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Post by Spartan on Jan 7, 2022 11:36:47 GMT -5
I was recently thinking about ways to introduce another source of income, which would ensure long lasting financial support that we need to keep the server costs covered, but without ruining the quality of gameplay with pay-to-win items, or just bloating the game with ads everywhere.
A really good solution could be ads that can be watched for in-game resource rewards.
Positive thing is that those ads will have its own in-game page, and will be completely optional to players.
So anyone can decide to watch them or ignore their existance, without affecting the looks of the game.
Anyone who decides to watch the ads will help the further game development greatly and will earn some extra resources for their nation.
From my current point of view, without ever testing this thing, it definitely seems like a win-win situation.
If it proves to not work for the game, I can remove it anytime, so I dont see a reason not to test it out.
I will announce further details as I advance with testing and implementing the mechanics.
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Post by burg on Jan 7, 2022 13:46:02 GMT -5
Sounds like a great idea
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Post by Daviesolu on Jan 7, 2022 18:35:04 GMT -5
It should but that would depend on the time limit you add and the reward attached.
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Post by talon on Jan 7, 2022 21:17:32 GMT -5
Support the idea in general, but agree with Dave regarding time to earn vs earning value for players. May take tweaking to find good balance.
Also, need max daily earning per player.
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Post by ariyan on Jan 8, 2022 3:08:14 GMT -5
Honestly a very good update it helps the game development and free resources is a win win scenario.
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Post by titan on Jan 8, 2022 4:43:26 GMT -5
I was recently thinking about ways to introduce another source of income, which would ensure long lasting financial support that we need to keep the server costs covered, but without ruining the quality of gameplay with pay-to-win items, or just bloating the game with ads everywhere. A really good solution could be ads that can be watched for in-game resource rewards. Positive thing is that those ads will have its own in-game page, and will be completely optional to players. So anyone can decide to watch them or ignore their existance, without affecting the looks of the game. Anyone who decides to watch the ads will help the further game development greatly and will earn some extra resources for their nation. From my current point of view, without ever testing this thing, it definitely seems like a win-win situation. If it proves to not work for the game, I can remove it anytime, so I dont see a reason not to test it out. I will announce further details as I advance with testing and implementing the mechanics. It's a great solution for the server costs but you should be careful so that it's not too profitable doing it, while maintaining useful enough to spend time on |
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Post by Spartan on Jan 8, 2022 10:03:03 GMT -5
Finding a good balance will take time, I agree. There will be daily cap how many watches Videos will be rewarded.
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Post by ariyan on Jan 8, 2022 11:18:41 GMT -5
You should also make it so that you could choose which resource you want, Example:science points, milatary points etc.
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Post by Spartan on Jan 8, 2022 12:53:38 GMT -5
You should also make it so that you could choose which resource you want, Example:science points, milatary points etc. Great idea, thx! |
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Post by lightside3 on Jan 8, 2022 13:45:56 GMT -5
I am fine with them. Just be careful with them. I've seen alot of games ruined because of reward ads. Basically they shouldn't provide too much and it should be limited how many per day. If they provide too much reward such that to remain competitive you need to watch them then that will massively harm the game experience
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Post by Spartan on Jan 8, 2022 18:15:15 GMT -5
I am fine with them. Just be careful with them. I've seen alot of games ruined because of reward ads. Basically they shouldn't provide too much and it should be limited how many per day. If they provide too much reward such that to remain competitive you need to watch them then that will massively harm the game experience Id prefer too, if there was enough donations and I dont have to think about this. Another addition just crossed my mind: royal subscribers dont have to watch ads, they get the bonus automatically, and everyone else who want that bonus shall sacrifice a few minutes for the ads. This means, royal subscribers get their usual income bonus PLUS additional bonus as if they watched the ads I dont like it as well, but I find it fair that anyone can get the bonus, and it shouldnt take too much time. |
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Post by Daviesolu on Jan 8, 2022 22:12:14 GMT -5
Everything boils down to the limits added and the management
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Post by Spartan on Jan 10, 2022 6:47:16 GMT -5
There will be a limit on how many ads will be rewarded a day.
There will be a fixed part of the reward thats same to all players, and a part that is based on the economy of the player (for example, 4 hours of production of a resource of choice)
The goal with the second part is for the reward to stay relevant even for larger nations.
I dont have more details at this point, but will post here news the further I test this feature.
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