So.... A funny has occured on the 3rd of Feb. in the period of about 11pm (+3 GTM)
A Heated topic for the community was discussed... a Server Shop. Scary right?
In this thread im gonna go over pshops, Server Shops & some other suggestions to make them both less terrible.
All the servers i previously played on had some kind of Server shop so DO take my words with a Cup of Salt
So I'll be blunt & go over some pros & cons (In my view) of a server shop & how it can can be less of a deal breaker than people make it out to be.
Pros:
Allows players to pretty much immediately sell valuable resources at a fixed, usually fair price, which doesn't require searching for a pshop that actually has the space (or the money) for your stuff.
Getting that quick cash can allow the player to get that 10k they was missing for the expensive thing they wanted.
Cons:
The main Con i see is that it contributes to the devaluation of the money the server/players use, which can & most likely will make huge money gaps beetween the Richest Gamers & Average Gamers in the long run.
And now i will go over the main objections to the Server Shops that i managed to come up with:
Q: There is plenty ways to use resources, what are you talking about?
A: True, but 1st, not everybody wants to grind the resources or the money for 64 Compressed Dia/Eme blocks to get a tool that doesnt make much of a diffirence compared to Well enchanted/Doge tools (You can instamine Stone with a Eff V Haste II Dia Pick; Wood with Eff VII Haste III Netherite Axe). And since PvP only exists as an optional feature for players to enjoy, The bonus damage of your Ascended Axe wont even matter since you oneshot mobs with a Crit Netherite Sharp V lvl 200 Axe Hit anyways. Or just use a long strength Pot. Or have Hunter at lvl 100. Not even touching Doge tools here.
Q: The economy is just fine without a Server Shop you know?
A: The only real way to currently make money is through Jobs. Noone is really gonna bother to check out your pshop unless you constantly promote it and It Has fair prices & has stuff that people will actually want to buy.
A Rant: I'd say that the only Shops fitting this simple Criteria are Walmart, RainMart, Bruh & Swamp shop. And sometimes Walmart which is essentially THE server shop can't accept sells since everyone wants to get rid of resources they will not use. (Its full or Empty on some resources, tools) And yes i do understand that constantly emptying the full chests will escalate the inflation. But i never said that it had to be constant, i myself would just like for Refills/Empties to be somewhat Consistent (Automated if you will)
Sarcastic Statement: As if you have any sort of solutions to the Excessive resources you fuckface. The resource World was added to prevent the complete destruction of the main world.
A: How about giving players the ability to converts their stacks of resources not only into the compressed variations but also into their Crystal ones, which reduces the grind for late-game tools, which don't have much of a difference. It will also give a good use for all the Redstone/Lapis that people have.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. If you have any Objections, Questions etc. DO type them in replies, I'll go over all the serious ones.