Petition to Expand Casino Shop/Bring Back Casino Money

[BlaDe]

Prior to 1.6, you could convert infinite numbers of qi coins to cold hard g by purchasing farm warp totems and dumping them in the shipping bin. This was useful tech for specific speedruns (mainly seeded perfection).

1.6 introduced purchase limits to the casino shop, removing the ability to do this.

Can we have this purchase limit removed?

I compare this to the exploit where you name yourself after an item, so that whenever someone says your name, that item spawns. This is an exploit that players can choose to use (or not) to give themselves lots of money fast. This is easier to execute than converting qi coins to g, and has been deliberately left in the PC version of the game.

Why keep one in and remove the other?

If we can't get the purchase limit removed, how about expanding the casino shop?

One suggestion is rotating stock of machines. Kegs, Jars, Tappers, Mayo machines, Auto-petters, Dehydrators, Fish Smokers, Bait Makers, Furnaces etc.

 

[MelodyYue]

Id love to see a return of this tech, and if purchase limits are something thats gonna be staying in the game for good itd prolly be weird to buy the elusive autopetter 20 times a day so probably limiting it a bit more in quantity, time frame, or both would make a lot of sense. but honestly overall itd be nice to see the exploit return alongside some new wares.

 

[MogBeoulve]

Auto-petters would be a very nice prize.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

I agree, I'm always open for changes that allow the player to do what they want, when they want, especially in games like Stardew where there is no competitive scene (that such a change would apply to), nor any risk of encountering the issue without deliberate effort (meaning it won't affect those who don't know/don't want to use it).

CA was very much for this earlier in the game's development, leaving in item IDs, animation cancelling, and the hammer spam bug, amongst others, which really opened up a bunch of opportunities for creativity, so it would be really nice to keep seeing that mindset.

 

[Cookie_King_800]

A way to get mayonnaise machines without leveling up opens up a lot of possibilities for challenge runs involving not leveling up, so they would fit perfectly in a rotating stock of machines. Also, I think offering machines at the casino could be a good alternative to gathering hard to obtain resources, like fire quartz and jellies, for more casual players that want a lot of machines quickly.

 

[Stannum]

Partially agree. Casino moved from being overpowered to a bit disappointing. It probably shouldn't be as clearly abusable as it was, but it wasn't something you'll abuse by chance.
Both adding something else useful to the shop and removing the limit would fix that.

If anything, it reminds me of clay farming, and we have legacy random for those who want to keep it. Something similar can be an option for the casino as well