This hit me earlier today whilst cleaning my inventory.
I realised that, whilst I enjoyed collecting the ornaments for the gnomekindle presents/shoulder treants, I never really cared to actually buy any presents of any tier. My reason? The contents are not worth it after the first 3/4 times.
Currently, all we can get from them are:
-Coin bags, which result in tiny amounts of coin
-Stockings which are only usefull to bipeds
-Winter's Roses, which, while neat, serve no purpose.
I would suggest adding some more drops like the coin bags, but with different results:
-A potion bag, which contains potions relevant to the tier of present that you're buying. (both reaping and the more combat oriented ones like Vestia's Soothing Remedy)
-A formula bag, which contains formula(s) or techs that are drop-only. again, colour decides which tier.
-Snowball formula, make it a rare drop from the presents, plenty of people want this innocent fluff formula, and I'm pretty sure that it was taken out some time ago.
Differences in tier of present (small, medium or large) could be what kind of bag you get in the case of the potion and formula bag, for example:
A small present would have a 70% chance of giving a small potion/formula bag (gives 1), 20% of a medium (gives 2), and 10% of a large (gives 3).
Medium presents and Large present would increase the chances of getting medium and large bags. though I can't really figure out a nice rhythm for it.
In case of the Snowball formula, perhaps the present tier would dictate the chances of getting it.
This is all guessing that percentage based drops from containers can be done like this ofcourse.
anyhow, feedback is very much appreciated to this idea.