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- Sep 16, 2020
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I know, I know, a player with a questionable punishment history on the server is saying a rule they don’t agree with should be removed. Downvote. But please hear me out for a second - this rule is now (and actually has been for a while) obsolete and, while it used to stop people trying to pay less for more, it actually doesn’t do that anymore, but rather does the opposite.
Plot prices were reduced a while back (in part thanks to yours truly mentioning it smile) and before then, this rule actually made sense. In the case of any rank, you’d get much more bang for your buck compared to just buying plots. It makes complete sense that it was a rule. Was, being the key word here.
But now, with reduced plot prices, that’s changed. For each rank, here’s the equivalent price if you just bought plots:
“Okay, but well, you still get the rank features!”... except those are useless if it’s an alt. If an Overlord gets Overlord on an alt, that $31 goes down the drain… since they already have the features on their main, and could have just spent $69 for the same benefits, without the hassle of two accounts!
“You technically spend $2 less since you get a free basic!” $2, that just so happens to be easily subtractable from the $6 to $31 that go down the drain. The only case DF loses money is if you purchase no rank, which is an extremely narrow case.
Realistically, the rule serves no purpose now, and in fact the server generates more revenue if the players break this rule. So why have it?
Plot prices were reduced a while back (in part thanks to yours truly mentioning it smile) and before then, this rule actually made sense. In the case of any rank, you’d get much more bang for your buck compared to just buying plots. It makes complete sense that it was a rule. Was, being the key word here.
But now, with reduced plot prices, that’s changed. For each rank, here’s the equivalent price if you just bought plots:
- Noble - $9, meaning $6 for the actual features
- Emperor - $31, meaning $9 for features (Emperor is amazing value to be honest)
- Mythic - $40, meaning $25 for features
- Overlord - $69, meaning $31 for features (Nice.)
“Okay, but well, you still get the rank features!”... except those are useless if it’s an alt. If an Overlord gets Overlord on an alt, that $31 goes down the drain… since they already have the features on their main, and could have just spent $69 for the same benefits, without the hassle of two accounts!
“You technically spend $2 less since you get a free basic!” $2, that just so happens to be easily subtractable from the $6 to $31 that go down the drain. The only case DF loses money is if you purchase no rank, which is an extremely narrow case.
Realistically, the rule serves no purpose now, and in fact the server generates more revenue if the players break this rule. So why have it?
