Celtic Heroes

Halloween, Christmas, possibly Easter...

There will be plenty of holiday event items circulating in the economy. Everyone who knows anything about the market today knows that the older, less abundant items will have a higher value. Many people are probably familiar with games (I will not mention any in particular) that "stimulate" an economy. I've taken notice to many people's interest in doing this with the current economy, and it may not be such a bad idea. While it is a bit early to start projecting things like this without an auction house, it is never too early to discuss such matters.

Would it be a better idea to allow for permanately tradable items? This would allow for a wide variety of tradable holiday items, but there wouldn't be extremely high valued items that can be essential to a player-driven market. For example, if I am a long-term player, I want to set long term goals, such as achieving that "ultra-rare-you-name-it-super-expensive-item." Every game has these items, and they're often the very core of determination, as they are the thick line that separates the wealthy from the normal.

Perhaps it might be a good idea to consider "bound" items. Once you equip an item, this item is permanately bound to YOUR character. It is not tradable to any other character, and its exclusive to your own personal use. Players could still show off this item, but it is no longer tradable. In my opinion, this would produce a pyramid effect, rewarding long-term players who have gone through events without bound items, while producing fewer and fewer tradable holiday event items. This would also set the price for non-bound holiday event items (Christmas/Halloween, and possibly Easter) to jump to a very high price as they're the only items that could be equipped and unequipped while still being tradable.

The last option would be to allow for a permanent discontinuation of the ability to trade holiday event items. This would undoubtedly skyrocket the prices of current tradable items, assuming they remain tradable, and allow for future holiday items to only be a fun little memory to show off to everyone. However, this would stimulate the economy and provide the long term goals that people love to "die-trying" to achieve.

In my opinion, every game needs some type of long-term goal. Right now, Celtic-Heroes has holiday event items with no restrictions. I believe that the game needs to put some type of restriction to stimulate the economy and allow for there to be some "die-trying" goal to achieve, whether it be money, holiday event items, or some other unique achievement. As the game grows, and time goes on, the more recent event items will be worth less and less money, while the older items will steadily increase in value. Would it be a wise idea to jump-start the economy by placing some type of restriction on future holiday event items?

I have noticed these items and have thought about them as well.
I personally think that these holiday items should be non-tradeable. I have played many games and still do play many of these games where items from holiday events are tradeable and discontinued which made the item sky rocket and he economy turn to bad.
Now every game like this has an economy and economies are very fragile things as they can ultimately ruin a game. So I suggest. Making holiday items untradeable.
Now as you mention there is always that super rare item that everyone strives for, so what I suggest is making a monster that droPs this item but it is extremely rare. Since Celtic heroes is a boss killing game I think he item should be from a boss and not a quest that any player can do.

I agree completely with this thought. Myself personally am trying to get a wand of hallows and most people either don't have or are selling at a very high price (out of my middle class price range).

Here is my only problem.... If they make the holiday items untradeable and they are good usable ones.... I might wanna give them to my alts to wear and transfer back and forth..... and not be limited to have it to only 1 char and not use on my alts........ It works perfectly fine now but when the time comes it will be supremely hard to choose which char needs more and such.

Just do the quest on each of your alts

Here is my only problem.... If they make the holiday items untradeable and they are good usable ones.... I might wanna give them to my alts to wear and transfer back and forth..... and not be limited to have it to only 1 char and not use on my alts........ It works perfectly fine now but when the time comes it will be supremely hard to choose which char needs more and such.

It wouldn't be limited per account, but per character. You could still quest on each of your alts if you had the desire to have it on every character.