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Heie has Bastok, Sass Sandy, Lexa Windy, and Redd Jeuno.
Northlands are randomed for by those sponsors, once a sponsor wins a northlands sponsorship they are out of the randoming for northlands that month (unless all sponsors present have already sponsored a northland that month).
Northlands are randomed for by those sponsors, once a sponsor wins a northlands sponsorship they are out of the randoming for northlands that month (unless all sponsors present have already sponsored a northland that month).
Lexa
Just call me Veronica Mars
What? Really? 'Cause I'm pretty sure I haven't won a northland sponsorship for a few months, and I know we do at least 3 northlands each calendar month.
We try and do 4 a month. For one, last month there was northland run that yel and I weren't there for. The one you and sass handled. Redd was the sponsor for that run but he had already sponsored another northland run that month. That messed up last month.
Also if a sponsorer isn't at the run at time of enter they lose thier chance to sponsor that run. If its the first run of the month not a big deal but lets say we have a short month like Febuary is. Thats 3 northland runs in the month. Say you lose random at first and second northland run we do and end up late at the third. Not much I can control over that.
In the end we only pull in as much currency as we pull in. So there isn't much we can do unless we change the lotting rules but having money for people who don't need AF is good way to keep attendance up. I wish there was a way for us to finish relics sooner but at this point all we can really do is keep plugging away at it. It sucks I know. If anyone has any wild ideas that will help us get relics done faster I am all ears.
Lexa
Just call me Veronica Mars
It's a very, very odd situation to be financially able to complete my Aegis through sponsorships, but not be able to due to all the shout shells giving me too much competition for people/zones (most I ever experiences was 8(!!!) shells going at once, not including my own - three inter-linkshell runs, and five shouts). Doubly so, considering I've always had more problems coming up with gil, rather than sponsorships. I cannot afford to buy all the currency outright, as I need Silverpieces and it increases my remaining price tag from 7.5 million (@ 300 singles per sponsorship, that's what it would cost to complete my shield) to 54 million (@ 1.2 mil per silverpiece, what it would cost to buy everything outright).
Coming up with gil just took focus, but there's still a HUGE difference between 7.5 mil and, say, 20+ mil.
I've already PM'd Heie about I think a week or two ago, but in order to help the linkshell see some progress with at least one relic, I'm donating all my future Windys to Sass, since I know she needs a Stripeshell for her final stage.
Giving all the currency to the sponsor would be ideal, IMO, but the reasoning given was that people would not show if they had absolutely nothing whatsoever to gain from a zone. As it is, in any given city run (which is where we see the currency yields that really matter), well over half the attendees will lot money, and Beaucedine is getting there.
Coming up with gil just took focus, but there's still a HUGE difference between 7.5 mil and, say, 20+ mil.
I've already PM'd Heie about I think a week or two ago, but in order to help the linkshell see some progress with at least one relic, I'm donating all my future Windys to Sass, since I know she needs a Stripeshell for her final stage.
Giving all the currency to the sponsor would be ideal, IMO, but the reasoning given was that people would not show if they had absolutely nothing whatsoever to gain from a zone. As it is, in any given city run (which is where we see the currency yields that really matter), well over half the attendees will lot money, and Beaucedine is getting there.
Well if we keep doing zones the way we are doing them now, then there shouldn't be a problem at all. Tonight was the perfect indication of that. 14 money lotters with each getting almost 250k if not more depending on the price that sells for.
I have np donating all my currency to help someone finish. Just as long as they keep helping =)
But with there being a decent chance to make some decent gil in these zones no reason people shouldn't come even if its just to help when you can line your pocket with some gil while you are at it.
I have np donating all my currency to help someone finish. Just as long as they keep helping =)
But with there being a decent chance to make some decent gil in these zones no reason people shouldn't come even if its just to help when you can line your pocket with some gil while you are at it.
The reasoning behind the number of sponsors was to allow all sponsors to be able to keep up with paying for all of their sponsorships. If some of our sponsors would be willing to wait for others to finish and the others would be willing to sponsor a run every week then I would be all for lowering the number of sponsors so we can see a relic sooner.
As far as the selling and splitting of currency....
I would love to give all the currency to the sponsors but as it is we have problems getting people to attend. Our last several Xarcs have had to be farms because even when I ask in LS people do not want to help if they have already taken what they wanted from dynamis. And that's Xarc... take away the money lotting possiblity and I would expect that our attendance would drop significantly even with the addition of the attendance system. Sometimes it is nessecary to compromise to get anything done. Tonight at our highest point I think we had 24 in Sandy. 14 were lotting money, if even half of those people decide not to come to Sandy because they have nothing to gain (quite possible imo) then we're looking at 17 people, which is bordering on too low to make a run worth while to the sponsor. Its a balancing act.
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...or to keep attendance up
It's not a perfect system but it makes the most people happy overall.