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This is from a topic I recently started in the eSim Suggestion Forum: http://forum.e-sim.org/index.php?topic=8319.0
I think me, Kaizen and tudor are p much the only non-staffers that ever go there, but you should check it out and post your ideas there, instead of writing articles that no one will track or, at least, post there along with your article?
So, I just had an interesting experience, I thought I should share.
It's the first round of the Team Cup Tourny and I was watching round 7 of Brown vs Orange. I'm buff flipping and I really don't want to hit my buffs until towards the end of the day hopefully the beginning of the next match, but at the same time, I really want to win these rounds if I can. I've got full Q5's and I'm all ready to go. As the round draws to a close, it's close and our side needs just a little push.
So, I start hitting very carefully and do 561,940 resulting in about 145k in overkill.
This lead me to an interesting thought.
This is exactly the sort of fighting that, I assume, the admin would like to encourage. It's certainly the kind of fighting that national leaders would like to encourage, however the only real way we have of doing this is giving out free supplies and shaming/shutting out people that over-kill using those supplies, or similar methods.
So, why is it that, despite doing 'the right thing' with my damage, my only reward is the knowledge that I've done 'the right thing'? Why do I get nothing for watching an easy BH get grabbed by some foreigner on a daily basis, because the round just doesn't need any more damage? What's in it for me?
Now, I don't mean 'me' as in 'myself', specifically. I mean 'me' as in the user.
What do I have to offer my citizens other than some crass appeal to nationalism that, even to me, starts seeming disingenuous after a while? My citizens don't get anything, individually, for making damn sure we hold our colony. Why shouldn't they go for the battle hero and leave me to figure it out. After all, they don't get the tax money from it, I do (in a round-about way) and I don't think most users appreciate that the price of Q5 food has dropped 0.10 USD since we signed a rental agreement for Canada East Coast (or how that's important).
Why is this?
Or, better yet, why isn't there a Decisive Hit medal? Something awarded to the person who deals the least amount of damage needed to win a round? This gives the big players an incentive not to over-kill the heck out of battles (which is a problem for just about every nation) and is something that any unequipped newbie can have a decent shot at, while helping reinforce the mentality that nations need their players to have, in order to win battles?
Obviously this would need *some* refinement. What do you do with a battle where the BH is 100% overkill? My suggestion would be to discard the damage of the top hitters until it's down to someone who is not overkilling.
There could be other problems I'm just not considering, but conceptually, who would it really hurt if we rewarded people who help the most and, in doing so, slipped a little gold in the direction of newbies?
Just a thought.
Love,
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USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
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