WORK FOR GOLD?

This is a double post....

Repeatable sidequests for gold have this nasty way of getting in the way of the game economy and making it way too easy to get gold. Unless your gold curve is really steep - steep enough that the gold the player earns from it will be practically worthless two or three dungeons later and the player knows that - I would advise against making it infinitely repeatable. It has zero risk, requires almost zero thought, and is probably a lot less fun than your main game mechanics, so you want it to be a short diversion, not a thing people use to grind.

Having each one doable only once but having many of them scattered across the game seems like a good solution. The player can't grind on them until your economy breaks, and is also not encouraged to do it a bunch of times in a row until it gets really boring. I would probably advise against making them all become available at the same time. They'd serve their purpose better if they were placed in different towns/chapters so that they break up the regular game at different points.

author=newguy99
What do you guys think about a small farm job for extra gold? I made a very humorous farmer who wants help with his farm. basically you just go around plant each seed then fertilize them and he gives you some gold. You could only do this once but what do you think about making a few of these through out the game just quick money makers with extremely funny characters?

So, he gives you gold without having to weed? Gotta have a minigame involving freakishly fast-growing herbs and/or fighting giant hungry insects.

author=LockeZ
Repeatable sidequests for gold have this nasty way of getting in the way of the game economy and making it way too easy to get gold. Unless your gold curve is really steep - steep enough that the gold the player earns from it will be practically worthless two or three dungeons later and the player knows that - I would advise against making it infinitely repeatable. It has zero risk, requires almost zero thought, and is probably a lot less fun than your main game mechanics, so you want it to be a short diversion, not a thing people use to grind.

Unless, you find a way to gradually make it more fun and challenging. Maybe you add one quest after each dungeon, and change it. First, is digging, planting, and watering. Then weeding, then drought, or bugs, or heavy rain making mold. In any case, you have to expend effort to make the money, so it's worth the price.