tech maintence

[WaReHouSe]

i don't know if ne thing like this has been suggest before as i couldn't find ne thing.

my idea is basically to combat asgard holgrams particulary for inactive acconts but to make it fair, all races could have their special techs but on top of that everyone has a maintence fee to keep the technology active and working, and the fee's would be small say 200mill naq sumthing low like that and these fees only need paying once a month or so, that way inactive player s aren't renewing it if they don't wish to play ne more but won't delete their accounts.

thats my suggestion ne way, like it, hate it opinions plz.

[Chris M]

i actually like this idea, maintenance on the tech upgrades (one or all)

[Rukia]

i've seen this b4 many months ago dealing only with special tech...shot down cuz goa'uld & repli special tech was/is crappy

[[sarevok]]

I think the idea is a good one. I was reading the Asguard forum, and they were boasting about inactive accounts still using the hologram technology they get even though they aren't playing. However, 200mill maybe easy for those ranked over about 5000, but those under it would strugle to pay each month. Prehaps if it was only like 50mill, then it could be maintained by the lower players two?

[thunder]

wow that maintenence is a bit high no, i dont remeber to well cause its been so long but isn't the special tech jsut a few mil to buy in the first place?


other then that i like the idea

[[sarevok]]

Yes, but remember, it's only a month. Maybe it's to high, but 50mill/month = about 2mill/day = about 42000naq/turn. So, if they can afford the tech, there getting enough to pay for it really.

[WaReHouSe]

well the actual amount and time period are debatile though i suggest 200mil because it's not hard to obtain from inactice acconts with even 30 ATs.

this suggestion could be applyed to most tech on the technology page, though the merc one could possible prove to be the most expesive if it where to happen that way. i put foward to these tech because they don't require reqular maintance like a mothership or UP, but also because many ppl upgrade them all fully and never touch the page again unless they ascend but that can still leave them to be ignored for a couple of weeks.

[Radium]

Make the cost very low. But make the penalty very high for not paying it.

The idea is not to take more money out of the game. Rather it is to hurt inactive accounts.

[WaReHouSe]

i was just gonna add something like that, because there is no reason that the maintance cost should be higher than the cost to buy it, and the punisment for not paying it is not being able to use them which then bring me to the idea of a cumunlative bill for payments missed.

in a way it's kind like rent but no differnt to a mothership as you buy 1 and are stoked about but then you have to keep throwing naq at it.

[Reeb]

Not a bad idea really, just leave the merc techs alone since their cost is based on your UP. It would get sort of expensive to rebuy merc techs should you forget to maintain them.

[WaReHouSe]

i can live with that as they are expensive as the main reason behind this idea is 2 get rid of the holograms from those who don't need them though it also has some adaptabilty for some of the other techs.

[Rukia]

i still dun realli like this idea...we dun need to add code to the coding unless its necessary

[Don Lewis]

ofcourse we need to add code to the coding lol. Its called improving the game. And i thing a damage/maintenace box next to the technology similar to that of your weapons should be used, so the less you use it the less it needs to be repaired and the opposite.

But it should be destroyable like weapons only 'un-usable'.

[thunder]

this should only effect special techs i belive as the otherones are not needing matenance, using an holoram takes alot of energy, but realy thats the only one thta needs to be targeted

[[sarevok]]

The only problem with soully targeting the hologram, is that most if not all of the Asguard will complain to admin like a plague about it being bias against them.