[Suggestion] More "Top Tier" Spawnshops

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  1. rockboy2000

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    Well this is as much as a suggestion as it is for me and others to really find out your view on whether or not we should have more "top tier" spawn trade shops.

    The fact is that top tier spawn shops are in great demand and well, there are only a handful out there. Perhaps introducing more would make the current ones less valuable but I see it like this, the server will keep on growing, as it grows I can only see these trade shops coming into so much demand that they may soon be worth a few million, even 5 million for the best ones.

    More spawn shops would allow for more people to reap the benefits of having a very easily accessible shop. It would mean more competition, and competition in a market it always good, though mostly for the consumers xD. I see the only negative of this be implemented is that the other top tier spawn shops would drop very slightly in value.

    Now I really haven't thought too much into this and want to see what all of you think, whether you are all for it or hate it completely I want to hear your views, give me your opinions.
     
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    Good locationed spawnshops should stay rare and expensive. Good spawnshops with good prices bring in massive amounts of money- look at usernameofdeath. Its kind of like melon swords.
     
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    -1 people may a lot of money for their shops. I don't think there should be any more top floor shops.
     
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    I don't think it's a good idea. These spawnshops can bring in tons and ton and tons of money. As demand gets higher, prices will raise, but they will cap off. No one is going to have 5mil to spent on spawnshops. If everyone started getting 5mil as easy as 1mil, server prices would start to change drastically.

    They are a rare commodity, and should stay that way. Everything else keeps decreasing in value, but these spawnshops aren't. Melonswords, towns, horse eggs, exp, diamonds, and other mining materials keep going down in worth. With everything crumbling beneath us so to speak, we need things that are rare, and not going to get less rare.
     
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    This wouldn't be a good idea.

    The top level and side are high traffic shops, but lower wing shops have atrocious traffic, almost as little as underground.

    What this tells us is that adding more shops on top would not create more high traffic shops, but simply shift the points where traffic starts dwindling.

    This is a strange concept but an observational study might be in order to measure traffic.
     
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    The feedback has been interesting, the overall consensus is that top tier spawn shops should stay just that, top tier. I would love hear the views of more people.
     
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    As much as I'd love to try to snipe a top floor spawn shop again, I don't think this would be a good idea.

    It's true that the number of prime stations is low and because of that you may be thinking that there isn't too much competition going on, when in fact everyday shopowners are trying to offer the best price to attract more customers. Adding more shops would make it an even more competitive environment, it's true, but it would most likely be a death sentence to low category shops that are trying to stand out.

    Even at this point there are many empty spots in both sides of the market, which probably won't be filled for quite a while due to the already-existing 'supremacy' of prime stations, and the fear of failure upon trying to start a small shop. More stations with easy access means more people won't even bother to take a look at low-category shops.

    Honestly, if I need to buy something, unless I see someone advertising their products in the trade channel, I will just explore the prime stations before giving up or asking to buy it somewhere else, as trying to find something (especially if it has low demand) entering almost 100 shops is quite a task...

    So, adding more shops would be GOOD for the customers, but BAD for the marketplace in general, especially for new residents who are trying to start a small shop expecting just a little income while risking $5,000 per week. People who snatch the top shops will fill their pockets with money while their neighbors own unsuccesful shops, not to forget probably more empty spots would appear...
     
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    The spawnshop setup is not a healthy one for a player base as big as ours. The difference in value between top floor shops and everyone else is far too large. I have a few suggestions:

    Raise the rent on top floor shops, lower the rent on the other shops.

    Or, reorganize the market place to promote a flow of traffic to a greater number of shops. You could add warp signs for Red Undergroun, Blue Underground, Red Downstairs x4 and Blue Downstairs x4. You could make the floors out of glass so that people could see the shops below more easily. Or you could try to add additional walkways and shops to alter the market flow.
     
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    I think your idea is great personally, it combats the problems I wished to repair with my idea and addresses the concerns of the people above. I think you should make a thread for this suggestion.