I think that the topic starter is talking about me, as being the LA owner who told him this.
I'll explain it:
EVERY loot you do is taxed by 25%!
I need to find the page where this is stated, but I'm sure that some people will remember this while they read my text:
Every planet has the following setup:
- Every player registered via your planet gives the planet owner a 25% tax on his loot, no matter what planet he loots from
- Every player that receives loot on the planet, pays a 10% tax on that loot, no matter what planet he registered on.
So in a few examples, this would mean the following:
Situation A
Player X registered on Calypso and hunts on Arkadia:
- 15% of the loot is taxed by Calypso, as his original planet.
- 10% of the loot is taxed by Arkadia, as the looted planet.
Situation B
Player X registered on Cyrene and hunts on Calypso:
- 15% of the loot is taxed by Cyrene, as his original planet.
- 10% of the loot is taxed by Calypso, as the looted planet.
Situation C
Player X registered on Calypso and is hunting on Calypso:
- 25% of the loot is taxed by Calypso (15% original planet + 10% looted planet).
The Calypso looting tax only counts on the Eudoria continent, because the Amethera continent is bought by players, and therefor they have bought the rights on the 10% looted planet tax.
However, LA owners can choose their own taxation %, but cannot go higher than 10%, as this is the maximum "looted planet tax".
Because of this, it means that an LA with 5% tax only has the 15% original planet tax + 5% looted tax, meaning you have 20% tax instead of 25% tax. This is the reason why many players claim that they get better returns on LA's than on Eudoria even with this tax, this is because Eudoria also has a tax, it just doesn't pop up the window, but ALL planets have the 15% & 10% taxation rule.
This is also where the CLD revenue comes from. Where else would CLD revenue come from? I think the CLD explanation even says that! It's not like mindark would pay you free revenue...
Also, to someone who said that the tax is "extra", because MindArk wouldn't give their tax away:
They didn't give it away, they got paid for it, by selling the LA's. This is exactly the same as what happened with the CLD's, people paid in advance, to get a % of the tax.
The big difference is that the Eudoria continent has a fixed "looted tax" of 10%, and CLD owners only get 50% of that share, so they get a 5% tax, whereas LA owners can choose between 0 and 10%.
To those who do not believe this, I would say:
You shouldn't believe me on my word ofcourse, because I am an LA Owner (OLA #65: Shinkiba & Berycled prowler - Stalker). So yes, my opinion could be seen as prejudiced.
So instead I would say: do not just take my word on it, but try it yourself, hunt with 10k peds ammo on an LA, then hunt with 10k peds ammo on Eudoria on the same mobs, and you will see your returns on the LA are higher.
I also do not say this because I want people to try it on my LA, I don't mind, you can try it on any LA, also from other LA owners, then you know for sure that I am not getting any advantage of this, just in case you think that is the reason why I post this...
But you will see, if you try it, that LA's get better returns than Eudoria, unless the LA is taxing 10%, then it would be the same as Eudoria.
That's the whole thing, LA owners buy the rights for the 10% loot taxation that planets have.
I hope this clears things out.
If anyone might know the page where the explanation of the 10% & 15% can be found, please provide it, I've seen it before, but couldn't find it in a fast research, and I currently don't have the time to do a big search for it
