Item/Rank/Feature: The "Town Transfer" Feature. Data Value: N/A. Current Price: It currently costs $250,000 ECD. Suggested Price: $100,000 ECD. Brief Description: "Town Transfers" are done via forums to make a user the official, "Original Owner" of a town even when they didn't originally buy it. Open Discussion: I personally think that $100,000 ECD for a town transfer is much more reasonable than $250,000. By the looks of it, I believe only one person has done a Town Transfer so long as it has been available. If it was changed down to $100,000 rather than $250,000 I think this could be a much more interesting and popular feature.
I'm not a president+ yet, but I think the main reason for the high the "Town Transfer" price tag has to do with: There is a limited amount of map space on the server. Remove ECD from the economy that high-ranked players may be holding/accumulating. I agree with you, that $250,000 is a lot just for one town and can add up very fast if you're looking to add even more. However $100,000 isn't extremely hard for players to achieve and at this price point, you could probably set up a contract with a builder to pay them the $100,000 to reach mayor, and another $100,000 for the town transfer. At this price point, unclaimed map space on the server would decrease at twice or more the current rate. Perhaps instead of making it just one flat price, a tier system could be introduced. For example: President+ A owns two towns. He pays $100,000 to transfer a third town. A month from now President+ A want's another town! This time it costs $250,000. Good suggestion @Jackson_G14 !
I think that $100,000 is too low. It is only open to Presidents+ and so it really shouldn't be lower than 180k. As a President+, the ONLY way (bar Town Transfers @ 250k) to become the original owner of a town is to apply for Additional Town #3 which costs 220k. So the very minimum it should be in my opinion is 220k. The other interesting point is that you only pay 250k regardless which # town if it that you are original owner of. Bearing in mind that #4 is 270k, #5 is 330k and #6+ is 400k, you actually save money from using a Town Transfer if you already have 3 or more towns. If you have 6+ additional towns, you save 150k per transfer to get yourself registered as 'Original Owner'. Of course, you are limited to not being able to pick locations/town name for existing towns, but this is offset by the possibility of getting LWCs/materials/buildings etc. Lets say a Tycoon wants to create a 400x400 town and wants to be the original owner of them all. The way most people do is to either purchased 4 additional towns (Which, if #6+ at 400k per would cost 1.6mil), or to purchase players Mayor in exchange for the town. Now, using town transfers, players could purchase 4 Mayor towns (340k @ 85k each) and could get over the issue of not being original owner at a cost of 1 million. (4 x 250k transfers) Saving 260k buying the additional towns themselves. Bearing in mind that the only other ways to claim a town and become original owner are Tycoon+ ranks at 500k, 1mil, 2.5mil and 5mil for the ranks and 4 town claims, this is actually a lot cheaper if claiming towns is your purpose. I think overall 250k is actually leaning towards the side of being generous rather than the opposite.
Honestly, I don't think town transfers should be popular, as you say. They are priced the way they are in order to allow the option, but discourage widespread use of the feature. I say keep it as it is. Its fine.
Town Transfers were made that way as to be high and yet lower than buying your own town. The $100k price shouldn't happen and if it does, I would be demanding a 300k refund for the 2 town transfers I did . The goal is to remove money from the server while allowing you guys to finally have 'original ownership' of towns you've contracted. We've given an inch, I don't think we intend to give a mile.
Now that I'm out of debt, I'll be filing about 6 of these applications at the price of 250,000. No need to lower it in my opinion.
Once whatever barrier I have is broken, and I get to like, Tycoon or something, I'll be using this a LOT. As long as it doesn't go UP, 250k is fine.
I think the price for town transfers is fine. My biggest issue with them is them counting towards my created towns.
Nicit, when you say "created towns," there's a limit to the amount of towns you can make, I think 20 right? Couldn't you apply for a town transfer AFTER limit has been reached?
Don't know. Hasn't been done. That's a question for Revan - she's the person who got them added, also the only person to have done one. That's just the way they are.
You guys have made good points thanks for showing me your points of view, and yes you guys are all right about how it should be the way it is. I looked up past suggestions on topics like this, and andrew seemed almost certain he would never budge, i've realized that 250k is better than nothin. mod please lock this thread
