I think we need ways to spend rupies, Some things i would love to see/come back. lottery. Add a second coliseum that's flat like the old one, and Coliseum Shops where people spend money. Auctions for peoples homes/buildings that want to sell them, or even some of the nicer abandoned places. Please Add anything you would want to spend money on.
We were having a good convo today in TS we need ways for rupies to be spent on items we can't make. Pyro can explain it better if he decides to hop into this.
the coliseum would not be to replace the current one, as i mentioned in TS 2 or 4 coliseums would be best to provide variety. the coliseum shops would not be player run, they would need to be admin shops for people to purchase war goods from only. food, weapons armour, ect. the lottery is one thing i personally dont like to see. it got abused last time by people purchasing tons of tickets. the only way i would like to see this is if it existed with only one ticket per person. admin shop items do not need to be changed, what he was wanting to see are things like magic carpet and torchlight again. i would like to see people paying entrance fees for entering contests, some of the ones i suggested before would be a good option for charging people. if you need to warp the to the start of the course it can charge a person 100 rupies to warp to it. then we know the people that entered the contest have paid. this would also allow some people to enter the contest multiple times, removing some of the cash from the system.
did somepony say, Realestate ;D i think it would be a super fun idea to have people build houses then be able to sell them, or if they fix up a totally abandoned one. the only thing i disagree with is the charging of people to play in events. those are meant to be fun and cost free games that all players can come and have a good time with, and even make some money on.