06-07-2008, 02:47 PM
There's been a lot of talk about driving up the server population, and "refer a friend" programs usually work out pretty well for gaining new players. I don't think a lot of players come from the Top 200 sites, and I think most are from people getting their friends/family to make an account and play.
I propose that we add some sort of referral program with incentives. The incentives obviously can't be something that would make the game imbalanced, but just some fun items that would serve as a "Thank You" to people who bring in players.
Suggestions:
House Decorations: Stuff like decorative swords/shields, animal heads, etc. Maybe a house door recoloring or something like that.
Clothing Bless Deeds: Newbie a piece of clothing and make it unbreakable. For stuff like masks, boots, jewelery, etc. NO Renaming and NO recoloring so it's not stepping on current rewards.
Various Novelty Items: Use your Imagination (xtreme).
Referral Sash: If you get several people to join, you could get a r/r sash to show off your 1337 referral skills.
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Now the obvious problem is that people will just make a bunch of new accounts and say that they referred themselves if given the chance. So, some sort of technique would have to be used to stop that.
There should be some way to monitor the actual time that they play, shouldn't there? I know accounts have an age tag on them, so maybe if it checked the account's age, then applied a reward credit to the referrer after say, a month of playing, that would work. Also, the server can see which IP addresses are connecting, so if the referrer's IP and the referee's IPs consistently match, then you could assume that someone's cheating the system.
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Bleh, that's enough elaboration I hope. I'd love to hear some opinions from staff/players. ^_^
-Sindern
I propose that we add some sort of referral program with incentives. The incentives obviously can't be something that would make the game imbalanced, but just some fun items that would serve as a "Thank You" to people who bring in players.
Suggestions:
House Decorations: Stuff like decorative swords/shields, animal heads, etc. Maybe a house door recoloring or something like that.
Clothing Bless Deeds: Newbie a piece of clothing and make it unbreakable. For stuff like masks, boots, jewelery, etc. NO Renaming and NO recoloring so it's not stepping on current rewards.
Various Novelty Items: Use your Imagination (xtreme).
Referral Sash: If you get several people to join, you could get a r/r sash to show off your 1337 referral skills.
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Now the obvious problem is that people will just make a bunch of new accounts and say that they referred themselves if given the chance. So, some sort of technique would have to be used to stop that.
There should be some way to monitor the actual time that they play, shouldn't there? I know accounts have an age tag on them, so maybe if it checked the account's age, then applied a reward credit to the referrer after say, a month of playing, that would work. Also, the server can see which IP addresses are connecting, so if the referrer's IP and the referee's IPs consistently match, then you could assume that someone's cheating the system.
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Bleh, that's enough elaboration I hope. I'd love to hear some opinions from staff/players. ^_^
-Sindern