I dont like the "not up to discussion" thing. I totally understand we all knew what was coming, but man, look how succesful this server is, shouldnt that be a indication on that you are already doing something really great. Sure we knew a shop would come.. but i think we have some good ideas in the thread, always using the "not up to discussion" and not listening to the community isnt always the right way.
some good ideas i read here is that you can buy items from bosses you killed, that makes sense. So instantly when i killed Gruul i can buy loot from his loot table, at least it helps a bit IMO. Or Gruuls loot table gets available when T5 has been up for a couple of weeks.
Cheers