The PokeYen Conundrum: A Story of Competitive Struggles.
A long time ago, there was a time when financial wealth came much easier to the players of PokeMMO. A time when comps didn't require hours and hours, and even days, of dedication just to be on par with the remainder of the competitive field. A time when Godly pokes weren't rejected or low-balled in trade chat because they were only 3x31, despite having 28+ in the other two stats. A time when breeding one poke didn't require 8 hours of money farming.
Oh those were the days. The days when the competitive players could enjoy the game the way they wanted to play it, and not have to dedicate hours of mindlessness to Pay Day farming just to buy a few overpriced braces and a couple Everstones.
I also remember a time when Shiny Traders and Competitive Players played this game cooperatively, and when tens of millions of PokeYen wasn't coveted by one player.
I asked for an economy re-work a few months ago. What I got were a few changes that alleviated stress on obtaining battle points, but broke any and all opportunity to sell them for a reasonable amount of money worth the time invested.
So PokeMMO, I ask you this: Will you find a way to fix the current economy to help competitive players?
My quick-fix recommendations include:
1. Reduce the cost of breeding Braces
2. Reduce the cost of Ability Pills
3. Increase payouts from Official Tournaments (1M is just too little compared to the current demands of breeding)
My long-term ideas include:
1. Develop an auto-sell program where you can breed a pokemon, and trade it to an NPC for a set profit. Factors determining payout could be based on the following:
Total sum of all ivs
Species
Appropriate nature
31 IV bonuses
This could create a reasonable market for players to base their player-to-player trades on, rather than just a shit-show like it is now. It would also provide an option for old, unwanted comps to be sold at a reasonable price. While this would be difficult to code (I think), I truly believe this would be a beneficial addition to the game.
2. While I haven't found a good way to do this that would undermine the game's development progress thus far, I think there should be a link made once again between Shiny Traders and Competitive Players. In the past, prize Shiny Pokemon were able to be traded, which enticed Shiny Traders to hand over their wads of cash to get their hands on something they otherwise weren't able to get. Idk how we'd do this with our current system, but I really can't appreciate a system that promotes players who give the least amount of time to this game a leg up. Comp players are grinding 24/7, while Shiny Traders log on just to trade among themselves or to chase a new shiny that was reportedly seen in the possession of an unknown player.
So please, we out here struggling. Funds are dried up and breeders are long gone. The system is driving us away.
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DoubleJ
The PokeYen Conundrum: A Story of Competitive Struggles.
A long time ago, there was a time when financial wealth came much easier to the players of PokeMMO. A time when comps didn't require hours and hours, and even days, of dedication just to be on par with the remainder of the competitive field. A time when Godly pokes weren't rejected or low-balled in trade chat because they were only 3x31, despite having 28+ in the other two stats. A time when breeding one poke didn't require 8 hours of money farming.
Oh those were the days. The days when the competitive players could enjoy the game the way they wanted to play it, and not have to dedicate hours of mindlessness to Pay Day farming just to buy a few overpriced braces and a couple Everstones.
I also remember a time when Shiny Traders and Competitive Players played this game cooperatively, and when tens of millions of PokeYen wasn't coveted by one player.
I asked for an economy re-work a few months ago. What I got were a few changes that alleviated stress on obtaining battle points, but broke any and all opportunity to sell them for a reasonable amount of money worth the time invested.
So PokeMMO, I ask you this: Will you find a way to fix the current economy to help competitive players?
My quick-fix recommendations include:
1. Reduce the cost of breeding Braces
2. Reduce the cost of Ability Pills
3. Increase payouts from Official Tournaments (1M is just too little compared to the current demands of breeding)
My long-term ideas include:
1. Develop an auto-sell program where you can breed a pokemon, and trade it to an NPC for a set profit. Factors determining payout could be based on the following:
This could create a reasonable market for players to base their player-to-player trades on, rather than just a shit-show like it is now. It would also provide an option for old, unwanted comps to be sold at a reasonable price. While this would be difficult to code (I think), I truly believe this would be a beneficial addition to the game.
2. While I haven't found a good way to do this that would undermine the game's development progress thus far, I think there should be a link made once again between Shiny Traders and Competitive Players. In the past, prize Shiny Pokemon were able to be traded, which enticed Shiny Traders to hand over their wads of cash to get their hands on something they otherwise weren't able to get. Idk how we'd do this with our current system, but I really can't appreciate a system that promotes players who give the least amount of time to this game a leg up. Comp players are grinding 24/7, while Shiny Traders log on just to trade among themselves or to chase a new shiny that was reportedly seen in the possession of an unknown player.
So please, we out here struggling. Funds are dried up and breeders are long gone. The system is driving us away.
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