David Joker Potanus
Dominant
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2022
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Hello everyone.
I thought it would be nice if we could maybe have a civilized discussion about taxes and how they are generated in the game. I am a landowner and I am not even 100% certain how everything works on my land versus outside when it comes to tax. I have looked around and it seems hard to find any real concrete evidence as to how tax works in that regards.
I think quite a few people avoid land areas because they have a tax on income, but does that mean that there is not a tax on non player owned land? If there isn't a tax outside of lands on Calypso where does all of the CLD revenue come from? Is it from transactions at the auction house or decay spent at repair terminals kind of thing? There is a boost on CLD revenue during Mayhem, is there a hidden tax in the instances?
If there is a hidden tax on certain areas of the game, how much is it actually? Does it stack onto the player owned land? That would mean like 8% or whatever final tax on the players who are hunting there?
Perhaps Mindark gives up the tax rights to LA owners and instead makes their money off fertilizer costs? It costs me about 600-800 peds of fertilizer a month, that is $60 directly into Mindark's pocket right? It gets consumed and not recycled in the game at that point.
I hunt and mine on my own land quite a bit. And the tax that is taken from me is untouchable by myself and gets split back with my players at the end of the month. However, I don't notice myself losing like 8% every time I go out and play there it feels just like anywhere else. I don't believe it has stacked taxes but I also could be wrong.
This isn't a thread in an attempt to start a flame war or get people arguing. I am just curious about the negative stigma on text land because it feels all the same to me. I think you just pay somehow somewhere regardless of what you do and Mindark had it setup brilliantly where they always come out on top.
I thought it would be nice if we could maybe have a civilized discussion about taxes and how they are generated in the game. I am a landowner and I am not even 100% certain how everything works on my land versus outside when it comes to tax. I have looked around and it seems hard to find any real concrete evidence as to how tax works in that regards.
I think quite a few people avoid land areas because they have a tax on income, but does that mean that there is not a tax on non player owned land? If there isn't a tax outside of lands on Calypso where does all of the CLD revenue come from? Is it from transactions at the auction house or decay spent at repair terminals kind of thing? There is a boost on CLD revenue during Mayhem, is there a hidden tax in the instances?
If there is a hidden tax on certain areas of the game, how much is it actually? Does it stack onto the player owned land? That would mean like 8% or whatever final tax on the players who are hunting there?
Perhaps Mindark gives up the tax rights to LA owners and instead makes their money off fertilizer costs? It costs me about 600-800 peds of fertilizer a month, that is $60 directly into Mindark's pocket right? It gets consumed and not recycled in the game at that point.
I hunt and mine on my own land quite a bit. And the tax that is taken from me is untouchable by myself and gets split back with my players at the end of the month. However, I don't notice myself losing like 8% every time I go out and play there it feels just like anywhere else. I don't believe it has stacked taxes but I also could be wrong.
This isn't a thread in an attempt to start a flame war or get people arguing. I am just curious about the negative stigma on text land because it feels all the same to me. I think you just pay somehow somewhere regardless of what you do and Mindark had it setup brilliantly where they always come out on top.