So, I made a suggestion for this a couple weeks ago but decided to delete it due to a negative response. Anyway, I recently started doing a weekly DP where I drop about 40-50 Diamonds worth of stuff from the kits I get during the week. What I aimed to accomplish with this was to give new players a chance to get started off and not quit the server shortly after they join. I also wanted to have everyone know about the DP so that there would be more people on on Saturdays (the day I hold the DP). So far its been fairly successful, but what I thought could happen is the server could start hosting an official drop party once a week.

What would happen is Cyp would come on and set up the /DP command to drop 200 Diamonds or so worth of stuff. Kind of like a mini holiday DP. There could be a sticky thread on the forums about the DP, however I believe it should also be advertised in the Skyblock chat console announcements. Remember, this is meant for new players who probably haven't even seen the website before. It could say something like, "There are weekly drop parties every Saturday at 1:00 PM EST! Make sure to come for a chance to get free stuff!" or something like that.

Now, I know what you're thinking, "No support, this will ruin the economy so bad". No it won't. One 200 Diamond DP once a week will introduce very little compared to the total amount of rares introduced by kits and other methods on this server. One Donor400 gets about 50 diamonds worth of stuff per week from their kits, so implementing a 200 Diamond DP would introduce the same amount of rares as 4 people getting Donor400 (assuming they get their kits every day).

In the end, I didn't create this thread because I was greedy or didn't want to host a DP myself. I want this to be a way for new players to get started off and not quit the server immediately after they join. As well as a way for there to be more people on on Saturdays (or whatever day of the week Cyp decides to host it on). Let me know if you agree this should be added. I feel like it could really help the server.

 

As still no support... If your dropping 200 dia a week times that by 5 weeks thats 1000 dropped, and would ruin the economy... even tho i play org.

 

I agree with Bennzi on this. 200 diamonds every week would ruin the economy, no support.

 

Plus this is like the 3rd post on this.. stop trying to get more ratings..

 

No Support.
1- Cyp might not have time to do this.
2- The items dropped by the end of a year would be worth the same amount as cobble is now. The economy would be ruined.
3-It would take away from the excitement of a holiday drop party.

 

200 Diamonds will NOT ruin the economy. I don't know how many times I have to say this. Allow me to explain,

There are approximately 50 Donor400s on the server as well as about 100 Donor250s, 150 Donor100s, and about 250 other Donors. Each of the daily kit amounts is divided by half to account for inactive people and people who forgot to get their kits. A Donor400 Gets 4 Diamonds, 30-50 Grass, and 24-48 Iron ingots depending on the day, as well as /kit spawner. Everything else they get is of little value, so I will not count it. Averaging that out and converting it to Diamond worth, we get about 6 Diamonds worth of rares a day. Multiply that by 7 and add 7 Diamonds for /kit spawner, we get 49 Diamonds. Let's round it to 50 for simplicity. Now, divide by 2 to account for inactivity. An average Donor400 gets 25 Diamonds worth of stuff per week from their kits. Multiply that by the 50 Donor400s there are on the server, and you get 1250 Diamonds worth of rares per week.

Now, we have to account for the lower donors. A Donor250 gets 3 Diamonds, 15 Grass, and 8-14 iron ingots depending on the day. Again, everything else they get is of little value, so I will not count it. Averaging it out, we get about 3 Diamonds and 17 Grass worth of rares per day. Multiply that by 7 days in the week, and you get 21 Diamonds and 119 Grass worth of rares per week. When you convert that all into Diamonds, you get about 26 Diamonds per week. Multiply that by 100 Donor250s and divide by 2, you get 1300 Diamonds per week. Donor100s get 1 Diamond, 15 Grass, and 16 iron ingots per day. Convert that to Diamonds and its worth about 2 Diamonds per day. 2 x 7 = 14, 14/2 = 7 Diamonds of rares per week on average. 7 Diamonds x 150 Donor100s = 1050 Diamonds worth of rares per week.

Finally, the orange donors. A Donor10 gets virtually nothing in kits, so I will not count them. A Donor25 gets 10 Grass and 6 iron ingots every 3 days. That's about 1 Diamond worth of rares per week. Since the kit is every 3 days, it is hard to miss getting it so I will not divide this by 2. A Donor50 gets 10 Grass and 12 iron ingots every 2 days. Thats 35 Grass and 42 iron per week. Or about 2 Diamonds per week. Since the kit is only every 2 days, I will divide by 1.333 instead of 2. With that you get 1.5 Diamonds of rares per week. Combine that with the Donor25s and you get 2.5 Diamonds per week. Multiply this by about 200 Donor25s and Donor50s and you get 500 Diamonds of rares per week.

Now add all these amounts up, 1250 + 1300 + 1050 + 500 = 4100 Diamonds per week. Remember, this is a rough estimate and is not taking into account a lot of things, such as people who bought kits from the store. Its also near impossible to know the exact number of donors on the server. And dividing by 2 for inactivity probably makes this a low estimate. But Let's just go with it.

The point is, compared to the (at least) 4100 Diamonds of rares introduced per week, 200 Diamonds won't make much of a difference and certainly won't ruin the economy. At worst it will make prices jump about 5%. That's the equivalent of a 250 Diamond Beacon costing about 262.5 Diamonds. And with small trades, a 5% difference is negligible. This is meant to be a way for people to get started off faster and not quit the server immediately after they join. I hope I cleared up how a 200 Diamond weekly DP won't ruin the economy and could be helpful to the server.

 

Few donor400s even play and collect kits.

 

SURE Why Not!!?!?!

Skyblocks Already in a tailspin, lets just add some gasoline and matches....


Hello There Hammy

 

Support! The /dp commend is kinda working

 

^^^

Support

 

Stop disagreeing with people's posts it's rate abuse. You can get banned, we under since that you want to get this won't happen

 

The idea is cool, but you're asking Cyp to do something weekly, so this could never happen lol.

 

This would not ruin the economy, but the major DPs won't be as special, and that's one of the things that really make skyblock unique to me.

 

No support, not really seeing this

 

Same.
No support, not really seeing why greenies need more stuff so badly.

 

No support, Honestly (and this is my opinion) I do not think we need them, people should earn and trade for their diamonds, not have them dropped for you to pick up.