my suggestion for a gold sink

How about charging a fee for a ticket to watch a GvG or any PvP fight.You can watch from a players view like when your dead.When you enter the arenas you have the option of "spectator" then buy a ticket to the fights.The higher level tournements would cost more than lower ones.Guilds could watch other guilds strategies like in real sports.hence the tournement options.I know lots of people would love to watch PvP.We could hold player tournements with the higher the level the guilds competing the higher the price of tickets to watch.That would create a great gold sink without giving anyone an advantage.There would be more focus on strategies by guilds to make new ones and puts focus on the guild ladder system.There wouldn't need to be a change in much programming since it already exists.It gives something the players can all get involved in regardless of their level.There's also the option of guilds charging there own prices to watch fights put on at their guildhall.
This gold sink couldn't be affected by farming or grinding and gives tons more content to the game.Imagine standing by the fire and talking to other players about last nights fight.This gives a chance to let others see certain guilds in action and become popular.Even on an individual basis with players.Seeing people win big in a fight and knowing who they are.I would definetly give respect to a fellow player in town that I saw kick butt in the PvP stuff.
I think this would give more purpose to all aspects of the game now and create a gold sink with having a great option to a much enjoyable game that no one else offers.This is my suggestion take it for what its worth
Deadric Akaul

I like your idea of charging money for tournament tix
I wonder if there'll be scalpers around selling tickets to see tournaments :P

Slightly off topic.

I know the promised Observer mode is something a lot of people wanted...but from a guild's perspective...I don't think we want the world+dog to know of our team build / strategy. If we make a nice team build and use it in GvG, we want to "keep the secret" to ourselves and beat other guilds that way.

Sure, once two guilds fought against each other they'd know each other's build, the looser can create a counter build after and challenge the winning guild again. But from the winner's point of view, they'd rather keep using the same build and defeat other guilds first. ie rather than making a new build everytime they've won because world+dog now know their strategy.

Well, my above opinion is more towards GvG and not really for Tombs. You can't really keep a secret build in Tombs...since you'll be fighting hundreds of people. In short, I welcome Observer mode in Tombs, but not in Guild.

Redundant with this thread.
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