This is really strange part to communicate. But i can say when i saw nodecay and rustez + a lot more players than in other servers it hyped me up to join and try. I think if server was made at the start for people to enjoy and have fun should stay just like this. Since server is a lot filled and monuments are busy is very hard to get some items and everyone don't have much time to put that into a game waiting for a not busy monuments or areas to farm but they still like to enjoy. Breaking this part can be a lose of players!
If more players still voted for YES is still more than a half or 50 players who voted for NO and these ones (players who voted for NO ) maybe building best parts of bases, bigger bases with more quality and giving constantly more energy and time to hype this server UP .
I voted for NO because building a nice and huge place with a lot upkeep is almost impossible. Everyone can't enjoy with only shop interest or few others ideas.
This is not roleplay meaning at all. But just because i understand players who voted for YES or other side i'm giving options and thoughs!
Why people voted for YES :
¤ They saw a lot places taken even at the start of the wipe and they aren't still done or players didn't made any upgrades.
¤ These buildings still aren't done maybe but they are big and laggy + taken from a start of wipe and 0 upkeep. Maybe someone found a good idea to build there something and just lost just because of this part.
¤ This could be a payback for players who did big or laggy buildings and haven't done and now they will need to carry their own buildings.
¤ This is a typical question and typical tactic where other jealous people can win with support of staff with number of them just because someone is better and building better and bigger places, so only way to stop someone like this is voting against!
Why people voted for NO :
¤ Some of these players can keep inactivity better. They can build a big base or take a place and they don't need to be active and upkeep the base. Place is taken and they have free reservation for the rest of a wipe.
¤ Building a huge/nice place is impossible if you have such a normal decay where you are on limit with creativity and some nice ideas can be forever undone and impossible to build.
¤ Statistics by my experience and over world of rust is not lying. Players joining into PVE to chill and get experience. So they are experienced and they just want to have fun without being raided and out of loot or just get experience without losing interest of playing this game.
¤ Players on PVE servers are percentage-wise less experienced just because new players the ones who aren't for PVP joining and want to have fun. They are not spending their in real life time for their base upkeep or maybe they don't have experience what can be even done with that part of server and options (Same people maybe hate lagg and big places the ones built without experience and also voted for YES )
OPTION FOR A STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO VOTED YES OR NO:
¤ Put 1-10% (MAX) upkeep so players will need to upkeep bases but a lot less. Bigger places will always need more stuff to upkeep even with this logic.
¤ Restrict logic about taken places at the start of wipe and forever undone. Some bases are laggy, big and undone. If you let this players to build up to the final or just remove big and laggy place would be very nice option. Players maybe should build this to the final in 1-2 weeks (Depends about size).
¤ Since is this RP server too with nice buildings hype this up, its going for server quality and promotion. A lot content can go on and server can get even more players. Don't kill this old logic down with decay option since server is already nice and popular. Learn to use it and don't kill minority down to the grass without a nice perspective experience. Just be nice!
¤ Make some rewards for players, the ones who playing more so inactive ones will get hyped to play more. Some rewards for donators would be nice in-game too so when you pay, you're there and most likely you will get more hype to play this game and by some donator rewards people will get interest to buy ranks. And by buying a rank few times means you're serious with something or you supporting something!
Kind regards,
PuDDii/YapiDoo