Fund Raising

[Kyronix]

I like the idea of this, but will reserve judgment until I can test it. (Please put this on TC for a while before publishing!) I also like that the person doing the "quest" will get something out of it for themselves! Always play into human nature!



Well, this is a clear case of the dangers of publishing without testing. We would have railed against this on TC, but we never got that chance. A publish put out without time on TC (Origin doesn't count) is never a good idea. Ever.



If you expect us to waste one of our two requests per 6 month term on these, you're going to get an unpleasant backlash. I strongly suggest these just get placed as a matter of cause on all shards in the exact same places, see it as a gesture of goodwill.



Pay for use does fit. If you don't require payment for something beneficial, most people will simply take it without giving anything back. Its human nature. It'd be nice if society functioned on an altruistic level where everyone towed their fair share, but this isn't utopia. The trade deals are a service that people should chip in for. Nobody said that the payments had to match the deal price, but it would be nice if they made a small dent in the overall price. The trade deals are like having your cake and eating it too; its free and you can't be made to chip in. You can't have a strong community if the majority leeches off the minority (IRL political parallels aside). Its kind of like the museums that forgo an entrance fee and put up a donation box instead. If there wasn't a docent there to give the evil eye to those who just walked on in, most wouldn't even give their pocket change. Hence the current problem with the treasuries. (Hopefully the Orders eliminate this entirely.)

It really must change to choosing your own buff though....

You pretty much have a ready made in focus group here, I encourage you to interactively use it!

You wouldn't have to waste a request on the board if you really want one, just talk to your EM about it and they can pass along the request. We are happy to entertain requests so long as they don't get out of hand. It was just out of hand in the beginning and we were literally inundated with requests that were all over the place and weren't why we did this in the first place. If it's something meaningful that ties into the shard's events, we're pretty willing to add it to growing library of additions. We've built the City of Trinsic's market square up almost a half dozen times now, and that's pretty neat.

I think the trade orders will help to fund the treasuries pretty well. The amount of money that is required to fulfill the orders is relatively small, as they are generated in real time from the inventories of shopkeepers throughout the City, and the payoff when you deliver them is pretty hefty in comparison.