H&H should charge for special features

[Granger]

Per character slot would lead to cash-shop like functionality for claim stakes.
So people with more money in their pockets would be able to claim more resources spots than poorer ones.

Replicating RL financial situations (apart from a moderate time-based fee, be it a monthly flatrate or even a per x hours online) into games is IMHO evil and should not be done by decent people.

[vikingdragons]

dammit, now i wish i had paid more attention in econ...never mind, that moments over
very good point. i am a total loss of financial ideas now.

[JustasJ]

They could sell private server kits with map generator and all the stuff needed for running their own HnH server themselves. Could be interesting for richer folks who want to claim all the mines and then open their server to other people to grief them

[Madmitten]

i play this game for NOT HAVING a premium status...

[erozaxx]

The ADs ingame might have no impact on gaming itself and it might bring reasonable sum of money to devs. Let´s think about instead of having just plain Wagon sprite, before finsihing you can choose whether the cloth on wagon will bear Volvo brand or VW brand looks silly, but to some extent there might be some places, where ads will be not-spoiling the game (players) but still visible and worth of placing (vendors - thus money pushers ).

I would be happy to have Fiskars stone axe and no lags

[Gromit]

fail idea.you cant just introduce special features for a game with such a low playerbase... that would just... fail and make the player base even lower?

[erozaxx]

a game with such a low playerbase

you´re right did not think of it that way. 300+ max players is not much to sell it.

Ok then - where is the cash-box? I ll throw in my few dimes

[Gromit]

Honestly, i cant wait to donate some money to this game. As soon as i get a job that is =P my income is $5/week and that is to catch the bus home from school. insted i decide to walk 4km heh.

[erozaxx]

I have a decent job. I already posted it in crashes forum - I will gladly pay, but I think some motivation in this case is needed. Some kind of goal to reach when enough money collected. I am willng to pay up to 100 € two to fourtimes a year. I guess anybody will pay something according to his earnings, but some people (me for example) tend to spend money only if they really transparently see where they went. I was supporting Ragnarok online (one of our local servers) for some time and it really motivated a lot of people when they saw, that new server is just few hunderds € away... There was also a big party when the server was bought (ingame and IRL as well)

[Gromit]

I have a decent job. I already posted it in crashes forum - I will gladly pay, but I think some motivation in this case is needed. Some kind of goal to reach when enough money collected. I am willng to pay up to 100 € two to fourtimes a year. I guess anybody will pay something according to his earnings, but some people (me for example) tend to spend money only if they really transparently see where they went. I was supporting Ragnarok online (one of our local servers) for some time and it really motivated a lot of people when they saw, that new server is just few hunderds € away... There was also a big party when the server was bought (ingame and IRL as well)

Thats not such a bad idea, having a meter that says how much money they are away from being able to upgrade / purchase a new server or computer. They should actually do that and also display who donated what imo. have a "Wall of Fame" for the top donaters =P