O my... so if 100.000 non-depositors come to EU, thinking that they can score big, all will be good?
I'm not saying that non-depositors should be left out, but for those that deposit and keep the ball rolling I think MA/FPC should do more.
Any respectable company have a special treatment for regular/bigger customers because they know that this ones keep them alive, MA keep lying us about a free game and so on.
Lets all stop depositing then and play FREE
If you read carefully I'm not saying bigger deposit = bigger prizes, more like I say that spending 100k in one month should assure 90% of that back.
This way bigger depositors won't be ruined just because they like to play big, playing big means that they would pay already more to MA 10% from 100k or 10% from 10k is not the same thing, but in the same time they won't lose their shirt for doing this.
that wont work and loot will go down drastically, what we experience at the moment pretty much after the change to CE2, which left many ppl out who cant play anymore due to system requirement
many who quit because the start of CE2 hasnt implemented most stuff (and we still aren't finished)
others are "on hold", waiting for new planets to come before they deposit anything
so there is already a drastic decrease in deposits at the moment i think
hence the loot is rather bad, at least mine was, especially in mining
although it got better lately again
also, i don't think that the non depositers are the problem here
because they dont take money out of the economy usually
atm around 2000k ped of ME sell per day i think, thats 200 000 units, or 200 000 units of sweat needed per day
1000 sweat is worth ~5 ped, so currently you have say 1000 ped which go to newbies via sweating
considering the loot stories of several people, a loss run of one person should cover that easily, that doesnt have much effect to the others then i guess
that they get loot for that, yes, but eventually this loot was granted with the deposit of someone else already, and likely someone who is too lazy to sweat himself, cause he values his time more so he rather buys ME to TP jump around like a bunny
hence i would take sweaters totally out of the equation, as they offer something in return indeed, saved time, which is worth it for many it seems
and in the end, i doubt a fraction of the non depositers in this case earn enough to actually take money out of EU and that is imo another main cause why loot goes down
not just people who dont deposit but also those which currently sell out and take lots and lots of money out, which both increases the effect of worse loot
those people who take money out you have fairly often, pretty much thats why LA owners buy the LAs and ofc resellers get a fair share of that too i guess
but yes, those people are the essence and necessary, which is the fun thing, as they keep more or less rare items available for sale (at partially ridiculous prices, but seems they find enough who buy from them) which wouldnt be otherwise
traders again keep buying low and usually big batches for people who are in a hurry, for example ppl at CP/CND, which is much appreciated by them, so they don't spend time on selling it or waiting to get the peds (and various other reasons) then sell smaller batches for higher prices, which is again good for those who dont want to fly to CP to buy dunno, 5000 ped eye oil just to use 10 ped a day, hence it is appreciated by them as well
which again, keeps the suppliers and end users going, so it is pretty much essential as well
as to the CP example to TP up, that is actually a point where depositers are favoured again
how many non depositers can afford 25 ped to go up and again back down, not even to mention the equipment and skills you need to hunt there anytime soon
as depositer you can have that in a day
so depositers have quite some advantages already, why give them more in terms of items
if that would happen, there are some scenarios
#1
item is worth a lot, say imk2
then you would a certain amount of ppl depositing til they had it, until the value of it is that low, that it doesnt mean anything anymore
the effect which comes with that top notch eco gear again, is that everything else becomes useless
hence, if you dont have your imk2 yet, you gonna lose a lot, likely even more as now
if you have your imk2 already, you will lose as well, because lots and lots of other people have it too, so there is no advantage anymore in terms of better eco
thus making it totally useless
#2, item is worth a lot but doesnt have effect on eco that much, say armor
then everyone would deposit enough til every idiot is running around in supremacy which sells at PA tp for tt+50 then, great
it would also devalue everything else, means many of the old precious depositers you try to preserve will be very very upset on losing lots of value on stuff they bought for lots of peds and will eventually quit, refer to EU as a scam and tell everyone not to invest or deposit (sounds familiar already i guess)
thus makes it totally useless
#3 it is worth a bit and has or has no effect on eco, say unL guns and armors
see point 1 and 2
#4 it is not much worth at all
then all the depositers would be very happy to loot pixie depositer edition, jester d1 depositer edition, or ghost depositer edition
pretty much useless as well, cause it is more a slap in the face (at least that is what my feelings were on looting yet another alpha ME when i had a graduater in mentoring), so basically upsets ppl as well
i know that everyone would like something special, but if everyone would get that it wouldnt be special anymore
and depositing is such a big plus to the average non depositer
when you deposit 50$ you have 500 ped!
you are rich then!
imagine how long a sweater would take to get that many peds, thats weeks!
you can do things most non depositers dream of
also, as pointed out, depositers already got and get more items (halloween surprised me this time with just one tbh)
there even is the gift
another point of that is more funny, if you deposit anyway, why dont you buy the stuff you desire, but instead want it as gift?
if you play that through, and say you deposit 10k peds, go hunt and get an item worth 10k peds
now you take the 10k peds out again, so 10k-10k=0
doesnt that make you effectively a non depositer as well?
so i simply dont think it would work the way it is intended
to make people deposit, you can ofc try to convince them with something like a definite gift, but that would just lead to exploiting and useless stuff in the end
improving the game itself to get more people and eventually depositing players would be good for every player, not to mention the general reputation of EU
imo at least
"Clubs" will always be filled with lots of ppl ready to spend money on expensive "drinks" and "hot chicks". It's in human nature to do this. If some leaves, others will take it's place, at least as long as the marketing is good. In EU, the big hofs and the multitude of globals assure this retention.
