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Donations for credits? - Fletcher - 01-23-2010
Hey folks, just another thought crossing my unstable mind once more.
What would you think of the mechanic of people donating real money for the purpose of acquiring more funds in-game?
Pro's
Higher chance of income for the server maintenance and bandwidth costs
Possible future hardware upgrades or replacements when needed
Con's
Possibly less trading, but slightly I'd assume
Effectively 'buying' faction status with the 500 million cost
There are likely more things I'm not seeing in my mind right now as usual. That's what a forum is for. Oh and in my theory of this mechanic, one 'purchase' a month would only credit you in-game funds, any more would be just classed as donations. Helps prevent abuse I saw in one game.
Also, the more you donate, the more funds.
Thoughts?
Donations for credits? - NixOlympica - 01-23-2010
No,
not this mechanic
please no.
RP server...
Donations for credits? - AJBeast - 01-23-2010
Unless we are in dire need of more money, no. It would ruin the game the same way that the pseudo "free" MMOs do.
Donations for credits? - Not Espi - 01-23-2010
if you want to donate to the server, just do it. doing it for a personal gain is wrong imo.
Donations for credits? - Luis - 01-23-2010
Real money for credits in-game?
Basically.....it sounds like pay to play and get money easy.
Donations for credits? - Backfin - 01-23-2010
No
Donations for credits? - Waratah - 01-23-2010
Sorry mate i think it would ruin the game, you want a cau 8 for example bugger trading or mining, ill just donate to pay pal and get 3..no thanks.
Donations for credits? - Govedo13 - 01-23-2010
No,Big NO and NO ,it will destroy the spirit of the game and the community.This here is not EVE or Warcraft. I don't want to sell my ships in Ebay.:rtfm: If you want to play Freelancer on-line without credit limitation go to play Discovery of Discovery there you will find out only Cap whores with cap 8 ,I use it for test server to test ships there before buy it in the real one, it is funny when I test bombers or the last time Correo and some LOL cap chased me 5 systems to blow my freighter. This will never be implemented in the official server, because it will destroy that community.
Donations for credits? - Mounteblanc - 01-23-2010
Well, I'm going to have to agree with the lolnoes.
We should never, ever do anything that Micro$oft could use a a reason to shut us down.
Donations for credits? - Death.RunningVerminator - 01-23-2010
Looks and smells like bribery, I don't like it.
But good idea Fletcher, keep um coming.:D