I honestly think it is the "T" word. But as for lowering purses, raising fees, etc. I can say that as a new(ish) player or a player that may have less time to contribute to the game it is hard enough to avoid going bankrupt. I hate the idea of lowering purses-even for the G1, because they should be big prizes and it's not like a poor player can't have one good horse. And fee concepts that other players can't afford just widen the gap.Shannon Hunt wrote: ↑3 years agoAlexandra Jaysman's hay bills, obviously. Someone has to care for our cast-offs. And whoever is mucking out the stalls, because I'm sure not doing it.Carole Hanson wrote: ↑3 years ago Taxes don’t just make money disappear into thin air, they go towards funding something else. But what is there to fund in a fake horse game? Unless taxes are used to ‘spread the wealth’ but I don’t like that idea, that’s not taking money out of the game, rather just circulating it (which would be fine, but money is still being added to the game through purses).
On a more serious note, I've played other sims with a tax system, the tax wasn't fun but the inflation issue prior to the tax system being put in place was near game-breaking. I say that not as a poor noob but as someone who was one of the richest players in the game.
The question is which part are people opposed to: removing money in the form of fees that don't necessarily benefit anybody, or calling it a tax?
Daily fees don't benefit anyone but remove money. Would expanding on that concept be something people find acceptable, in the form of higher fees, jockey purse commissions, vet fee at foaling, entry fees in all race categories, fines for starting forum drama? (Sorry, lost track of the serious note for a minute). Or should ideas focus on paid benefits to keep people happy, in the first class shipping model? Board at an expensive track makes faster fitness gains due to track proximity vs galloping around for cheap at home? Call our freebie improve comments a beta test and paywall them behind a trainer fee the way rest is paywalled behind a vet fee? Hacklu's Special Very Legal Injections to reduce chances of injury on a tight schedule?
Man idk anything
Part of me still wonders if we are discussing a solution in need of a problem. We picked on April Eddy earlier in the thread, so I'll ask what harm her bank balance is doing to me? She can outbid me on anything and can afford really expensive leases and high stud fees, but thus far that hasn't felt like much of a handicap for me starting out. And while I personally wish that Stew-breds were sticking around, what difference does it make to me whether she has $10m in SIM or a $10m horse? From my perspective as a "poor" player that hasn't taken money out of the game- it just changed its form into something that could impact me (by beating one of my horses). FCS that allows her to drop a G1 winner in a race right at closing time and still have it be in top condition "takes money out" of both the game and my pockets.
Money sitting in her account doing nothing is meaningless to my experience. People could sit on $10b all day and- as far as game operations are concerned- it is no different than if they sit on $1m.
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). The problem is when a lot of people have that kind of money and it starts getting passed back and forth. It drives up the costs of things and eventually new players can't afford to play. The game will collapse if the only way for new players to get established is to rely on handouts from successful players and that would happen if inflation was out of control.
