08-11-2012, 05:06 AM
Fire has a great point. If we were to keep an interest rate and remove the zombie pigmen spawners/arena. It would be mutually beneficial to all users, miners, shop owners, and builders alike. As of the current Economy, the system is grossly in favour of shop owners. A server run shop would still be in favour of shop owners, only it would set a standard. They have, and will still have an almost insurmountable edge over anyone else, if you have the best shop, you own the Economy. Interest rates INCREASE as well, with the amount of dollars you have. Justin has 91K despite being rarely online or having a stocked shop. I believe if we were to convert, a flat interest rate would work, so the server wouldn't overload on gold. 4 gold ingots every 10 minutes is unrealistic, Gold ore spawn rate is 0.1437% average. I say 1, maybe 2 ingots every 10 minutes would suffice.
As for the conversion rate, I was thinking somewhere along the lines of $20 per gold ingot. (Might up it to $40 per gold ingot, Diamond should cost $100 anyway, not $20. :/)
UserX has $5,750 dollars
1 Gold ingot costs $20
X / 20 = Y
Highest Money Holders:
Justincasekazoo: 91,816 = $4,590 (Gold Ingot(s) = Gi)
IIKiNgSyZeDII: 81061 = $4,053 (Gi)
Aeonex_Ashaxei: 65,793 = $3,289 (Gi)
MetalicPenguin4: 37,692 = $1,884 (Gi)
xMitchelx = 35,522 = $1,776 (Gi)
Pacman6578: 31289 = $1,564 (Gi)
That means Justin would have 510 (4590/9) gold blocks to build with or use. All gold ingots would be in bank account form when transferred. If you wish to make a purchase with someone or at a shop, you don't have to withdraw any money. If you wish to trade, you can trade gold ingots for items. I believe the default user should start off with 2 gold ingots, or $40.
Note: if we were to convert to this new system, I believe it would be very important for the Admins to go through the shop list and edit/remove all shop owner signs for users who aren't around. I don't want people to abuse old shops because prices are so cheap compared to the new system.
As for the conversion rate, I was thinking somewhere along the lines of $20 per gold ingot. (Might up it to $40 per gold ingot, Diamond should cost $100 anyway, not $20. :/)
UserX has $5,750 dollars
1 Gold ingot costs $20
X / 20 = Y
Highest Money Holders:
Justincasekazoo: 91,816 = $4,590 (Gold Ingot(s) = Gi)
IIKiNgSyZeDII: 81061 = $4,053 (Gi)
Aeonex_Ashaxei: 65,793 = $3,289 (Gi)
MetalicPenguin4: 37,692 = $1,884 (Gi)
xMitchelx = 35,522 = $1,776 (Gi)
Pacman6578: 31289 = $1,564 (Gi)
That means Justin would have 510 (4590/9) gold blocks to build with or use. All gold ingots would be in bank account form when transferred. If you wish to make a purchase with someone or at a shop, you don't have to withdraw any money. If you wish to trade, you can trade gold ingots for items. I believe the default user should start off with 2 gold ingots, or $40.
Note: if we were to convert to this new system, I believe it would be very important for the Admins to go through the shop list and edit/remove all shop owner signs for users who aren't around. I don't want people to abuse old shops because prices are so cheap compared to the new system.