Deeveon
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- Jul 6, 2007
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- Seattle, WA USA
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- Devon Deeveon Knight
In light of all the property fiascos in recent months/years as well as my own bad experience, I just don't see myself ever buying any more property without some sort of written agreement spelling out what MindArk, the Planet Partners and Land Owners are permitted to change down the road.
It seems like the biggest variables involved are (detailed descriptions below):
For taxes they can spell out what the min/max values are for MindArk, the Planet Partner and the Land Owner. For example, MindArk can assess a 0-2% tax, the planet partner can assess a 0-2% tax and the land owner can assess a 0-10% tax for a combined total of 0-14%.
For Location they can give the current distance to the nearest teleport and set the min/max for that giving them some latitude for redesign in future updates, but not so much that the property owner could get screwed on location. For example, current distance might be 100 meters with a potential range of 0-500 meters. Additionally, it should state if the path to the teleport is unabated, meaning that you can run directly to/from it (i.e. no obstacles in the way). I think a simple yes/no would suffice.
For item points, simply establish the current amount as well as the minimum. Additionally a statement along the lines of that item points will be proportionally adjusted to match changes to the item point system in general. For example, if they pull an ammo nerf and add one or more zeroes to the item points for all items, that they will add the same amount of zeroes to the property's capacity.
For view type, something simple along the lines of a few fixed types such as:
A few months back I broke down and bought a CND apartment to use as storage for when I'm up there. I had no idea at the time, but it turned out that I bought it just 2 days before VU10. So, in less than 48 hrs, the property lost nearly 1/3 its value and has continued to decline ever since, because MA/FPC up and decided to add storage to CND. I knew the risk at the time, so I'm not crying about that, but I also learned my lesson from that experience. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
I don't intend to be fooled twice and therefore I think we need to have some sort of property agreement in place so that fortunes aren't lost/gained at the sole discression of the game designers. With a property agreement like this in place, I'd be willing to purchase/invest in property in EU again.
On the other hand, if property was more readily available for anyone to buy at a fixed price at any time (i.e. more introduced when supply gets low), then I don't think we would need such a system. But I don't see any indication that MA & the planet partners intend to do that. Just look at how much property has been sitting around unsold for years now.
I'm interested in other people's opinions about the viability of something like this or improvements on how to evolve the idea to make it better. Also, would it make you feel like your investments in EU are safer and therefore more willing to make additional investments?
It seems like the biggest variables involved are (detailed descriptions below):
- Maintenance and other fixed/periodic fees
- Shopping taxes
- Location
- Item points
- View type
- Local Storage
- Are there any other potentially devastating changes that I'm overlooking?
For taxes they can spell out what the min/max values are for MindArk, the Planet Partner and the Land Owner. For example, MindArk can assess a 0-2% tax, the planet partner can assess a 0-2% tax and the land owner can assess a 0-10% tax for a combined total of 0-14%.
For Location they can give the current distance to the nearest teleport and set the min/max for that giving them some latitude for redesign in future updates, but not so much that the property owner could get screwed on location. For example, current distance might be 100 meters with a potential range of 0-500 meters. Additionally, it should state if the path to the teleport is unabated, meaning that you can run directly to/from it (i.e. no obstacles in the way). I think a simple yes/no would suffice.
For item points, simply establish the current amount as well as the minimum. Additionally a statement along the lines of that item points will be proportionally adjusted to match changes to the item point system in general. For example, if they pull an ammo nerf and add one or more zeroes to the item points for all items, that they will add the same amount of zeroes to the property's capacity.
For view type, something simple along the lines of a few fixed types such as:
- Scenic - Wilderness (e.g. overlooks a wilderness area)
- Scenic - Water (e.g. overlooks a lake or ocean)
- City - Overlooks a city landscape (e.g. another apartment building)
- None - Has no windows
A few months back I broke down and bought a CND apartment to use as storage for when I'm up there. I had no idea at the time, but it turned out that I bought it just 2 days before VU10. So, in less than 48 hrs, the property lost nearly 1/3 its value and has continued to decline ever since, because MA/FPC up and decided to add storage to CND. I knew the risk at the time, so I'm not crying about that, but I also learned my lesson from that experience. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
I don't intend to be fooled twice and therefore I think we need to have some sort of property agreement in place so that fortunes aren't lost/gained at the sole discression of the game designers. With a property agreement like this in place, I'd be willing to purchase/invest in property in EU again.
On the other hand, if property was more readily available for anyone to buy at a fixed price at any time (i.e. more introduced when supply gets low), then I don't think we would need such a system. But I don't see any indication that MA & the planet partners intend to do that. Just look at how much property has been sitting around unsold for years now.
I'm interested in other people's opinions about the viability of something like this or improvements on how to evolve the idea to make it better. Also, would it make you feel like your investments in EU are safer and therefore more willing to make additional investments?
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). Basically a system where the affected people would get some time and advanced notice of changes which would affect them, and a way to either negotiate the way the change takes place, stop it all together, or recoup some of the loss.
