Panagrammic
Booty Grab Changes
There is an announcement coming, but until then, there are some changes to BG gameplay that you'll start seeing immediately:
- the number of gold sprites on screen has been decreased by a factor of 4. This means gold earnings will also drop.
- to compensate, the player : owner ratio has changed from 4:1 to 1:1
- this means that owners should be making about as much as before, but the tanks will be substantially less laggy
- the notion of a player bonus has been added; this is a multiplier that is added to the player's earnings only. For example, a 2000/500 game before would pay the same as a 500/500 game with a player bonus of 300%. (Note that this will report as a 2000/2000 game, but the bonus is only applied to the player's earnings).
- We'll be tweaking the player bonus to try and get player earnings to about what they were before. You'll be able to see the player bonus under the tank when you play.
- We will be gradually decreasing the player bonus over the next several weeks as more users open up tanks. Our intention is to get it as close to 1:1 as possible.
- Why? Because a 1:1 ratio allows us to a) offer dolphin-level fish again, b) offer fish for gold, c) offer much cheaper fish, and in the long run d) makes it much easier to balance the game.
- If you have feedback on these changes please direct them to the Site Feedback thread.
There is an announcement coming, but until then, there are some changes to BG gameplay that you'll start seeing immediately:
- the number of gold sprites on screen has been decreased by a factor of 4. This means gold earnings will also drop.
- to compensate, the player : owner ratio has changed from 4:1 to 1:1
- this means that owners should be making about as much as before, but the tanks will be substantially less laggy
- the notion of a player bonus has been added; this is a multiplier that is added to the player's earnings only. For example, a 2000/500 game before would pay the same as a 500/500 game with a player bonus of 300%. (Note that this will report as a 2000/2000 game, but the bonus is only applied to the player's earnings).
- We'll be tweaking the player bonus to try and get player earnings to about what they were before. You'll be able to see the player bonus under the tank when you play.
- We will be gradually decreasing the player bonus over the next several weeks as more users open up tanks. Our intention is to get it as close to 1:1 as possible.
- Why? Because a 1:1 ratio allows us to a) offer dolphin-level fish again, b) offer fish for gold, c) offer much cheaper fish, and in the long run d) makes it much easier to balance the game.
- If you have feedback on these changes please direct them to the Site Feedback thread.
