
Originally Posted by
argonaut
I used to think that a very long time ago...then i realised that pservers offering donations is not a bad thing.
For one the servers cost actual money per month to run.
Then you have the time spent actually researching and applying gained knowledge.
Time is precious and knowledge even more so.
The time spent actually running the servers and applying updates and gathering knowledge does imho deserve recognition and does require money if not for loss of personal time spent on the server but actual running costs associated.
Then also some people do want to spend money because for whatever reason they themselves do not have time to farm, opposed to someone else who may have the time.
Many times ive been asked the question on my own server and in some ways not having donation can then be a bad thing as the player will then leave.
Look at some of these servers...the long standing ones that can proudly boast 'no wipes'...that's because they work hard at all aspects of their server...preserving of data...test servers and maintenance, research..the list goes on..its all time and often $$.
Also this is a service that may not exist if there was not donations to give the hard working dev/server owner some incentive to carry on with all their work.
This service is not forcing itself on you...its a choice, and personally i think the more choices in life the better.
My own daughter/s play on some of these servers and most you can farm what you want...often players just help you out and so in reality what may seem at first is the need to donate is quite often incorrect if you really play the game and just get on with people because you are nice.
What is expensive anyway?..i spent thousands on PWI before i realised the err of my ways...a pserver asks for what? $20-$50?, not really that much when you look at it.
I think if you were really interested in dev or playing you would like what their is already available and not seek more.
This is just my honest opinion..its not being personal in any way.