Small update,
I'm speaking with Stefan now and will have the gelat shop up soon with observer mode taken down. The gelat shop will sell:
- Vitality Potion - Extra 10 HP for a week
- Worker's Potion - Increased speed of mining, flower picking, and shell digging (more shells and less crabs) for 24 hours
- Lightweight Potion - No weight reduce and move at the speed of a cap for a week.
Purchasing any of these will give you the item in-game. The items cannot be traded/dropped. You can purchase 10 vitality potions at once, for example, but you will only be able to use one at once. Similarly, you could purchase a "worker's potion" today and wait until tomorrow to use it.
I don't think any of these are going to provide major advantages against players who do not wish to pay for them, but if anyone has any objections now is the best time to give me them, as well as any other ideas.
As much as I don't want how much a person is willing to spend to determine their success on Era, a gelat shop is necessary to get rid of observer mode. The items I've laid out shouldn't make a huge difference in the way Era works.
Also, frag grenades have been released. You can purchase them from Fort Knox.
The shrapnel both causes damage and can wound players.