Given cropper farms are not the most profitable venture on Eco it begs the question, why are they taxed while other forms of income aren't. The answer would be something along the lines of "it's the only income that can reliably traced". But that's not really true either because it doesn't consider the initial investment and taxes players before any profits are made. So not only is the tax system just wrong, it's not applied to all incomes and so really can't be justified. Given it's not possible to track all incomes and outgoings, in the name of fairness, it is surely time to do away with it.
Support. Tax was initially implemented, we we're told, as a way of controlling the eco, slowing down runaway profits, and that the tax was going into the raffle pot. Its now been 10 months of our taxes going straight into the void. Tps is almost always between 9-12 so we're making less than half what we should under perfect conditions anyway. Since TPS isn't being fixed anytime soon, it's time to get rid of tax. Its a pointlessly punitive measure. Sent from my SM-S711B using Tapatalk
The one thing taxes have added to the server is a seismic lag spike every time it calculates. Easy support on this.
Usually taxes go towards improving public things, but ours are just deleted while TPS isn't improved.
One reason is to motivate farm designs to use less hoppers for less tax percent. You'd expand the first cropper to a reasonable size before doing various croppers of 1 layer each. But it fails at that because eventually players will get more croppers regardless. And also the initial cost of each cropper should be enough deterrent, probably more than the tax ever will. The server may need more money sinks, but I don't think tax is the answer. In the long run it becomes more of an annoyance than a deterrent to anything.
Support Are we getting taxed to play on the server? (Answer should be yes or no, not a middle-ground; otherwise complaints) if so: tax all income if not: tax no income How would they even go about taxing and recording everything without a system like crop hoppers? It's unjust/unfair system that rewards players to search for alternative forms of income that wont get taxed. Therefore tax evasion? But its not tax evasion because its not under the crop hopper income record system thingy, and the overall player income doesn't get taxed either. And then selling prices get reduced to combat these methods of alternative incomes? Honestly I am too noob to understand I guess. heh Where is our money going? It's not going to any greater cause, simply burnt balance every cycle. Just shouldn't exist anymore. IRL: I know where my taxed money is going. Simple way to put it, my money supports the overall public. GAME: My taxed money is going to nothing. *DEL KEY* (Watch the taxed amount actually get removed, and then not applied back into the players income. Basically only remove the text saying you're getting taxed.) these are my thoughts, in no way saying these are right or wrong
