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[Smarties]

Penalities to withdrawl and deposit, now thinking of it, the stock pilers will obviously get around that, they could just as easily spend all there money in spy or sentry weapons, which are untouchable as well, with only a 25% fee at selling, which is probably less when it comes to a month or 2 of deposits

[Aileron]

Technically it was lowered to 10% a couple rounds ago.

[Suicide_Run]

Na not really dav, if negative interest is made. People can just always buy convert items since they don't get damage nor do they get sabbed. When they need the money, they can sell it. If they don't need the money, they can sab other people.

[Falcoknight]

So make the money you get from selling items less?

I would say make it, at the highest, a 70% return.

So even if they spend 1 billion on covert items, they get 700,000,000 back. Sure that's still a decent amount of money, but that 300,000,000 is still a lot to lose, and the people who actually spent that billion on improving their stats will still be ahead.

 

Personally, I would make it 50% or lower return.. But I'm a hard!@#$%^&* and that would piss off too many people who are too dumb to actually play the game and don't want their precious ability to bank money removed.

[Aileron]

That's not it.

 

I know Ani doesn't think so, but I do still take orders from Polix, and one thing he wants me to do is simplify things for new players.

 

The 90% weapon return is there because odds are a new player will not understand buying weapons and will buy too many of the wrong type. The return rate is generous so to limit the damage incurred by such a mistake.

 

For the same reason there will always be a bank. A new player will be unused to the idea of keeping money stored in the form of weapons, but the bank is easy to figure out.

 

 

As I said though, there will be a new scorekeeping system. Stockpilers will simply lose next round even if they jump from last to first within the last ten minutes.

 

Each day a snapshot will be taken at a relatively random time. Tallies will be awarded to the overall top 10, 10 for 1st, 9, for 2nd, 8 for 3rd, etc. Also 5 additional tallies will be awarded to the leader in each of the 4 catagories. These tallies will be credited to the clan, and the current standings of all the clans will be posted. Individual performance will be tracked, but won't be posted until the clan situation is healthier. (Yes, this is more complicated, but only to whoever's keeping score. New players need only look at the final product.)

 

Under that system, people can stockpile in the bank or in the weapons. It doesn't matter because they will still be shafted. The system also penalises those who focus on long-term growth, but to that end those who can get to the top quickly do deserve credit for doing so.

[JDS]

The 90% weapon return is there because odds are a new player will not understand buying weapons and will buy too many of the wrong type. The return rate is generous so to limit the damage incurred by such a mistake.

 

I'm pretty sure that attacking someone and getting there negative money by accident is more damage than buying too many items

[Aileron]

Yeah but you would have to be ~really~ dumb to think you can make money that way. A complete newbie would figure the tactic would either lose money or return nothing and be a waste of turns and soldiers.

 

One can always intentionally mess themselves up if that's their goal. I mean, I can understand I'll Whip You's desire to quit with style, but the rest of it seems to be some sort of attempt at losing on purpose and then blaming me for it. I'll admit that my underlying !@#$%^&*umption with settings is that players are trying to win.

 

But if you insist, next round if I see anyone with negative money out, I'll forcibly remove mercs until their income is positive, and put those mercs back on the market.

[Ill_Whip_You]

One can always intentionally mess themselves up if that's their goal. I mean, I can understand I'll Whip You's desire to quit with style, but the rest of it seems to be some sort of attempt at losing on purpose and then blaming me for it. I'll admit that my underlying !@#$%^&*umption with settings is that players are trying to win.

 

Aileron.. you're doing a good job, honestly.

The people who critisise you are people who think they're the best, and are plain arrogant.

Also, in the month I did play this I didn't see 1 bad update or change made by you (I read through a fair few of the older threads).

There are still problems but you're doing your best to fix it. Well done.

 

[RedWaller]

tha fuk? How tha..Who tha fuk?

 

fuk

[JDS]

lol red, my thoughts exactly