Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:26 PM
There are a lot of players on badlion that don't have ranks, including myself. (because my main account that has D got hacked) And I think the main reason is that the rank prices are way too expensive for kids that play the server to afford. A lot more players would be motivated to play the server if it was easier to get ranks, and by that I mean lower the prices substantially.Current Prices: Perma Lion: $75
Perma D+: $50
Perma D: $30
Not only are the prices way too high as it is, the price difference with each rank is around $20, and upgrading your rank isn't worth $20 since you don't get that many more permissions. The price to upgrade from D to D+ is $20, but you only get 1 extra permission, which is giving matches to your friends. Everything else is the same. Everything about the donation system is way too expensive, which is why not as many people have ranks.
My price ideas: Perma Lion: $30
Perma D+: $20
Perma D: $15
1 month Lion: $8.75
1 month D+: $6.50
1 month D: $5
And yes I understand the owners and such need to make money and profit in order to make running the server worth their time and effort, but as of right now the rank prices are way too high. My rank prices are just estimates of what they should be, which means they can be changed to be cheaper or even SLIGHTLY more expensive. But in my opinion the ranks are way too expensive and they're not worth what they cost. Its very likely that nothing will be changed, but if you read this thanks for hearing me out.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:27 PM
You do realize that the server costs thousands of dollars a month right? If they change to your prices there will be no server.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:29 PM
Read the last paragraph and you'll realize there was no point in saying that.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:32 PM
Also as I said, or was trying to say anyway, if the ranks are cheaper a lot more people would donate, so they would be making about the same amount of profit either way.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:34 PM
The ranks are actually quite cheap tbh.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:35 PM
Cheap? Permanent Lion costs 75 damn dollars. Games on steam 10x better than minecraft itself cost 1/4 that much. And the developers spent months developing an entire game.Last edited on 06 August 2016 - 04:37 PM by Rocktah
SweatyMineMqn wrote
Look at the prices on other servers.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:38 PM
Justie wrote
SweatyMineMqn wrote...
Look at the prices on other servers.
Um this is the badlion forum, not all minecraft servers forum. I don't care about the other servers because I play badlion and like 2 other servers. If I wanted ranks on other servers to be cheaper I wouldn't be posting here.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:40 PM
Your price is way too high you need to cut iiiiiiiiitPosted on 06 August 2016 - 04:41 PM
SweatyMineMqn wrote
Justie wrote...
Um this is the badlion forum, not all minecraft servers forum. I don't care about the other servers because I play badlion and like 2 other servers. If I wanted ranks on other servers to be cheaper I wouldn't be posting here.
Also this wouldn't be really fair to people who already bought a rank.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:41 PM
I cut the original prices in half and more, I think my prices are what the ranks SHOULD cost.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:43 PM
Justie wrote
SweatyMineMqn wrote...
Also this wouldn't be really fair to people who already bought a rank.
They are the ones who decided to spend that much money, and either way they have the rank right? my entire point is that a lot of kids don't have ranks because they cant afford it, and this would even the playing field. I also mentioned that this would likely not get changed, just an idea that could help the server grow.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:44 PM
SweatyMineMqn wrote
Justie wrote...
They are the ones who decided to spend that much money, and either way they have the rank right? my entire point is that a lot of kids don't have ranks because they cant afford it, and this would even the playing field. I also mentioned that this would likely not get changed, just an idea that could help the server grow.
This won't happen just saying.
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 04:45 PM
No need to be a negative douche about it, just saying. That's why its an ideas/suggestions forum. Just trying to brainstorm and help the server.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 06:16 PM
the prices are a tad bit high, I would lower D to $25, D+ to $42 (idk lol) and Lion to $65.Badlion would in no way survive with your set prices.
@ImBat how did you know the server costs thousands to run each month?
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 06:22 PM
Unshift wrote
Badlion would in no way survive with your set prices.
@ImBat how did you know the server costs thousands to run each month?
I dont know how much the server costs but ik that some servers cost thousands of dollars a month. With the amount of servers on the network and quality (lol) of the servers they aren't cheap. Also they have to pay developers and things like that.
Last edited on 06 August 2016 - 10:47 PM by sewl
I think that the prices are fairly reasonable for such a big network.Posted on 06 August 2016 - 08:11 PM
sewl wrote
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 09:41 PM
In my opinion it should be$45 Perm Lion
$30 Perm D+
$15 Perm D
$10 30 Day Lion
$7.50 30 Day D+
$5 30 Day D
There needs to be a balance where people feel they are getti a good deal and the network is making enough money to support the servers. To an extent, the prices should be lowered as far as they can to encourage more people to pay for ranks. Let's say 1 person buys lion with the current price, that's $70 if I remember correctly.
With lower prices, then more people will be encouraged to buy a rank, so 2 people decide to buy lion, that totals $90.
Im not sure how much the server costs so I have no way of knowing the correct prices but this is just my estimate. :)
Posted on 06 August 2016 - 10:35 PM