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Thread: Cross server exchanges right?

slugeater
Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:43 am
#1

I cameto the idea that, yes, this needs to be changed.Cross server lot trades are a problem for citizens of player cities, AND an economic problem where I see some people operating 50 harvesters. (some of them not even being artisans lol)


I tried to think about an answer that would:



  • Not hamper the gameplay of people playing one character.

  • Not hamper the casual gamer.

I came to the conclusion that lots must be allocated in a different way.


Simplest idea that comes to mind would be to make lot allocation per account. There would be some formula that would add lots to your account usable on one server only.


The idea is that by having one character on a server, he gets to use whatever account lots are unused.


This will overall reduce the numer of lots someone who plays more than one character can use, but it will negate ghost citizens to the extent of how much people need their lots on their native server, and will stop those huge harvester farms we see everywhere.


The casual gamer playing one character won't see a difference, and that was the point of this proposal. Yes, people who farm lots will whine, but they're circumventing a game system anyway. A way to mitigate this would be to allow more than 10 lots but it might get out of whack.




Sluggy Devlya
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Avallach
Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:37 pm
#2

As I read it, if you wanted your alt to have a small naboo round type 2 (1 lot), your "main" would be left with 79 lots to play with. The actual #'s could be changed, but remember that the lot system was for server concerns, not for play balance. (What's the status on the Beta NDA? Can I post what the old limits were or am I violating it by even suggesting there were old limits? :-P )



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slugeater
Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:57 pm
#3

Uh, 80 lots??? Make that 10 lots and you're right. 80 lots on the same server would be stupid. Plus it wouldn't change anything as far as ghost citizens are concerned. So you just can divide up your lots the way you want isn't the point.You get 10 lots for your account and this is it. That's enough for one large and two medium houses across all servers, or if you play on only one server it doesn't change a **edit** thing to you.


Sure, the hardcoregamers will yell, so what?





Sluggy Devlya
Master Smuggler-Politician
Avian City-Talus-Chilastra

Best way to deal with the tall guys is to give them incentives to lick the ground. And dont look down on me that way youre not THAT taller.

Hunden
Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:52 pm
#4

so what you really mean is the those that have two toons that they ligitametly play of different servers get 5 lots each?


sorry. this is right up there with the "dumbest idea of the week"... where was that nominations form again??



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FlyingElmo
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:51 am
#5

You should post this in main thread about this subject so TH can read it.
PsychoticChipmunk
Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:57 am
#6

So we would get 80 lots that a single player can use (if he so desires) but that means none of his alts can have homes? Or am I just misunderstanding it?



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