Donation Rewards

[drplump]

Let use this thread to come up with ideas that can reward the reward the people who pay the server bills that don't affect overall game play.

My ideas:
-Higher petition priority
-Avatars and titles on forums for donating members only and/or special colored named on forums

[Cribanox]

I dont like higher petition priority, but maybe some kind of cosmetic change to someones forum name or soemthing might work.

[Tsuken]

unlock / melody for bards
add surefall glade port spells to druids

unlock shared bank

o wait that's in-game stuff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[CPTMULLER]

a little star next to your forum tag
avatar of your character
name color change in game

[Jify]

How about...
-Back rub from Rogean.
-Home cooked meal from Wenai.
-Grass mowed by Aeo...

I also need someone to dust, take out the trash, and finish a few reports/essays for me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Fawqueue]

Those are all good ideas Jify, but that's what kids are for (or if you don't have any of your own, your neighbor's kids are always available to underpay for overworking). I propose every $5 earns you a free 100% rez on any of your corpses. Not game breaking, certainly game improving, and you were going to bully your guild cleric into doing a 90% for free anyway. It's a win-win.

[Striiker]

Well, I don't imagine that the rewards will be much so it's not worth getting upset over it all. I think it will be something like some badge in the forums or at most, some option to have a title in you name in-game. Something simple..

The point we should focus on is that we should all make efforts to contribute on a regular basis (monthly). Just treat this as you would have in the old EQ days (or for any current generation MMO). If you want to play, you need to pay. It's great that paying is an option here but it's not realistic to expect quality services without money to sustain the environment. Remember, the servers need to be hosted somewhere, network access / bandwidth, equipment maintenance, etc.
I know that money can be tight but every bit counts... even $5.00 / player/month would help. We all want to play on servers which are stable and can handle the load so let's all do our part to encourage others to donate on a regular basis.

[Rogean]

Originally Posted by Jify [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How about...
-Back rub from Rogean.
-Home cooked meal from Wenai.
-Grass mowed by Aeo...

I also need someone to dust, take out the trash, and finish a few reports/essays for me. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So not only do we spend hours a day working on the server, we would have to cater to people who help keep it running?

I realize its a joke, but it shows a mindset people have that they think we somehow are indebted to those who support the server. We aren't. We thank everyone who donates a lot as it does help keep the server running and us working to improve it but we benefit none whatsoever from the money, it all goes into hosting costs.

[Crone]

Ouch. It stings everytime I read it.

[Aeolwind]

Originally Posted by Jify [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

-Grass mowed by Aeo...

Be there shortly with a 50 gallon drum of Roundup and 50 pounds of salt. We'll go for that "new" yard look, Fallow. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]