I'm pretty much loosing it if the ability to teleport is free. Even with a cooldown. Honestly, I can't make a choice not knowing the cool down. 1 hour sounds good.

 

Your logic hurts my brain. You will STILL be able to teleport. Read what nicit said, the whole point is to improve the experience for all players, not just yours.

 

I like the idea of a cool-down for teleports, and making it free for everyone (feature still available). Although I paid $20 for the feature, it'd do much more good than bad. 1 hour sounds good. +1

 

make it 5-15 minutes. People who still have the feature will remain with a significant advantage as many times people have to teleport people within less than 15 minutes (I've personally been in those situations a lot). Anything above 15 minutes is just excessive.

 

+1 to a 15-30 minute cooldown!

 

Maybe like the cooldown could be 15-20 minutes and players who have purchased teleport gets rid of the 10 second cooldown between teleporting.

 

I also purchased the feature and I'm all for it being free. Honestly I'd rather see no cooldown, if there is the argument that people won't use it more than a few times in 15 minutes anyway... Only time they would is if they're brand new and joined with a group of friends, or there is an event. Probably in the minority on it having no cooldown, though. But in my mind I see the majority of servers having it available immediately with a 5-15 SECOND cooldown, or numerous other ways of teleportation and transportation.

 

Is an extraordinarily long cool down even worth it though? What's the point in having a feature, even if it's free, if you can only use it once an hour? Players can already warp to towns and wherever else. Lower the in game cost of it, but having it be semi-exclusive doesn't really give it much more utility value

 

I think 15 minutes is even too long. Hell, I'd want it to be completely free, but that would cause complaints from people who bought the TP feature. So a 5 minute cooldown sounds fair to me. (coming from someone who bought that feature)

Anyone who thinks this is too long needs to take a long moment and think about the server instead of themselves. Having it available to new players makes ECC more accessible to newer players. It lets them enjoy the game with others without having to ask for a TP in global only to be ignored.

oh god MY BRAIN IS MELTING! WHY!? WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US?!?


TP does NOT affect the economy in ANY WAY. What it does affect is usability. It makes gameplay more accessible, not easier. Don't be stupid.

 

+1 Who the hell spends $300,000 on Tp (90k w/ booster) on Tpa when you can spend 20 secs asking a staff member to tp someone? Tp should be for everyone.

 

I really don't understand why anyone would think that their money has been wasted, users with the teleport feature would have a cooldown that is dramatically lower than what the suggestion proposes. I'm all for making things more convenient for players without features, show new players that we don't think with our wallets and actually care about them, +1.

 

Or ECC could always take the factions approach to TP...you can /tpa to someone but not /tpahere.

I don't know; just an idea. That may be too far-fetched - but I support the 15-30 min cooldown option.

 

I think a cooldown of 30mins to an hour would be good. +1

 

Ya!! I think that a 15 minute cool down would be great, because it just seems like something that should be available anyways considering its so basic. Additionally, I think will help the staff too because its one less thing that i will be asking them to do all the time.

 

This is a bad idea. I read everyone's responses and it hurts my head. People who previously bought the feature would be getting it devalued by this. Should we make ereps its free? Should we make fly free? These are also both utilities but have also been purchased by many users for hundreds of dollars. Open your eyes and stop trying to justify this suggestion.

 

Ah yes, because a 15+ minute cooldown on teleport absolutely devalues the teleport feature which has a 30 second or so cooldown, what a well thought out response. Saying that making e-repairs and fly free is not an accurate comparison. Teleport would be made available to all players but those without the feature would be greatly restricted in their use of it. This means that donators are still getting value and non-donators are still able to teleport here and there.

 

Slippery slope fallacies aren't a good way to argue anything. TPA is a very basic and necessary feature for new players. Whereas ereps and fly aren't.

A tpa with a cooldown wouldn't hurt. It's no different from water or kits.

 

What's the point in preserving the value of money you've long since spent when we can change something that does nothing but benefit the server?

Seriously, your argument against doesn't even provide a reason why this will affect you negatively, just a slippery slop fallacy.

 

+1 As someone without TPA I find that this feature is essential all the way down to being a builder. Even now that I am about to become a mayor I realize that I can't do much with my town without TPA because I can't sell plots without having a friend teleport people to me.