[p0rnstar]

What do you think?

A $20 donation option that would let you get new random resources... one every month? 2 months?

Just an idea, thoughts? I hope this hasn't been suggested before.

[Osiris]

p0rnstar, on Jan 10 2008, 09:46 PM, said:

What do you think?

A $20 donation option that would let you get new random resources... one every month? 2 months?

Just an idea, thoughts? I hope this hasn't been suggested before.

I don't know... I think at least one of these would happen:

1. People are not willing to sacrifice 20 real dollars to further a virtual endeavour (doesn't necessarily reflect my stance)

2. It would be abused until some resources are completely removed from the game if people don't like them enough

3. It would be too difficult for anyone to shuffle their resources because they have structured their trades and economy around having those as a base, and no one wants to have to reconfigure trades/economy/policies, government or whatever just to get two different resources.

I don't know. I think these are very possible unless extreme care is taken to make it very balanced.

[tehfrr]

oh no more lead and furs, what a pity that would be. Im sure everyone would be very sad, especially those who currently have lead and furs.

[The Antarctic]

I like some method that is costly in terms of real money or CN dollars to swap out resources. It should certainly not be a common thing. but, I think that it should be possible in some way. I think the $20 donation is not enough real money to allow resource swapping. I think it should likely be $100 real dollars. This way it costs so much that hardly anyone will likely swap out their resources, but others may actually see the $100 real cost reasonable and swap out some resources. And CN gets more real money.

[Jinnai]

no, the $20 or so dollar is fine (maybe $25). However it shouldn't be often. I'd say once/year and it's both resources....if you randomly get the same resources, then you could ask to get a redo...after all, you did fork over money, but only if they are both exactly the same.

[Viluin]

Antarctic, on Jul 11 2008, 08:40 PM, said:

I like some method that is costly in terms of real money or CN dollars to swap out resources. It should certainly not be a common thing. but, I think that it should be possible in some way. I think the $20 donation is not enough real money to allow resource swapping. I think it should likely be $100 real dollars. This way it costs so much that hardly anyone will likely swap out their resources, but others may actually see the $100 real cost reasonable and swap out some resources. And CN gets more real money.

$100? I hope you're kidding..

Imagine going from lead-furs to uranium-silver for $100.

This post has been edited by Viluin: 11 July 2008 - 03:33 PM

[SynthFG]

After the recent updates there are no resources that can be considered as Bad,
When utilised correctly every resource has benefits in a specific situation and it's up to each nation to go out and find trade partners who need what it has to offer

[thedestro]

I don't like it. The idea that there are some things in the game that we have no control over is nice imho.

[TheyCallMeJeezy]

ummm, gravedig?

This post has been edited by TheyCallMeJeezy: 11 July 2008 - 04:44 PM

[Jinnai]

SynthFG, on Jul 11 2008, 11:16 PM, said:

After the recent updates there are no resources that can be considered as Bad,
When utilised correctly every resource has benefits in a specific situation and it's up to each nation to go out and find trade partners who need what it has to offer

no indivisual resource, but resource pairs can be.

[thedestro]

TheyCallMeJeezy, on Jul 11 2008, 06:43 PM, said:

ummm, gravedig?

Didn't even notice.. since January too.

[The Antarctic]

The reason I recommend such a high dollar amount is simply to not wreck the CN economy. If everyone changed their resources on a regular basis this would be very bad for CN. But if a nation is dissatisfied enough with their resource combinations it would be nice to have an opportunity to change it up. A $20 dollar donation is only worth around $18,000,000.00 CN credits if you were to sell the donation. So I think a one hundred dollar donation would be very reasonable and would make it so that most players would never make the switch.

I have Gems and Uranium and nobody other than a brand new player has any desire to trade with me. So every 20 days I am (and have been) running around to find trade partners. It would be nice to have an opportunity to get some different resources, and I know I am not the only person in this situation.

[General Vengeance]

p0rnstar, on Jan 10 2008, 03:46 PM, said:

What do you think?

A $20 donation option that would let you get new random resources... one every month? 2 months?

Just an idea, thoughts? I hope this hasn't been suggested before.

Absolutely! Why not it's the people who make the donations that keep the game running. I'm sure Kevin isn't doing this exclusively for fun, and wishful thinking and good intentions don't make the world go round.

If I was the God of CN, Heck if you make a $20.00 donation I'd permit you to pick one resource of your choice per month, and I'll see you next month for another $20.00 donation to change the other resource to whatever you desire. Plus I'll still throw the normal bonuses you get now for a $20.00 donation.

The people who don't donate a single dime to the game still get to enjoy CN for free. Win/win for all parties concerned.

[Azaghul]

No. I don't mind people being able to use donations to advance their nations some by boosting some of their stats (right now $20 gives the benefits of maybe the equivalent of a week, maybe at most two weeks normal development for a large nation) but not to do something that their is no way for a regular player to do. When donations allow people to do things that there's no possible way for normal players to do (you can't just collect money and then pay a large amount to change your resources), it starts to make the game a pay to play thing. Something that would be very bad, in my opinion.

[ender land]

Azaghul, on Jul 12 2008, 01:29 AM, said:

No. I don't mind people being able to use donations to advance their nations some by boosting some of their stats (right now $20 gives the benefits of maybe the equivalent of a week, maybe at most two weeks normal development for a large nation) but not to do something that their is no way for a regular player to do. When donations allow people to do things that there's no possible way for normal players to do (you can't just collect money and then pay a large amount to change your resources), it starts to make the game a pay to play thing. Something that would be very bad, in my opinion.

So says someone with Lumber and Iron.

This suggestion would allow nations willing to pay $20 the chance to, perhaps, come equal in their resources to nations such as yourself or myself. If someone desires to play this game and put forth money towards it I see no reason why they should be denied the chance to better their resources.

[joeliscob]

people being able to changes there resources randomly in game would be horrible. you would probably looking for new trade partners all the time. and constantly be losing them as well. if you think they are unbalanced now, just wait until everyone changes until they get wheat and something else

[Philotheos]

Uhm.. January? seriously?

I'm almost tempted to leave this open, though it seems most people say nay.