Accepted & Implemented Make Cosmetic Event Rewards Last Longer

There's been various suggestions throughout MapleLegends' existence calling for the extension of duration for cosmetic event equippable items in different ways. Let's list them off because this idea is old as hell and hasn't to my knowledge received a response or any official acknowledgement. Maybe it doesn't require any acknowledgement, but the designers of these events put a lot of work into the events and we love that shit. We love it so much that a lot of players probably would like to enjoy their cosmetic, non-gameplay-enhancing rewards from them for just a bit longer.

* Make event nx permenant (2017 November)
* Event Equips Time Extender (2021 November)
* Make temporary event NX available in the CS after they have expired (2022 November)
* Perma Event Cosmetic Item (2023 May)
* Add Event NX to the Donor CS (2023 November)

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These ideas can be boiled down to a few simplifications, to keep it short:

* Just make them permenant permanent, nothing else
* Add in some sort of Cash Shop item that can extend the duration of event equips, purchased using either regular vote cash or donor cash
* Allow event cosmetics to be purchased from the cash shop after the event duration or the equip expiry duration has passed
* Allow pernemamant... uhh, permanent versions of event cosmetics to be purchased with donor cash

These are actually really good ideas, and none of them have been considered or responded to. But maybe that makes sense, if there's disagreement over how it should be executed, or worries over having to code in a new NX-extension feature. Can't we understand the pitfall of permanent equips clogging up our cash shop inventories? What if the devs don't want to add in the NX trash gobbler NPC! Why can't we just shut our F5ing mouths and let them expire gracefully?

I'd like to toss in a simple idea that can be executed without the need to change much of anything about events. Make event cosmetic equipment last until at least next year's date of the holiday(s) that it is meant to celebrate! This is the bare minimum I ask for. Look at exhibit P (P is for Poopoo):

12/NINETEEN/2024? Are you shittin' me?​

What the flippin' pancakes is that guys? Twelve slash nineteen??? Did someone get their official MapleLegends Staff Doritos finger grease all over the last two weeks of their 2024 calendar?

Jokes aside, it should be a simple fix to extend the duration of event items such as this to 12/25/24 at 23:59. This way, Maplers can celebrate the holiday decked out in their old Christmas decorations! Nobody wants their Christmas tree to get set on fire on 12/19, right before things are getting good. I do not ask that currently-existing cosmetics have their durations extended, because that might require coding or something. (Though if it's easy to do, then why not?) I am merely asking for future events to consider that players should have their previous years' equips on-hand for each upcoming holiday as it comes. It would be cool, especially since events are always late and none should kid themselves that that is going to change. This is the bare minimum that the suggestion calls for.

Billy Mays on a Hefty Dose of Stimulants​

I propose taking it a step further. These items could last until the exact day of next year's iteration of the holiday being celebrated, but it'd even better if they instead last either one month after, one year after, or one year and one month after next year's iteration of the holiday. This may be confusing, so here are some examples of what that would look like, for a reward from Winter 2023:

* Available until 1/25/2025 at 23:59
* Available until 12/25/2025 at 23:59
* Available until 1/25/2026 at 23:59

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2026 is pretty far out, right? "Come on Taima, cash shop equips only last for 90 days, this is too much!"

It is pretty far out, and some might view this as no more than an excuse to extend an outfit you like out for a long time and shirk your voting responsibilities. But really, think of all the silly-ass cosmetics you spend event points on. Almost nobody is gonna be wearing Christmas wreaths around their face in June. They're going to stash them away until next year! Just like you do in real life with decorations! It's exciting to pull these items back out of storage when the month of your favorite holiday rolls around. We can sort of do that next year, but I know I'm gonna be watching that countdown to cosmetic extinction roll down day by day, knowing that it's not gonna last until the actual holiday it's meant to celebrate.

A poll has been erected with the options I came up with. Feel free to pick your favorite option or the option closest to what you would choose, to give a suggestion on what else should be done, or to ignore it entirely.

The whole thing is rather silly, isn't it? Let's give event cosmetics a longer expiration date. Let's enjoy them for just a little while longer: the same holiday next year, or even two years later!

(Consider the other suggestions too! I don't agree with paywalling the event equipment, but if they're available at all, I wouldn't complain.)​