03-09-2016, 06:54 AM
There are two elephants in the room that haven't been mentioned yet. Sorry in advance if this causes drama.
1) Cash players. These people keep the lights on. I don't know how this change would affect them if at all, but they need to be considered when making any change. If the change were 70% rewards for being offline or 100% for 1AP/hour, that might work for them -- dunno. A focus group of cash players would be a good idea in any case.
2) Autoclickers. Some percentage of the people run autoclickers which would not be affected by this change. Notwithstanding elephant one, 100% offline rewards would not be unreasonable. Online with an autoclicker would still be at an advantage.
Another item to consider is alts. With a high offline return, an individual could have an offline guild with 20 members in five groups, and could have them all advance at a reasonable pace. I don't know that this is a bad thing, but it is worth noting.
1) Cash players. These people keep the lights on. I don't know how this change would affect them if at all, but they need to be considered when making any change. If the change were 70% rewards for being offline or 100% for 1AP/hour, that might work for them -- dunno. A focus group of cash players would be a good idea in any case.
2) Autoclickers. Some percentage of the people run autoclickers which would not be affected by this change. Notwithstanding elephant one, 100% offline rewards would not be unreasonable. Online with an autoclicker would still be at an advantage.
Another item to consider is alts. With a high offline return, an individual could have an offline guild with 20 members in five groups, and could have them all advance at a reasonable pace. I don't know that this is a bad thing, but it is worth noting.