Night Revels ingredient conversions

[Nonesuch2008]

With each Revels event, there are always a number of people that state that they will not participate due to the expiring ingredients. It does not appear that this policy will change any time soon, but the Dev's did a great thing with this year's event in lowering the material costs for a lot of items. I'm still not crazy about having to buy low level items and do progressive upgrades on them when they are BtC, but lowering the costs was a good step.

I would like to see a barter system added to the event vendor where we could trade mat's of one type for another, or at the least convert mat's to chocolates. Something like 1 Spooky Almond = 5 Chocolates, or trade 3 almonds for 1 caramel, similar to the gem trade-down that we have for the Cove. In doing this, I think it would cut down on that sense of waste at the end of the event that puts some people off & encourage more people to participate.

[Annex]

Stick to your guns. Ingredients should not expire.

[Casareena]

I agree with the OP that there should be some way to use the ingredient's earned in Revels. There is way too much waste at the end of the event and being able to trade would be a perfect solution. After all the works been put in for all of those matt's we should be able to see something for it at the end.
As Annex saying that ingredients should not expire...I agree totally for the same reason as the barter system...the works been put in...there should be something to show for it...the barter system is a good way to ensure that too.

[Nonesuch2008]

Stick to your guns. Ingredients should not expire.

That war may yet be won, but I feel that a barter system is an acceptable compromise for both sides that will do both the players & the game some good.

I agree with the OP that there should be some way to use the ingredient's earned in Revels. There is way too much waste at the end of the event and being able to trade would be a perfect solution. After all the works been put in for all of those matt's we should be able to see something for it at the end.
As Annex saying that ingredients should not expire...I agree totally for the same reason as the barter system...the works been put in...there should be something to show for it...the barter system is a good way to ensure that too.

Thank you!

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

They could just place a new NPC there who will preserve your materials for something buyable on the DDO store.

For each 1500 candies, 100 turbine points for a preservation ticket to preserve until next year, incentivise them to have a preservation option by making it profitable at least to some extent.

What will happen? The NPC Gobbles up your candies and lies to you about preserving them, next year when you talk to him again he will be out of breath and suited in some ridiculous armor explaining that he was forced by various factions to either keep his word and return to you fresh candies or face serious consequences and you get fresh candies back.