Minecraft Name: 314 Suggestion: To adjust the forum trophy values, especially the X Year Member trophies. Either reduce the trophy points earned from simply being a member, or raise the other types. Reason: Code: Type | Post | Member | Rank | Rating | Wager | Other | Total ------+------+--------+------+--------+-------+-------+------- Count | 14 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 73 Value | 1290 | 3690 | 955 | 4790 | 1630 | 1605 | 13960 Share | 9.2%| 26.4%| 6.8%| 34.4%| 11.7%| 11.5%| 100.0% 93.4% of the "Other" category (1500/1605 points, 10.7% of the total points) are obtained by purchasing forum premium. 11.7% (1630 points) are obtained by winning a total of 500 wagers. Only seven players have exceeded 500 total wagers so far; the number of players exceeding 500 successful wagers is currently at three. The 500 successful wagers are difficult to achieve (which is good), considering that there have only been ~35,000 total sportsbook wagers so far. 6.8% (955 points) related to ranks cost $9,280,000 to obtain, i.e. $9,717.28 per trophy point. I am going to use this value as a general ECD exchange rate. 9.2% (1290 points) are obtained by posting 10,000 messages on the forum, i.e. 7.75 messages per trophy point. Let's put that into perspective: I can spend half an hour mining/farming and earn ~10k towards my rank goal, or I can spend 3-4 minutes posting 8 messages in the forum games section. One post is basically equivalent to $1,253.84. 34.4% (4790 points) are obtained by receiving 5,000 ratings, i.e. 3.875 ratings per trophy point. This is equal to $2,507.69 per rating and - in my opinion - an appropriate value because ratings are relatively difficult to obtain. Proof: Only nine players have exceeded 5,000 ratings so far. 26.4% (3690 points) are obtained by having signed up in 2011 and never doing anything else - see https://ecocitycraft.com/forum/members/3 as an example. The server software ignores leap years, so you need 2190 days for the 6 Year Member trophy, i.e. you earn one trophy point every 14.24 hours - which is equivalent to $682.39 every single hour, no matter whether you are online, actively posting, absent or gone for the last three years. In my opinion this is a ridiculous amount of points for doing nothing at all. Any Other Information: 40% of the top ten trophy point players joined in 2011 and have their 6 Year Member trophy, i.e. a head start of 700 points compared to players from 2012 and a head start of 1300 points compared to players from 2013.
Im pretty sure most of those would still be in the top 20 if you took away the yearly points purely based on the fact they are notable members who have been active for the majority of there tenure here Maybe they should cap from 5 years and not add anymore trophy points for them, or maybe like 10 points, just as recognition that your a older member. But tbh trophy points dont really do much and dont really mean anything to 99% of people so... +/- 0 td:dr Theres plenty more important things to fix on ECC then forum trophy points. If anything just dont add anymore so eventually no one will gain a advantage for being here longer. Id rather have town channels or skyblock or more perks for EcoLeader+ then have the administration work on trophy point values
I changed up the trophy system here: https://ecocitycraft.com/forum/threads/forum-trophy-system-overhaul.171904/ Currently very happy with it tbh. Not going to put any intensely defined focus towards it unfortunately, far more things on our plate