I think I speak for all of us when I say, we just want to be distinguished for time dedicated to the server. Look at Mgn, he'd be the damn leader of the elders, and all he is, is elder builder rank with no kinds of liberties to his dedication. Throw a few chevrons next to his name or something? perhaps? This is just a brainstorm cession for possible ideas. I'm really not trying to fuck up any kind of balance. Lava damage was a shot out of a cannon.
We did actually work on the this concept but what you must also remember, this served is run by a bloke with a full time job. The essentials come first, and the frilly extras second. We are trying super hard but you would be surprised how long it takes to make a rank. I can tell you for nothing it takes a bloody lot longer than I thought. So yes, it is nice to treat users who are dedicated to the server its just a little logistical nightmare and sucks up more time than world of warcraft, but don't think we have thrown this idea in a ditch. We are are more focused on the core server aspects. And maybe just maybe this will happen.
This tier system is too much tedious work towards something so ridiclious. In a nutshell: Your saying, If i applied 2 years ago, but only logged in twice, i get more perks than the guy here for 6 months logging on daily that is also a super donor? This sense of who deserves the rank over others is too unbalanced and will lead to many future arguments. Bottom line: I believe those who want the tier system, just wants the privileges of donors without having to fork up the dough.
If you want perks buy them at the royal study. Getting money for the perks is part of the game and if you enjoy farming reeds 24/7 then do it. Im going to compare this to a road trip to a exotic place. Even the journey is part of the whole experience. If you dont stop up once in a while and make sure to enjoy the trip itself then the whole process of getting to your goal might ruin the experience over all.
MGN also knows how it is to be a LA/OS and all the extra things do with such a role. To be honest it takes up a lot of time to be in charge and deal with game issues. Look at a admin for example: They have a lot of perks they can use with out ever haveing to donate/pay for them. On the other hand the time they have to set up a big giant farm and keep it going is a lot less compared to a Builder. All the current admins have in the past shown that they are dedicated in serveing the players with rollbacks/grief investigations/handling conflicts/xray investigations. All of this stuff take 5 mins here , 20 mins there and so on. All of this adds up quite fast. So I belive that MGN is quite ok with the situation over all.
Most of the talk I've seen here is about perks. But why does this idea have to involve getting something more? Don't we get enough already? Hasn't Nat already given us his server? Plus, we already get so many perks as it is. Have we stayed dedicated just so we can ask for more perks? I think the most we should be asking for is somehow recognizing the Elders and the old elders. People don't stay on the server to see how many perks they will get, at least I hope not..
I am "for" a year-old rank... but I'm not sure what perks would offer. Also just having an app as old as a year doesn't mean you have been active for that year. We would need to define that too.
If nothing else, some recognition is all I'm basically asking for. perks I don't really have reason to care about, being an SD and Hunter rank. I just think it'd be really cool to have some kind of prestigious contribution title, because lets face it, players on MCserver.com are all for the ranking system. I understand the tediousness involved in creating the rank, and am in no hurry to get it. Given that the description of an "active" player is one that plays semi-frequently if not daily, I'll agree that a log-in frequency test is necessary. But this too, will consume time to do and I have no idea if any staff would really want to put out that much effort for one individual's pride. And this isn't said enough, but thank you, staff for helping to make the server safe and fun for all it's members. I personally appreciate everything you guys do.
The problem with that is the tradersden is one of the main trader rank perks. If you gave that to another rank, it would detract from the rank of trader.
I'm not against the idea, I just don't think that it will happen. It's like putting mob eggs in the tradersden.
