Statue Overhaul

[limpid girder]

For those lucky enough to manage owning a statue, it would be neat if it did something along the lines of “increasing the frequency this worker shows up in your shop” or “increases the amount of items the worker brings” or “odd of the worker trying to sell you a higher tier item is greater” or even “decreases the cost of buying items from this worker” something like this, a lil boon from the worker for loving you having their statue displayed!

It would be great to display these statues as well, I am forever a lover of the decoration aspect of this game. I would really enjoy having a separate spot to show these off.

Additionally i believe there is no statue for the newest member (the bard) was wondering when or if we were going to get one for them? There are 31 total workers in the city, maybe having a statue for each could be fun? I’ve read through and seen the issue with having more space to decorate, but I see people begging for it everywhere as well, so here’s hoping there’s a happy medium!

Thanks for your consideration

[stable stirrup]

I've got more statues than I can place tbh but in general there''s been a few similar ideas but the general consensus is that adding in game effects to decorations isn't a good thing because for one, p2w people will get an even bigger advantage, and for a second reason, it would lead to meta decoration builds instead of the freedom to design the shop as you want.

also as for a show off spot, I vaguely remember there being a post about the shops already being at their limit to keep it running smoothly (although that might be outdated) and if they put a general garden collection I'd find it pretty boring since everyone's would likely look identical

[red mortar]

I would be down for a statue bonus, along the lines of what the OP suggested, on the condition that it is a permanent buff just for owning the statue. It would be active regardless of having it on display or not.

[brittle shard]

Havent the devs told us that they would never make decoration usefull besides presitge leaderboard?

[raven kayak]

I asked for the same for equipping Titles (eg: Lucky I-V would get you + 1-5% surcharge value or something) and got emphatically told to shut up and that Titles are just there for fun. Didn't help that half the people didn't bother to read the post properly and saw "nothing ridiculous like more Titan souls" as "hey, he wants more Titan souls" 🙄

I imagine the response will be "statues are for fun, nothing else".

[sacred sparrow]

If you make a reward for having specific titles equipped then everyone will use the exact same title, switching only if the meta changes. Likewise, you can't assign a bonus to having the statues actually displayed or that's the only thing anyone will have in their yards.

I think most people are open to the idea of unlocking a (reasonable) bonus for getting the title or a statue or whatever, they just don't want it tied to actually using them. Having that bonus be a gameplay mechanic is a bit risky since those can be hard to balance, but I wouldn't mind some cosmetics for completing milestones or the like.

[raven kayak]

I agree, but at the end of the day, everyone plays differently? Regardless of what mechanic you use to add buffs- statues, titles, or whatever, people will always want different objectives. There are 3 different Talent Trees and people spread their talents as they wish- there is no single "best tree" that everyone uses.