Shattered Kingdoms

Haaaaail no. I hate all those games and apps that you can drop real cash to get special perks. They should be able to be earned equally across the board, not bought.

Pay2Win, I believe they're called, and I share a spite for them, too.

Meritocracy is the way to go...

You guys are talking about games in which you can pay money to gain an advantage over people. The idea behind loyalty tokens is that they give variety but not advantage; someone with an 80-token character should be no more powerful than someone with a 0-token character, although perhaps more unique. If you gain an advantage by paying money for a character on SK, then it's the tokens that aren't working properly.

My initial response mirrored dalamar's, but LPP makes a good point. If people want to pay for the right to play something that's freely available, I say fund SK all you like. They should be priced in such a fashion, IMO, that most people who actually play would rather just earn them. But for the purposes of drawing in new blood and/or sparking renewed interest in older players, I personally see little harm.

You sir get a cookie.

In the grim future of Shattered Kingdoms, uniqueness is seen as a threat. Threats are powers in their own way.



Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try.
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy...

I'd rather not see tokens for sale. Maybe increase the amount that are earned or the speed at which they are earned in order to promote longevity.

What does everyone think of the idea of tokens being used to purchase additional races, like say Goblins, Orcs, Manticores, Lizardmen, or others?




Don

I think tokens will eventually evolve into what paragon has become.

Paragons should be IMM appointed. Not default selected. There's too much in-rewarding.

While on the topic, which is off topic, paragons of each month should be responsible for fulfilling a need in the game. Like desc writing or area design. In addition, paragons should be able to room-emote as a reward for their outstanding roleplay.

remote A ray of sunshine peaks through the treetops and touches a patch of grass before @Cindy.

Paragon sees:
A ray of sunshine peaks through the treetops and touches a patch of grass before Cindy.

Cindy sees:
A ray of sunshine peaks through the treetops and touches a patch of grass before you.

Do this please, and monitor with care.

You can't take the human out of the equation, and paragon is in fact by design going to favor an in-crowd of people who support and play a certain way. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it just to happens that the certain way is dubious. The best thing to do might be to remove the class-based restriction if its still on there and to re-examine the process of 'maintaining' a title. I'm sure some of my enlightenments have only been because the rewarder wants to use a reward up for the day and can't find anyone else who capitalizes the first letter of each sentence in-game at the given moment.