give everyone a chance to obtain something genuinely rare, without feeling pressured to spend upwards of 1,000 lemons on a pair of golden wings that, more often than not, don’t even complement the aesthetic of the crate they originate from.

Ultimately, I think this is something that genuinely needs to be reconsidered. The current system feels unsustainable in terms of item value and exclusivity, and I’d hate to see more players lose interest or leave because of it.

Rarity should be what makes an item desirable, not simply how much someone is willing to spend to obtain it. 🫠

Back when patron was introduced we were told that adding things that give players any sort of advantage or anything that effects the eco for spending more than others wouldn't happen. Then they added golden wings. Pretty funny how quick that switched up when a chance at more money came up, This suggestion is how this should have been implemented.

frankly I see no harm in this. why wouldn’t we want a better incentive that’s also far more fair for everyone? not everyone can drop enough to get golden wings so adding this would make it a way more even playing field and give everyone who gets a key a better chance.. truly don’t see how this would be a bad idea to implement.

Great idea. As has been said, it is or will be the same group of people getting the golden wing, and really for no point as they won’t match the set, and only few people will have enough lemons to decide to buy them off of someone. And as gloss said, those people were already spending on the server. Forgetting how the reclaim system works, this combined with @mammie suggestion to add emojis and reducing tags from a fainted pull would complete how crates should be. Not to mention ton these things combined, in my opinion would drive more key sales.