Happy hours

[addiekai]

Hey guys,

What do you all think of PL having happy hours? This means, increased rates for a certain time (mainly the dead hours where there are almost no players) to encourage the population to be more active?

We are talking increased XP rates, and maybe increased drop chances.

Just my 2 cents :)

[cosmahimi]

AmAzing idea!

[addiekai]

Yeah, I been playing MMOs for such a long time, and they use this kind of "deals" to increase the playing population during "dead" times.

And they should make this stackable with plat items, like the XP modifiers, for even higher gains.

With that, more plat spent = more money for STS :p

And being admin on several of the servers I played on, times that the servers turn to ghost towns are a waste of resources due to the fact that a small percentage of players are online, and you can't just turn the server off during those times. Affects uptime :)

[Dizko]

Best idea I've seen pop up here in a long time.

Like you said, would be a great way to revitalize the most inscribe hours and to encourage the players who can only play at those times.

I hope the dev's give this some serious consideration.

[Gavry]

When are dead hours though. Remember this is an international game. Night in Europe is day in Australia. It would be tricky to set a certain time band for this I think.

[addiekai]

I'm not certain, but I think most players here come from the US. Meaning its morning for them, and night time in parts of Asia and such.

Personally, I'm from Asia, and I don't see much people online when I play in the morning...

I do quick join, and I get level 5s and 9s :P But being the nice person I am, I just tag along :)

Maybe we can get feedback from Devs regarding the most underpopulated times the server has, and which Timezone it affects?

[Arterra]

i would find personal happy hours interesting. uses info you supply to see where you are, and modifies xp that way, on a personal scale. solves the time zone thing

[addiekai]

i would find personal happy hours interesting. uses info you supply to see where you are, and modifies xp that way, on a personal scale. solves the time zone thing

Yeah, that would work. Extra work on the Devs though, needing additional scripts to determine your location, whether to grant you that added EXP and such. Then there is this problem with abusers, since there are ways you can get around the location things when logged in (VPNs and masked IP/locations).

Maybe iDevices should be "locked" to their general location, using device serial numbers..

But all in all, I see this as a good way to boost the player numbers, maximizing the server resources :)