Let's face it. No one really opens iron lockboxes anymore. As a result, normal colored accessories (i.e. heavy, cool, fancy, toasty, dusky, military, regal) seem to be scarce in some areas. For example, I love using flowers on my helms. Flowers used to be maybe 30k-40k cr a long time ago. Nowadays, it can be incredibly difficult to even find a specific flower I'm looking for and when I DO find someone selling it, they're asking 100k+*. The same goes for other accessories like bomb bandoliers, ribbons, glasses and the like, in which prices on normal colored accessories are going up and finding them has become increasingly difficult.

* - I have had this happen to be several times before. People asking outrageous prices for a normal colored, common accessory.

Here is my suggestion for this:

Put colored accessories on a randomized cycle through the depot. When I say randomized, I mean random color, random accessory type, etc. This includes only accessories you can find in an iron lockbox. Ofc, there are a few problems saying just this, which I will now acknowledge. More will be added as I think of them/see fit:

What about rare accessories and auras? Would those be cycled?
I would say for rare accessories like wings, tails, etc. those could be cycled VERY rarely, only 1 rare item per cycle if a rare item rolls, and for a high price.
For auras, I would say no cycle. Keep 'em rare.
But seerusly OOO, why u no cycle rare auras in featured anymore. :C We miss our twilight auras in featured! But that topic is for another post.

How long should it be between cycles? How many should be cycled?
I'm honestly not 100% sure though my first guess is 2 weeks. If you think it should be less or more, say so. As for how many are cycled at once, I would think 10 would be suitable. Or even that could be random, say 7-12 or something.

What about event items like party hats, grand toppers, etc. Should those be cycled?
I would say no to special event items, meaning items introduced during an event/promo.

What about special event colors? Would those be cycled?
No, I do not believe special event colors should be in the cycle queue. You don't want MORE hallow accessories, do you??

So, what would this mean for the iron lockbox?
The iron lockbox would still be useful, seeing as you can still get auras from them very rarely. You also don't ever know what accessories or their color are going to show up in the depot next. It could take one cycle for the accessory you want to show up or it could take 10 cycles. Thus, iron lockboxes would still be an option.

What would these accessories be priced at?
That would be entirely up to OOO if they even implemented this, but I'd hope they would keep them not too cheap but also not too expensive. Not like 100k for a maid headband or 10k for a scarf. |3

Suggestions from Others:

Suggestion 1: Box Types
A suggestion from a friend is that perhaps other kinds of boxes (perhaps also opened with a silver key) should be introduced. For example:
Flower Boxes (all types of flowers, not including rare colors)
What do I think: I'm not 100% sure on this one.
Fancy Boxes (all types of accessories of the fancy color, not including rares (wings, tail, etc))
What do I think: This might seem a little more interesting but again, not 100% sure.
Subsuggestion: Box Transmuting
You have a fancy box and you have a bolted vee box. You transmute them together (for a price) and get a fancy bolted vee.
What do I think: I'm not 100% sure on this. If it were so, it'd probably need a decent fee. Even then, I'm not sure on it.

Suggestion 2: Prestige Grants
A friend also suggested that every time someone hits 5k more prestige (5k, 10k, 15k, etc.) they be granted a normal colored accessory (minus rares) of their choice. The catch is that this accessory is bound to the account.
What do I think: Seems like a nice encouragement to get more prestige.

Suggestion 3: Fix Lockboxes/Silver Keys
FlawedKnight's post suggests that perhaps we simply need to change/modify the silver keys/iron lockboxes themselves to make them more appealing to open. Perhaps the silver key price could be adjusted to not be so high BUT not so low that accessories become dirt cheap. What are your ideas for this?

What do you think about this idea and the suggestions? Poke holes in all this, add your own suggestions to this or simply discuss it.

LONG POST IS LONG!