Originally posted by MongkeKhan
The whole idea doesn't really matter much to me because I have no intention of buying a team, but I don't quite understand the point of this:
Originally posted by Bort
- It costs 500 FP to hold your spot on the list.
- Whenever somebody sells a team, the first person on the list with that team's region as one of their options, who also has 500 FP to pay for the other half of the team, will get the team automatically at the end of the day. The person then pays 500 FP to cover the second half of the team cost (the first 500 to get on the list covers the first half)
It still costs 1000 FP to buy a team. By requiring only 500 down there will undoubtedly be situations where someone gets on the list, a team comes up for sale but that person forgot to have the extra 500 FP he needed to get the team. So he gets skipped and complains on the forums. Just require the entire 1000 FP up front instead of telling people, "pay 500 FP now and then make sure to keep 500 FP unused for an undetermined amount of time." With 100% refund when removing oneself from the list there's really no downside, and it'll prevent some idiocy.
Plus, people are still asking if the 500 is in addition to the 1000 or part of it. Make it a one-time transaction for the full price. It's just simpler for everyone.
I agree with this. But, I think they need to determine if the cost for ownership is goingup, because if you require 500 down, but then raise the price to say 1500, then the prospective owner will then need 1000 more FP's. I say crank it up to 2000 FP's, to reduce demand, and require it all to be "banked" then there will be no excuse, and alot less "paperwork". Only thing then is people who go inactive, will have paid for services not rendered.
They are damned if they do, damned if they dont. There will be times when as you say, the complainers come out and say "Thats BS, I didnt get a team because I didnt have the other 500 FP's, but I was in the process of buying them, I cant help PayPal is slow". "I got screwed". And, because they cant think 2 feet in front of their face, relaizing they are probably first on the list, it will still be a conspiracy.
Thats why they need to jack the cost up, double it. They can always bring it back down, but as they say, demand is so high, they probably wont be able to keep up with demand. So, Double the cost, make money and reduce demand. Makes perfect sense to me. Any other company would do that. Demand high, supply can only be so much, they make more money by increasing the cost. Plus, it keep s demand high, and that is what you want.
