Opinion Poll - Australian Discovery Server

[KellyR]

I didn't vote because while I wouldn't play on it (very high ping for me, plus I have a full plate with my own server), I don't want to discourage someone from starting a server.

But I see an issue here that might cause you some headaches.

Giving admin rights to donors is good in theory. In practical application, it's not so good. Someone could donate and then do a lot of damage with those admin rights. I'm not talking about bringing the server down, physically, but they could play favorites, give people extreme amounts of money, ignore rule violations for their friends, etc.

Giving players a whole ton of money for free encourages boredom just as much as having the economy so tight it takes months just to buy a gunboat. Favoritism is always frowned on by regular players and will cause people to leave and not come back. Not enforcing the rules will do the same.

If you are going to do this, I would suggest you find a way to reward players that doesn't involve elevating rights. An example would be, give them 1 SD (Server dollar) for every $10 they contribute. Then they can buy special admin ships (like the barge, thor, Necrosis, etc) with SD's. You would then assign a SD value to each ship you wanted to sell. This does require a bit more work with record keeping but it could save you major headaches. These figures and SD are only examples of course. You'd probably want to come up with your own.

Hope this helps.

Kelly