Furthermore he/she said that we should buy non-EI/MC/RIG items from the cash shop and basically put our money where our mouths are. I tell you that I did exactly that when the cash shop was new. I paid 19 cents or whatnot for those cummerbunds.
The majority of the first 75 items in the cash shop (sorted by price low->high) have been there since it came out over a year and a half ago (or are recolors of them). In comparison, we get a new EI every other week. We get a new RIG about...once a month?
In this economy, people want the most value for their dollar. If given the choice, who would pay $3.99 for an Elvis Presley jumpsuit (worth 27.5k) when for $1 more they could get a Kottan Bell (3rd gen even) worth 100k? Plus, instead of being a single-pose, the Kottan Bell evolves. There's no incentive to buy the non-EI/MC/RIG items.
So here is what I propose: release RIGs as usual. BUT, take a look at the rare items, and consider, do they really need to be so rare? In the past, rare items were rare because they required effort: art arena medals, fishing trophies, event items (like Zombie labcoats) or they were prestige items (all old MCs). RIGs involve nothing but dumb luck and cash.
Give us a chance! You say you can't put items in the cash shop because then you couldn't control their rarity? BS! Only stock 1,000 or only sell it for a 1 day period. You literally control the entire cash shop. There's never been any guarantees made about how long stuff stays in, or that it wouldn't be rereleased. Instead of including Mercury's moon in the next RIG which makes it's chance of being attained 5% instead of 3%, throw it in the Cash shop and see how many it sells. Price it at $9.99, and I think you'll see that we can and WILL put our money where our mouths are.
