StemsAndSeeds
Truly Feared Pyro
If this subject was covered in another thread, i apologize.
As a player who donates to Skial i am a little offended that regular players are receiving some of the same benefits just for playing. Okay, maybe not offended.... i guess mildly annoyed would be a more accurate statement.
I get the reasoning, and i have to admit it is a really good way to get people to comeback and play on your servers on a regular basis. On the other hand though i have been donating for a while now (drugs prohibit me from remembering just how long) and my first reaction was "Well what the fuck is the point of donating anymore?". After thinking about it i decided i will continue to donate because i do enjoy the Skial servers on a daily basis. Being able to join a full server, and swap teams is still a very nice benefit. As much as i play on Skial servers i can justify donating money to the people/person who run them.
My fear is will other players who donate look at this the same way i am? I am not going to pretend i know the cost of running servers. I don't know how much money is made from donation as compared to advertising. I guess my question is if you piss off enough of your players who donate will it affect the quality and quanity of your servers? Also are there other benefits you could offer to your donating players that your are not yet offering? Is it really wise to allow AP players to dodge team scramble?
I hope Skial is around for a long time. I enjoy the community and its players (with the exception of Cinic). I just hope that you havent forgotten about your donating players. There is a reason we all donate, unfortionatly allot of people probably only donate so they can feel "better" then other players. As stupid as that is, i feel that giving AP benefits to regular player will feel like a kick in the balls to some donating players.
As a player who donates to Skial i am a little offended that regular players are receiving some of the same benefits just for playing. Okay, maybe not offended.... i guess mildly annoyed would be a more accurate statement.
I get the reasoning, and i have to admit it is a really good way to get people to comeback and play on your servers on a regular basis. On the other hand though i have been donating for a while now (drugs prohibit me from remembering just how long) and my first reaction was "Well what the fuck is the point of donating anymore?". After thinking about it i decided i will continue to donate because i do enjoy the Skial servers on a daily basis. Being able to join a full server, and swap teams is still a very nice benefit. As much as i play on Skial servers i can justify donating money to the people/person who run them.
My fear is will other players who donate look at this the same way i am? I am not going to pretend i know the cost of running servers. I don't know how much money is made from donation as compared to advertising. I guess my question is if you piss off enough of your players who donate will it affect the quality and quanity of your servers? Also are there other benefits you could offer to your donating players that your are not yet offering? Is it really wise to allow AP players to dodge team scramble?
I hope Skial is around for a long time. I enjoy the community and its players (with the exception of Cinic). I just hope that you havent forgotten about your donating players. There is a reason we all donate, unfortionatly allot of people probably only donate so they can feel "better" then other players. As stupid as that is, i feel that giving AP benefits to regular player will feel like a kick in the balls to some donating players.