**Filtered** wrote:Yay double post:
I have a suggestion. Instead of a multi-account for people who already have a main, why not give a bonus ascension level or some resource bonus for those who ascend to their main account? If they don't have a main, then have them ascend into a new main account. This would get rid of multi accounts all together.
We have had this discussion in the proper thread.
viewtopic.php?f=288&t=193209**Filtered** wrote:These guys have valid points. I do see it as pay to win. I was told that it was simply using money as opposed to time, but the reality is that it is money AND time. The amount of resources you get paying 50 bucks can easily take a month to aquire timewise. You get those resources instantly than grow at a much quicker rate making your month of time yield alot more than a non-paying members month of time(Greater starting base).
Not much quicker. Yes, the 13/14k UU is a massive boost; but given the increasing average armysizes, it really is not that much. Besides, by the time people start hitting Ascension Level 20 we expect them to build up to a few *million* troops.
**Filtered** wrote:And if you really can transfer everything then get it back, then if you have a pack of a few ppl with staggered ascensions, you really do not lose anything ascending like your average joes. I see that transfer is limited per day, but that just makes it so it might take a week to get your stuff back which is no biggie when you get up to the higher ascension levels since it will take longer than a week to achieve the next level.
Your thought pattern is flawed. If one of our Supporters were to try and transfer 'everything', they would have no growth for the duration of their ascension, thus have no Higgs-generation, thus have no ascension. This is why transfer is limited to your UP per day. Besides.. it takes even longer to get it all back, *if* you were to pull it off. Which you technically cannot do, and since no one has done it so far, statistics are against your argument. Your main argument is that spending $ reduces the amount of time it takes to ascend; then you present a reason why ascending as Supporter would take a LOT more time (trying to transfer all doubles the ascension time, and adds a massive delay on the other end of the ascension)..
They are good points in and of themselves, but together they stand to support the idea that spending $ does not speed up your ascension plan insanely.
**Filtered** wrote:If these guys pay at every level then their groth will far exceed a non-paying members growth for said reasons. I guess I see one of the reasons there are so few players.
It is the difference between buying a nice Mercedes and building one yourself.
In the end, buying an Ultimate Supporter Status pack for each ascension level cuts about a month or two off the 12 month ascension scheme until level 20. Don't forget, level 20 costs a fat billion Higgs.
The benefit is not so great as to make it impossible for a highly active player to catch up to Supporters. But yes.. the benefit is a bit greater if you have a highly active player who invests in Supporter Status.
It is quite accurate.
