Donation - BG Marks.
Posted: 05 Feb 2013, 05:21
Hey all, I realize I might not be the first to suggest this, but I looked on the suggestions part of the forums and went through the first 6 pages, also tried searching but didn't find anything, maybe I used the wrong tags or something, anyway, if this topic has already been discussed and adressed I apologize.
So, about my suggestion then;
I think adding the BG marks to the donation page would be useful, since you can already buy the best PvP gear by donating 5$, once you do there's really nothing to waste your honor on - except things like Grand Marshal/High Warlord.
The thing is these pieces cost some honor and a big amount of marks, now, you also have the option to donate 10$ for 200 BoJ's and the tooltip on this option suggests that if you want to, you can convert it to honor, the way I see it this option is, right now, almost worthless seeing as you can already get the best PvP gear for only 5$ and if you want the HWL/GM gear then you would still need the marks for each piece which also cancels out the use of honor from donations.
To put it simple, this would more than likely bring in more donations to the server while it also boosts gameplay for some, the only downside I see with this is that it might make these sets less rare and attractive in the eyes of some players since they are now more easily attainable through donating.
However, according to me, it isn't a challenge to get this gear without donating, all it does is take hours of BG farming, now this would be understandable if the gear in question was high-end or good at all for a level 70 character, but it isn't, all it does is affect the way your gear looks if transmogrified so I personally see no harm in making it easily attainable for donators.
I also understand that when it comes to adding things related to transmogrification it's a bit of a hassle due to everyone having different preferances and such when it comes to gear, but implementing this would give the chance for each player, regardless of class and race, to get their hands on some new cool gear the easy way without you (admin/dev) even having to add anything in-game.
This is not something that seems extremely important to me, and I won't shed tears if the suggestion is shot down, it just seemed like something that was easy enough to do without much effort but still had a positive impact on the server, sorry for the wall of text I'm a little tired and tend to talk too much, let me know what you think - peace.
(Edited to make reading easier, too lazy to rewrite though.)
So, about my suggestion then;
I think adding the BG marks to the donation page would be useful, since you can already buy the best PvP gear by donating 5$, once you do there's really nothing to waste your honor on - except things like Grand Marshal/High Warlord.
The thing is these pieces cost some honor and a big amount of marks, now, you also have the option to donate 10$ for 200 BoJ's and the tooltip on this option suggests that if you want to, you can convert it to honor, the way I see it this option is, right now, almost worthless seeing as you can already get the best PvP gear for only 5$ and if you want the HWL/GM gear then you would still need the marks for each piece which also cancels out the use of honor from donations.
To put it simple, this would more than likely bring in more donations to the server while it also boosts gameplay for some, the only downside I see with this is that it might make these sets less rare and attractive in the eyes of some players since they are now more easily attainable through donating.
However, according to me, it isn't a challenge to get this gear without donating, all it does is take hours of BG farming, now this would be understandable if the gear in question was high-end or good at all for a level 70 character, but it isn't, all it does is affect the way your gear looks if transmogrified so I personally see no harm in making it easily attainable for donators.
I also understand that when it comes to adding things related to transmogrification it's a bit of a hassle due to everyone having different preferances and such when it comes to gear, but implementing this would give the chance for each player, regardless of class and race, to get their hands on some new cool gear the easy way without you (admin/dev) even having to add anything in-game.
This is not something that seems extremely important to me, and I won't shed tears if the suggestion is shot down, it just seemed like something that was easy enough to do without much effort but still had a positive impact on the server, sorry for the wall of text I'm a little tired and tend to talk too much, let me know what you think - peace.
(Edited to make reading easier, too lazy to rewrite though.)