#14
by Jake
Absolutely not option A. Rewards of long-existing rare items such as those suggested is no bueno. Some worlds have only one of those mentioned sets in existence. Would cause way too much havoc.
I think option B is great though. Giving out chests (and things contained in the chests, such as dragon eggs) is I think the best reward possible as the winner actually gets something that is worth-while.
I think a great way to go would be a choice between B and C, with the winner choosing between a good amount of chests/gold/plat as mentioned in option B or some of the competition prizes of the past, like teal fashion and mounts (some of them were tradable too, I think). Even better is, once you are able to, remove the trade restrictions on all of those competition prizes. I think the Shaman's Phoenix Glider was probably the best competition prize that was ever given out. A tradable item, with stats equal to the top tier chest mount at that time.
Competition prizes should be either exclusive, competition only items, or widely available yet valuable and desired items like chests. Definitely should not include other items like previous seasonal event fashion sets.
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