Single Use Items. First let me say I'm trying to hold judgement until I see the final product and use/execution of the product. So I haven't voted in the poll yet. But to throw in my two-cents worth of speculation:
When I very first joined VMK I was disappointed in magic like teleportation. It has a nifty looking effect, but didn't actually
do anything. For example you can't teleport to places you can't walk. You can't teleport up to the top of Tom Sawyer's Island or across a single-space bridge on which someone is standing afk (Forbidden Temple anyone?). I've often thought it would be great to teleport around someone who was blocking your path. But no, it's just a spiffy effect.
If new one-shot magic has an actual effect on the game then I would consider it Useful. Examples might be if it were required for a quest, lets you go to a special place alah space-suit magic to Inner Space, or gives you something you can keep like credits, a costume, etc.
I would spend 500-1000 credits for Useful one-shot magic. I would love to get it as a game reward or host prize. Again - if Useful as defined above.
If the new one-shot magic were just something flashy like nearly all the current magics... then I would agree with a previous writer and refer to it as "trash" magic.
Paying credits for Trash magic? I might spend 25-100 for a funny or cool one-shot effect, but certainly no more than that!
Trash magic as game rewards? Well, I don't know... We used to get permanent magic from Pirates, and still get it from Fireworks. Why downgrade to trash magic? But then again, if we got them as frequently as we got, say Blue Typhoon crates, then maybe that could be fun. So long as they were strictly a
bonus on top of whatever credits we currently get. Yeah, I think I would like that.
Trash magic for Host Events? I can't think why I'd want that at all. As difficult as it is to get into and stay in a Host room long enough to collect whatever prize they're giving away, I want something permanent!
I can't imagine I'd want any kind of one-shot expiring magic (Useful or Trash) given out as the only prize for an In-Game Quest, unless we could retake that quest over and over again, or at least take the quest once a day. As a reward for an In-Park Quest?
No way! I pay real world money to go to a park to take a quest, I want to keep what I get to show off that I went to the park!
I can see that magic doesn't get used much in VMK. Why not? I could only guess why others don't use it, but I know why *I* don't. For one, use of magic tends to attract the dc monster. For another, I'm limited in space on the amount of pins I can wear.
I know they are addessing the latter, and that alone will get me to wear and use my magic more often. Especially when I've got plenty of permanent magic already. 13 different pins (3x cars, space & diving suits, 3x Kelloggs, bat, snowman, fireworks, teleport, ghost), and some I have duplicates of. And if I ever get Inferno and Green Car I'd have 15, enough to fill up the new Lanyards!
And besides all that - what's being done to ward of that dc monster? Here's a catch22 for you: Anti-dc Monster Magic. Use more magic, get more dc. Use more Anti-dc Monster Magic to block the dc... but if you use it more, it increases the chance of the dc it's supposed to stop!
Adding an expiration date to magic to "force" me to use it, well... That's more likely to get me to not want it in the first place.
So, yeah, I've rambled enough on speculation. Again... I'll just have to wait and see what comes out and hope it's good!
