A way to increase value of diamonds.

No. Users that bought Ext commands/Ext commands + have already paid $30/$70 to be able to use the commands. I don't think that users should be charged more to use the feature that they have already bought.

 

The repair feature isn't what caused the drop of diamond prices. Diamonds were still being sold between users for $100 a piece after Ext commands + was added as a donation feature. The reason diamond prices dropped was because of users with spawn shops lowering the price that they bought/sold diamonds for. Yes the commands given in Ext commands/Ext commands + would still be available, but that's not my point. My point is that I don't think that user who have donated for Ext commands should be charged more to be able to use the repair command, not that they wouldn't have access to those commands.

Me buying a donation feature is making a "sacrifice for the greater good of the server." I'm all for a way to increase the sell price of diamonds but I don't think charging user who have already donated for the feature is the way to do it.

 

When I first joined the server diamonds were $100 with Ext commands. When Ext commands + was added the diamond price didn't change. The price didn't drop until some users, who had the location and money, decided to sell and buy diamonds for a lower price. And this didn't happen until several months after I had joined the server. Yes raising the diamond price would help users that mine earn money, but I don't think that you should charge Ext command users to increase the diamond price.

 

People needing diamonds doesn't mean the price will necessary go up.

I agree with everything Da_Tirtow has said. $30-$100 USD is quite a big amount of money, and people who donated for it deserve to keep their rights.

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i actually agree with this +1

 

You have the right kind of idea -- we need ways to remove diamonds from the game or a way to increase their demand. I think there are better ways to do it than this, though.

 

-1 i have donated for myself a few times on this server and each time i make sure i get what it says, and it says that you can get enchanted repairs with no further cost that one time of donating. Now i do feel we need to get rid of diamonds but i think we can do it in better ways, for example if we want to raise the price of diamonds get a group of people to start raising them and buy all the cheaper diamonds it has been done before and rose the price a bit, I do not aprove of this because there are also people who do not enjoy mining so they decide not to go mining but also dont have the money to buy diamodns from shops. so No.

 

Yes I have the feature, yes I am arguing against this idea. Why? Because I have already paid to repair and users with Ext commands shouldn't be charged more for the feature that they have already donated for. We all have different opinions on things and if we didn't say our opinions there wouldn't be the need for the suggestions forum at all.

I spent an hour farming pumpkins, melons, then mining. Results:

Pumpkin Farming:
On a 200x16 9 level pumpkin farm using an Efficiency 5 Unbreaking 3 Fortune 2 diamond axe and fly speed 4.
After spending an hour farming I earned $9783.00.
I know other users can make more money in an hour pumpkin farming, but those users all probably have Efficiency 5 axes, fly and 200x200 pumpkin farms. Newer players most likely aren't going to have all of those.

Melon Farming:
On a 32x32 8 level melon farm using an Efficiency 5 Unbreaking 3 Silk Touch 1 diamond pickaxe.
After spending an hour farming I earned $10,326.
This again, requires higher level enchanted tools to be most profitable.

Mining:
In an untouched area of the newly generated land using an Efficiency 5 Fortune 3 diamond pickaxe.
After spending an hour mining I earned $12,262.20.
Broken down:
1949 cobblestone sold at $0.05 each for a total of $150.85.
183 flint sold at $0.05 each for a total of $9.15.
242 dirt sold at $0.05 each for a total of $12.10.
568 coal sold at $0.40 each for a total of $227.20.
358 lapis sold at $4.00 each for a total of $1432.00.
159 iron sold at $7.50 each for a total of $1192.50.
39 gold sold at $10.00 each for a total of $390.00.
1668 redstone sold at $2.50 each for a total of $4170.00.
1645 exp 825 of which sold for $1500.00 and 813 of which sold for $1.80 each for a total of $2963.40.00.
69 diamonds sold at $25.00 each in the market place for a total of $1725.00.

From my results, mining made the most money in one hour, however pumpkin and melon farming were not far off.

 

Lemme see, fortune 3 maybe? Like 3x the diamond per ore? Nah, that doesn't help get more diamonds at all.