🌸🥰 Hey everyone! 👋 So, I’ve been thinking a lot about how exciting it would be to bring Avatar Trading back — but with a fresh twist that keeps it fair, fun, and balanced for everyone. 💡 The Core Idea: Instead of unlimited trading, what if ATA hosted rotating “Avatar Trade Windows” — short surprise events where players can trade selected avatars within specific themes or categories? For example: 🎀 This month (10th–13th): Only male & female hunt avatars are tradable! 💎 Next month (1st–3rd): Only box and shard avatars are tradable. 🌸 Later (20th–23rd): Only avatars released between 2020–2023 are tradable. Each “window” could appear randomly (like surprise limited events), keeping things fresh and exciting — players could even try to guess the next one! 💰 To Keep It Fair: A small EC trade fee (just a few ECs) could be added per avatar traded. This would keep the in-game economy healthy while preventing spam or exploit trades — all without making it feel pay-to-win. 🌈 Why It Could Work: Revives old avatars without devaluing exclusives. Keeps trading controlled, rewarding, and balanced. Re-engages both older and newer players. Adds a fun element of surprise every month (especially around holidays or events). Encourages collaboration and community guessing! 💬 What do you guys think? Would you love to see a system like this — where Avatar Trading returns, but in themed, limited-time windows? And if so, what kind of trade themes would you love to see? (Seasonal? Year-based? Hunt-only?) > “ATA has actually passed this idea to their design team already 👀, but I wanted to share it here too and see how the community feels about it!” Let’s discuss — I think this could be the perfect middle ground between nostalgia and innovation 💖✨
I'm actually in favor of avatar trading. In fact, I believe that all box avatars should be tradeable, especially the ones in hunt boxes. However, once they've been opened- I think that is when they should be locked on to an account. I can also understand the argument for not allowing champagne box/webstore green box avatars to be traded. PIMD has mentioned difficulty in the trading of avatars before, understandable. But they have clearly figured out a way to trade boxes atp. This would allow avatars to occasionally resurge at points in the future, especially if only opened for specific windows as suggested, without the acknowledged devaluation. I don't know how I feel about allowing non-boxed/unboxed avatars to be traded. Off hand, I don't really like it.
Hi! 💕 I completely understand what you mean! 😊 That’s actually why I thought rotating trading themes monthly (or during special events) could be a good balance — so it’s not always the same category getting attention. For example, one window could allow hunt box avis, another could focus on past-year or seasonal ones, and maybe another could even test limited champagne/webstore trades in a controlled way. That way, everyone has something to look forward to at different times, without overwhelming the economy or devaluing anything. The idea isn’t to make everything instantly tradeable, but to create occasional, themed opportunities that add surprise, excitement, and community engagement — something fun for both collectors and newer players alike 💖
hi 👋 I’m just tagging a few players that could be interested to read about this suggestion @Dev @Morningstar_T_A_2311 @Winterborn @Witchee @Lumi @LeeJarrett @DonRainier @Yumeji @Yuzu @Muschi @Vice @JustGooseBumps @Cocoa @CocoPuff
I understood the suggestion. I just dont agree that items earned with the understanding that they are limited time and permanently adhered to an account should have their policy suddenly changed. I also understand the coding issue ATA has already given as to why avatars already attached to an account is difficult to change. I believe that new/newer avatars already released in box form or simply those released in a box moving forward should be the only ones eligible to be traded during certain windows.
This imo, would definitely increase Game Engagement. Though for casual players, it might be a problem if you take ECs for this. It might kill the market completely, leading to reduced supply or inflated rates to counter the EC costs. May I instead suggest a small Tax sort of thing that takes maybe Money or Chibis from them? Or something else? Y'all are the experts this is just from my perspective 🙌
Hi, thanks for tagging me! 🫶🏻 To the thing; you have my support, swapping stuff is definitely my cup of tea. 🤭 As long as it's kept as an exclusive feature happening like 1-2 times per two months so people will stay excited and looking forward a new swap and it's theme. But with with new feature there would also need to be a new currency or something, imho. I mean, for example, the second dorm came with the tokens. If the swaps will be put for ecs, people will be disappointed and complain about ata being money greedy. Chibis/bentos can also be an opinion, but again, many people wouldn't be able to afford it and there will be complains. So new currency sounds the best to me. But yeah .. uhh .. I haven't figured out how it will be achievable yet. 🫨 But if devs said there's no way we'd ever have avis trades, we can only dream. 😶🌫️
I just want to play dress up with my Ava, new hair 5mcs it’ll cost you 1k ec new shoes 1ks cost you 2ec and so on ….
Hate avatar trading as an idea altogether personally. I think old avatars are exclusive tbh, so I don’t necessarily agree with the “revival” of them being fair per se. I like to earn my avis or obtain them through limited events. They feel more special to me that way. I especially dislike the idea of avatar trading for a fee as it’s just another money grab opportunity . But most people on game would likely enjoy it, since players often ask for old content back, so they probably will at some point. If it had to be done, I’d only want to see it maybe once a year like on ATA day or something.