Fund Raising

[Kyronix]

Bottom line here on this thread is:

a) Thanks for the city banners and titles adding to the city coffers but still not enough for the lower populated shards. We need "PAY PER USE"!!! And most folks agree that they'd be willing to pay to use a city buff. So what gives? Why hasn't this been tested at least on TC?

b) Add back another bulletin board next to the current one you have that allows us that 2-way communication that you have now removed. @Kyronix what stopped your original idea on this from going forward? I rather liked that idea. Since we cannot get that right now, please add the original boards NEXT to the current ones. We need both of them.

c) Governors need statistics on their city. We need information such as # of citizens, # of buffs used this week, # of votes cast for an election per candidate, etc. etc. Brainstorm some ways that this can be done.

Implementing the public portion of the original concept was not feasible given the time available. We touched on it briefly during the last hangout, but with Pub 86 a new way of raising money for the city will be available with the ability to run trade orders (kind of like fishing quests on land)

Bottom line here on this thread is:

a) Thanks for the city banners and titles adding to the city coffers but still not enough for the lower populated shards. We need "PAY PER USE"!!! And most folks agree that they'd be willing to pay to use a city buff. So what gives? Why hasn't this been tested at least on TC?

b) Add back another bulletin board next to the current one you have that allows us that 2-way communication that you have now removed. @Kyronix what stopped your original idea on this from going forward? I rather liked that idea. Since we cannot get that right now, please add the original boards NEXT to the current ones. We need both of them.

c) Governors need statistics on their city. We need information such as # of citizens, # of buffs used this week, # of votes cast for an election per candidate, etc. etc. Brainstorm some ways that this can be done.

Bottom line here on this thread is:

a) Thanks for the city banners and titles adding to the city coffers but still not enough for the lower populated shards. We need "PAY PER USE"!!! And most folks agree that they'd be willing to pay to use a city buff. So what gives? Why hasn't this been tested at least on TC?

b) Add back another bulletin board next to the current one you have that allows us that 2-way communication that you have now removed. @Kyronix what stopped your original idea on this from going forward? I rather liked that idea. Since we cannot get that right now, please add the original boards NEXT to the current ones. We need both of them.

c) Governors need statistics on their city. We need information such as # of citizens, # of buffs used this week, # of votes cast for an election per candidate, etc. etc. Brainstorm some ways that this can be done.

With Pub 86 we'll be introducing a new method of funding the cities in the form of trade orders. Trade orders will allow players to deliver goods between cities in exchange for resources and other rewards for themselves, as well as monies for the city treasury.

Adding public use functionality to the new announcement boards wasn't feasible given the time available to complete that task. Opening anything like that up to the public requires many checks and balances, and doing it with the way our gumps work is even more challenging. The primary goal was to give Governors something town crier-esque without adding unnecessary spam. The announcement boards are that. As I stated elsewhere, I do think we need better in game methods of communication, but please understand that this is by no means a simple task nor is it a top priority given that we've all been successfully communicating and organizing with one another for nearly 17 years in the absence of such a tool. That being said, it's still on my wishlist along with more direct ways of advertising the goings on within the realm.

As far as stats, it's something we can look into for a future update to the city stones.