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The question was posed whether we should implement some sort of 'loyalty' bonus.
Perhaps on a rising scale per number of days a user logs in cumulatively.
For example only:
1 day log in: $5 bonus
2 days: $10
3 days: $15
4 days: $20
5 days: $25
6 days: $35
7+ days: $50

There are some users (especially those of us in smaller breeds) who regularly use all sessions (and then some) to be able to have enough dogs to build points and majors. This type of bonus would help to make kennels more affordable to all users, and hopefully encourage other users to log in on a daily basis thus increasing play.

Please comment with any ideas and/or suggestions!!

SD Money 'Loyalty' Bonus

Implement some other type of bonus		3.40%
Do not add in any 'loyalty' bonuses		4.37%
Implement daily log in 'loyalty' bonus		92.23%

Thank you Astoria. You did a great job on this poll.

And thank you Jeff for suggesting that we put this up as a poll.

My only concern as that it is in the ALPHA forum, there for invisible to basic accounts, will that matter for how many votes we need to receive?

I think this is a great idea!

I love this and I could use this to help sponsor more shows and add payouts!

Love this idea, I agree with Tristar, it would make it possible for me to sponsor more shows .

I think that the game does need a little more cash circulating, this may get more dogs sessioned and showing. And that can only help the game.

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Last edited by Aussiewolfsister on 12/15/2014 8:59:31 PM

I also think it might keep a few more basics around long enough to decide to become standard.

And maybe revive some of the rarer breeds with more people sticking with them instead of going to the popular breeds "where the money is".

As you can see I think this could be a win=win=win for everyone.

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posted by Almost Heaven
My only concern as that it is in the ALPHA forum, there for invisible to basic accounts, will that matter for how many votes we need to receive?

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This is probably something that should be for just the standard accounts anyway.

I don't agree... if we want the basics to get involved with the game and WANT to become standard, then the daily loyalty bonus would help. They are already very limited in what they can and can't do in the game.

Thank you Astoria Kennel for turning my original post into a poll however to help aid in sponsoring shows as tri-star stated, the amount may have to be pushed up a bit. But the end amount is entirely up to Jeff really.
Loving everyone's feedback

Lindsey

I am totally game for this! I can only see great things coming as a result that this be implemented.

One of the biggest complaints from the user base that I have seen, is finances. And one can argue that someone should better manage their funds but when the economy (showdog and real life) is down this much, we sure need a helping hand in staying afloat. Even if that extra money should go back into the game as a result of sponsored shows. I think this is exactly the solution showdog could use right now.

Kudos to the thought originator!

-Four

As far as being in the alpha forum- I know Jeff takes more weight from votes and opinions of those with premium accounts- it seemed simpler to me this way to add here and get their ideas first, it can always be opened as another poll to basics. For the dollar amount, I have no idea what is a good starting base- I said for example only in the post for that reason. I think once it's approved that would be the next task to decide how much. However, $50 a day would be an extra $350 a week. That's a whole lot more than where I'm at right now! I think $100 a day ($700 a week) might be too much.
I think the idea is fabulous and I completely support it!

I love this idea! I don't believe it can do harm to the SD population. It would most likely help the daily login count and help us all out in the $$ department, allowing us to show more, breed more, and sponsor more shows. Great idea!

I think this will help me focus on the breed I want to be in instead of spreading me out over more breeds to fund the breed I actually enjoy.

While the final amounts are up to Jeff, I actually think that Astoria has it pretty much where it should be. If you log in daily for 7 days, you would receive $145 in bonus. IF you logged in for 30 days straight the total would be $1.295.

Not everyone is going to make it everyday but even logging in for a few days in a row will earn a nice bonus.

I can see merit in the idea but but as long as there was a cap on it to a max amount, so say if $50 was the max amount once you log in enough to reach that amount you will keep getting that amount when u log in the next day rather than the amount keep going up and up and up. Other wise it would just be too tempting to forget strategy once you have built up to a good amount.
But if it is capped to a max amount that isn't high the extra cash will be a help to some who need it but they wouldn't be able to forget about money management.
so I would encourage more people to long in more often without effecting the aim of the game.

I forget to log in all the time so wont be much use to me lol.

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Last edited by PPvallhunds on 12/16/2014 2:30:12 PM

yes, it would need to have a cap. In the example you would reach the $50 cap on day #7 and would receive $50 a day after that as long as you logged in daily. If you missed a day (or more), it would start over the next time you logged in.

I have to say I'm a bit shocked by how little debate this has got going- 90 votes and no dissent/discussion?

I'm not against on principal, but I want to see this seriously discussed first. How, for instance does this affect salary? What other aspects of the game might be effected? What size cap do we want? What sort of scheme? I just don't think putting it straight to a vote without serious discussion/debate is a good idea.

Salary would be a thing of the past.

The current economic system would basically cease to exist because this would be a very dramatic change.

In that case, I'm definitely against. you can make REALLY good money on salary sometimes- definitely above and beyond this $50 cap.

Last night, I made $76.78 in salary. And it is still going up- we generally get a nice run at over $100 for a bit before it will start to go back down.

And anyone can pick up $60 selling sessions, which is also above the $50.

This would mean that there would always be a maximum cap on how much you can earn. we already have a floor on daily earnings- I don't think we need a cap as well!

Salary is pretty much useless right now anyway. Its such a pittance that I dont think Ive been on salary since right after coming back this time.

When I first returned to the game I played around with the salary settings to see how I could make the most money. After a couple of weeks I elected to stay on 12x sessions because I made more money through that than through salary.

In the whole time I've played the game (back when there were more players) and more recently salary has never been helpful to me. I like the idea of a fixed amount, as suggested, so that you know how much you are going to earn.