01-04-2013, 01:29 AM
Offer exclusive backgrounds with custom art, offer (for a high reward) the possibility to name a character, for example a blacksmith or something similar (make sure you say "within reason" so you don't get people paying $50 just to name your blacksmith "Mr Fart McNuggets"), offer to let people shape the universe of the game by creating a character of their own who has a part in the lore of your universe (even higher reward, limited to 1 or 2). Let people write a book that the players can find on their travels. Let people have access to an early beta for $10 - You get free bug-testing and they get early access so it's a win-win situation because you'd already have an active community once the game is released, and it allows those people to get a head start on the rest of the competition by honing their tacticts (reset all stats when the game is released though!).
Lots more. :)
Lots more. :)