Platinum Boxes
When a player earns a platinum box, they get a temporary enhancement (for let's say most enhancements last about 7 days); this enhancement is chosen from random, and a player can only open one Platinum Box per week. (Of course, some enhancements would be more advantageous than others.)
Possible enhancements could be:
1. Base speed attribute is increased to 101 for 7 days.
2. Troop build time is halved for 3 days.
3. All crop oases occupied by player become level 10 for 7 days.
4. 2 "free" warps per day for 7 days.
5. Player receives 300 gold coins (the actual amount would depend on how much much platinum boxes cost).
6. VIP for 30 days/1 year (again based on how much the boxes cost.)
7. Attack/Speed/Defense/Attack all become 100 for 7 days.
8. All skills become level 10 for 7 days.
9. Minimum crop total for any city become 1 for 7 days. (Starve proof!)
10. Player may disband 1 sub that they own. (one time shot.)
Any way, you get the drift... I think it would liven the game up some, and Haypi would benefit by selling more coins. Good idea? Bad? Interesting?
Bart