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Alter Stat Change to Giving Tree Cubs
Change 'Dust' Eye Applicator Term to 'Fragments'
New Event Title Ideas!
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✪ Summary:

Ever since the flat rate of 3 Tokens for Arena Entry Fee was introduced, we now have a large number of players drowning in Tokens. We need something to do with them and encourage a reason to continue to fight for them, because when players have a ton of tokens already, they're less inclined to do challenges.

✪ What I Am Proposing:

Part One: The Token Exchange
Plain and simple, give people an alternative use for their Tokens. Here's some ideas:

➤ Manticora Beetle Exchange: Rate of 10 Tokens per 1 MB.
----✧ A simple, clean cut option to exchange Tokens for Manticora Beetles.
----✧ Rate chosen since the Big Ticket Items™ of May (Lion Scrotum and Ornate Body Frame) cost 400 MB and 250 MB respectively, and this very likely is not going to let people stockpile these bad boys. 1,000 Tokens would only net 100 MB, which means foregoing other rewards.
➤ Reputation Exchange: Rate of 5 Tokens per 1 Reputation.
----✧ Literally just the reverse of the currently existing "Exchange 1 Reputation for 5 Arena Tokens" option. The average user doesn't need more Arena Tokens, let's be real.

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UPDATE: 5.12.2023
Devs have added a token exchange as requested. However, the other ideas have not been mentioned. While most of the below ideas are just for fun, the only one I would consider important is the Crafting Materials exchange.

I consider this important because too many recipes use materials that do not drop enough. Consider Lion Tufts are used in 11 of the 31 crafting recipes, but never in amounts lower than 10 at a time like the other 'rare' materials - Lion's Teeth and Lion's Claws - use. Lion's Teeth also seem scarce in drops and suffer this 'needing a lot of them' issue, but applicators thankfully don't require as many.

As a personal example: I have been partaking the May event every year actively since Trophy Applicator was added, and I have never gotten enough to make Trophy base.

Part Two: The Token Shop

A number of our members have mentioned a better long-term solution may be a shop. I am in full agreement. Since Tokens are currency gained specifically through fighting, I think it would be apt to keep these options in-character with the 'Fighting Theme'.

"Why random?"
The goal of this suggestion is to alleviate 'Token Bloat' that many players are suffering: hundreds or thousands of tokens with no use. These are 'just for fun' options for those with too many tokens, rather than for players seeking specific things. To preserve the value of Manticora Beetles, this shop would never include Big Ticket Items™.

➤ [GACHA] May Titles: 400 Tokens per pull.
----✧ If your lion is winning challenges, then clearly they have a reputation with the lions in the story. It makes sense in a roleplay and story context that with fighting and winning so many challenges, fans might give them a title.
----✧ Titles cost 300 MB currently - which realistically I think is too high but that's neither here nor there. Give the OPTION to buy them with 400 Tokens per 1 Title, but make which title you get randomized.
➤ [GACHA] War Paint: 50 Tokens per pull.
----✧ When purchased with tokens, this will give you a random War Paint out of the existing War Paints available in the store.
➤ [CHOICE] Crafting Materials: 100 Tokens per material.
----✧ This would NOT be random. It lets you spend 100 Tokens per material, to get the ones you need.
----✧ Due to the size of random crafting material pool for May - and how winning and losing pools are different - this may lock players out of the ability to earn crafting materials - which are specifically in the LOSER pool only.
➤ [CHOICE] Exclusives: Varies
----✧ These would be exclusives available only through the Token Shop. I would personally recommend Bases and Backgrounds that are entirely exclusive to this shop.
----✧ These would be direct purchases, but have high price tags, likely 500+ per.

The Shop Owner
The shop could also use an owner character. I'd personally love to see a male groupie to compliment the female groupie who aspires to be the champion some day. But I'd also love you see or hear your ideas. This one's just for fun.

If you don't support, I'd like to know why. I appreciate constructive criticism over a simple "no".