Far Reach
Conjurer
I made a small suggestion as part of a post another thread ("About push accounts") around one way of devaluing pushing. People weren't in favour (which is fine), and that seemed to be because it conflicted with their Fellowships approach to KP sharing. I'm interested in comparing different schemes, and (to avoid derailing that thread) have started this discussion.
The schemes which I'm most familiar with are:
"KP Loan Club" - Player fills up their wonder with kp until remaining kp required is equal to the sum of all of the remaining reward chests. They then post a FW thread, naming their wonder and listing the reward chests. Fellows "loan" kp by donating an amount corresponding to an outstanding reward chest and post to say that they have done so. When all chests are taken the wonder is complete and the donating fellows get their kp back.
Comments: This is optimal in terms of rewards, but relies on lots of active participants to ensure rapid turnover. The calculation of kp requirements (all performed by the player with the wonder) is slightly more involved when external and/or stray donations are involved.
"KP swap threads" - A thread is started for a given kp amount (say 10kp). A player with 10kp available donates to the player and wonder last named on the thread. They also post their name and favoured wonder at the foot of the thread.
Comments: This is easy and flexible, but doesn't give optimal returns and can be restrictive if fellows invest in their wonders at different rates.
Are there other schemes to advocate ?
The schemes which I'm most familiar with are:
"KP Loan Club" - Player fills up their wonder with kp until remaining kp required is equal to the sum of all of the remaining reward chests. They then post a FW thread, naming their wonder and listing the reward chests. Fellows "loan" kp by donating an amount corresponding to an outstanding reward chest and post to say that they have done so. When all chests are taken the wonder is complete and the donating fellows get their kp back.
Comments: This is optimal in terms of rewards, but relies on lots of active participants to ensure rapid turnover. The calculation of kp requirements (all performed by the player with the wonder) is slightly more involved when external and/or stray donations are involved.
"KP swap threads" - A thread is started for a given kp amount (say 10kp). A player with 10kp available donates to the player and wonder last named on the thread. They also post their name and favoured wonder at the foot of the thread.
Comments: This is easy and flexible, but doesn't give optimal returns and can be restrictive if fellows invest in their wonders at different rates.
Are there other schemes to advocate ?