I don't think they should decay for two reasons.
- Some members have very focused interests, and they would only reward posts in that interest group. these may be infrequent, but valuable to the community. depriving them of merits would not be beneficial in this case.
- merit sources only use their sMerits when they have run out of source merits. This may take some time when their is a paucity of good posters. Allowing them to keep their sMerits as a reservoir means they can continue to award if some event creates a high volume of great posts.
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Won't limiting the spending of sMerits in itself cause people to farm their merits.
If someone told so many users that their sMerit will be decaysed by tomorrow, a lot will probably be more inclined to sell their sMerit immediately and get something from it (which is what we are really trying to avoid here).
If someone told so many users that their sMerit will be decaysed by tomorrow, a lot will probably be more inclined to sell their sMerit immediately and get something from it (which is what we are really trying to avoid here).
My idea was to set 2 months for deadline.
Won't limiting the spending of sMerits in itself cause people to farm their merits.
If someone told so many users that their sMerit will be decaysed by tomorrow, a lot will probably be more inclined to sell their sMerit immediately and get something from it (which is what we are really trying to avoid here).
If someone told so many users that their sMerit will be decaysed by tomorrow, a lot will probably be more inclined to sell their sMerit immediately and get something from it (which is what we are really trying to avoid here).
I was thinking that a very effective way to reduce the number of cheaters is to put a deadline on merit (x days on unspent sMerit).
The solution for limit the abuse/sell/exchange for those who have a legendary account or hero and pass the sMerit on other alts is to set the deadline, in this way they can not send the sMerit to alts to increase their ranks(more than 1 rank).
You are probably thinking: Yes, but the sMerit after a while will end!
You right, but I will give you an example:
From boss's formula used to calculate the airdrop:
If you were a Legendary who maxed out your activity points in the last year, in which case you would get 1 * 0.4 * 1000 = 400 sMerit.
(Hero 1*0.35*500)=150 sMerit
From here we can make an example for one person with 1 legendary account with the sMerit cap of 400
If they use it all on different accounts, a maximum of 400/2 = 200 sMerits are generated. If they are re-use they will become 200+ (200/2) + (100/2) + (50/2) + (25/2) + ( 12/2) + (6/2) + (3/2) + (2/1) = 403 which are a lot!
In addition to this negative fact of abusing, there are several people who have a Merit / sMerit ration very far from 2 which is the maximum, a lot of them really don't care abount the sMerit.
So if in my opinion if we introduce the deadline for the unused sMerit we also increase the sMerit circulation.
I also remember that we are at a time when about 18k sMerit are generated from the sources and on the forum we have around 22k sMerit montly circulation, very far away from the theoretical maximum!
What do you think about the deadline for sMerit? Good or Bad idea?
The solution for limit the abuse/sell/exchange for those who have a legendary account or hero and pass the sMerit on other alts is to set the deadline, in this way they can not send the sMerit to alts to increase their ranks(more than 1 rank).
You are probably thinking: Yes, but the sMerit after a while will end!
You right, but I will give you an example:
From boss's formula used to calculate the airdrop:
Code:
yearActivity = activity in the last ~ year, max 378
freeMerit = the merit (not sMerit) you started with
modifier =
0.1 if member
0.2 if full member
0.25 if sr member
0.35 if hero
0.4 if legendary
return (yearActivity / 378) * modifier * freeMerit
freeMerit = the merit (not sMerit) you started with
modifier =
0.1 if member
0.2 if full member
0.25 if sr member
0.35 if hero
0.4 if legendary
return (yearActivity / 378) * modifier * freeMerit
If you were a Legendary who maxed out your activity points in the last year, in which case you would get 1 * 0.4 * 1000 = 400 sMerit.
(Hero 1*0.35*500)=150 sMerit
From here we can make an example for one person with 1 legendary account with the sMerit cap of 400
If they use it all on different accounts, a maximum of 400/2 = 200 sMerits are generated. If they are re-use they will become 200+ (200/2) + (100/2) + (50/2) + (25/2) + ( 12/2) + (6/2) + (3/2) + (2/1) = 403 which are a lot!
In addition to this negative fact of abusing, there are several people who have a Merit / sMerit ration very far from 2 which is the maximum, a lot of them really don't care abount the sMerit.
So if in my opinion if we introduce the deadline for the unused sMerit we also increase the sMerit circulation.
I also remember that we are at a time when about 18k sMerit are generated from the sources and on the forum we have around 22k sMerit montly circulation, very far away from the theoretical maximum!
What do you think about the deadline for sMerit? Good or Bad idea?
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