NameMC - is unfair to Bedrock players
Submitted by redstoneisgreat
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This is potentially an issue in SMP/RPG too, but I am looking at it from the perspective of Factions here. I also realize that economy changes are likely being made, so this may or may not be an issue next season, but wanted to bring this up.
The NameMC reward can ONLY be claimed by Java players. Claiming this reward (once per season) gives you 5,000 money.
For reference, this would mean selling 10,000 sugar cane, or 5,000 nether wart. Starting a sugar cane/nether wart farm either requires money, or finding them in the wild. Actually expanding your farm to a size where it makes decent money will also take time (although you can AFK while it grows). I'm not considering spawners here as I'm looking from an early-game perspective, for a player that isn't familar with using pieray to find spawners day 1. I also realize you can get money from vote/AFK/KOTH crates, I'm choosing to exclude those as it's random.
NameMC is likely a source of players (although not sure to what degree). OGN is #7 on the list, and is the only server in the top 10 to have traditional Factions. The "friction" to vote on NameMC is also higher than other voting sites as you have to create an account (if I remember correctly, it was 3 years ago that I did this), so it makes sense for it to be a higher reward than the vote crate. I do realise there's a balance here (making the reward high enough to incentivise votes, but not too high as to be OP/unfair).
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