[Suggestion] New Rank

why not

 

Good idea, but I dont like the name. Its a little weird I guess because not everyone will want to even open a shop...? But i can kinda see it because you get the perk of opening a shop. Also needs a new color because green is already in use.
I kinda gotta agree with @Winnazzz, I dont like the idea of making people pay more to open a shop. We are an economy server and I think that in an economy server, we should be able to open shops at resident.

I dont know about anyone else, but when i finally made it to resident, I wasnt worried about ranking up. Unlike most people, i like to take my time and enjoy the rank and what it has to offer. In my opinion, ECC isnt supposed to be a fast, "i rank up every day," type of server. You are supposed to enjoy your ranks, and they arent supposed to be easy to get. Adding in a new rank would make people think "oh hey, 35k, thats not too bad," but when really its costing them even more, and I dont like the idea of having to wait even longer to get my town.

And with all that, wont adding in a new rank make the prices for a town go up? Think about it. If you are having to pay even more to get that town, wont you sell it for at least 70k instead of 30k-50k?

 

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I like this idea; However... With many players not liking it because this will make it harder for new player to get a town because they would have to pay like 135k with the 3 ranks (Resident, Citizen, Mayor)
I have come up with this idea; Since your suggestion is basically motivating players to rank up to mayor, but many people don't want it to be harder or even more expensive. What about this

Builder- Free
Resident- Normal Price
Merchant- $30k
Mayor- $55k
President- Normal Price

This would affect NOTHING to players, it will just help as it can motivate a resident ranking up with just 30k instead of 85k and in the end he would still be paying the same as all players, 85k if you sum up Merchant and mayor so it's like dividing the payment into 2 but it keeps new players motivated.

 

Kinda a necro but the idea is good. I want to rank up but I don't really feel like working on my own town. Adding merchant would be cool. But what perks would it give you?

 

Bump

 

1. Rank would cost 30k-35k
2. The benefit of the rank would be is that you can now make trade signs
3. (moved up from resident)Would be called something similar to Shopkeeper, or other commercial like rank names
4. Would look like:
   1. [Resident] --> [Shopkeeper]
   2. [Resident] --> [Shopkeeper]
   3. [Resident] --> [Shopkeeper]
5. Resident green on the forums

 

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+1, as a resident I would save up my money and then go and spend it on random things, not being able to save... I finally figured out not to do that, and having a rank in the middle of that big jump would be helpful and maybe make more players stay on the server.

 

-1 Another rank would even set me and other people further from achieving mayor.

BTW, really? A resident with a small house in the wild or mining? Even Builders have plots in towns and most residents are pretty well-off financially.

 

That explains a lot

 

Also, why do you want to set residents further from achieving mayor?
It seems nice to fully own your own town (I co-own a town)

 

I did

 

But still it is making you further from your goal