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Hi all,

One thing I have noticed over the years is that a week or so after the server restart that the dinar economy of mobiles is stale. For example, the vendors for clothing run out of dinars to purchase used goods and the mobiles carrying dinars tend to have been pickpocketed.

There are two alternative solutions that might help to keep gameplay lively during extended server uptimes which I would like to propose:

1) NPCs that carry dinars get a pay day from the server every week. They would visit their place of work, the bank, or the ATM on that day to get money. In cases of collectives or for the poor/homeless they might collectively meet to split their resources or visit an agency to get a handout if they do not already have any. This keeps the virtual economy running and gives players more uses for their skills and time in-game.

2) A soft server reset once each real life week after the last server reset with an OOC server message at 12 hours, 6 hours, 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 1 minute before. This allows players to gather-up anything on the ground and ensure they are in a safe place. It helps to reset errant mobile behavior and keeps the mazes changing during extended uptime.

I think option two is easier to implement in the short-term while option one makes the game play more immersive and interesting.

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