Post by Tim on Sept 12, 2014 7:38:07 GMT -6
The game has evolved a lot since I started taking donation to help pay for hosting it. And in that time I don't think I've ever added anything new just for the donors. So I've decided you guys are due a new perk, since you're a big part of why this site is still going (and by that I mean, not having to foot the bill for hosting the site all by myself helps my wife tolerate my 'hobby' more).
The tricky part is this: I don't want things to get to the point that donors get unfair advantages to non-donors. There should not be 2 classes of players: donors and non-donors. A non-donor should be able to be just as competitive as a non-donor in all aspects of the game. So anything I add needs to be more for convenience of the player than a solid benefit. Those things don't get added very often and most of the time I just give it to everyone because I'm awesome like that. This age though I stumbled into an idea that seemed custom made for donors, so I jumped on it.
I'm adding a new tab to the Profile page for donors with the tentative name of... Alt Status!
On this tab is a table with a list of all of the donors other characters (based on the e-mail address that the donation is tied to). The table will have the following information:
- Character Name
- Location
- Purse
- Level
- Stamina Level
- Turns
- If they have new messages
- If they have new battle logs
- Number of business done
- Number of business inactive
I tied it to e-mail address due to the bug where some random characters of different players end up linked to the same IP, as well as for the situations were multiple people are playing from the same IP address. After that, making it a donor bonus just made sense. It's tied to email like donor bonuses and those with the most players tend to be donors since they have a higher limit.
So enjoy the new features donors. And thanks again for your donations! Go Team!
The tricky part is this: I don't want things to get to the point that donors get unfair advantages to non-donors. There should not be 2 classes of players: donors and non-donors. A non-donor should be able to be just as competitive as a non-donor in all aspects of the game. So anything I add needs to be more for convenience of the player than a solid benefit. Those things don't get added very often and most of the time I just give it to everyone because I'm awesome like that. This age though I stumbled into an idea that seemed custom made for donors, so I jumped on it.
I'm adding a new tab to the Profile page for donors with the tentative name of... Alt Status!
On this tab is a table with a list of all of the donors other characters (based on the e-mail address that the donation is tied to). The table will have the following information:
- Character Name
- Location
- Purse
- Level
- Stamina Level
- Turns
- If they have new messages
- If they have new battle logs
- Number of business done
- Number of business inactive
I tied it to e-mail address due to the bug where some random characters of different players end up linked to the same IP, as well as for the situations were multiple people are playing from the same IP address. After that, making it a donor bonus just made sense. It's tied to email like donor bonuses and those with the most players tend to be donors since they have a higher limit.
So enjoy the new features donors. And thanks again for your donations! Go Team!
