Active players rewarded

[cpvr]

I've seen this done on Marapets with their loyalty system, and you get prizes and such for how long you've been playing. I was wondering though, do you think this is a good idea? Like active players could also receive trophies, or perhaps, some retired items.

I'm not sure though, prizes could be tweaked, and users could be rewarded by doing various tasks - something like a monthly checklist system, and they could get rewarded by rare things.

If you were to reward active players, what would you do?

[Joy]

I've always enjoyed the system from both sides. Awarding users for their loyalty and activity encourages them to support the site... which is why I think VPL should start its own system.

[Ardy]

Well there's a few good systems I like.
I like leaderboards first off. It gives people something to strive for, and something to be proud of. Leaderboards for things like top battler, top poster, top quester, things like that are awesome. I know many people will disagree with me on this point, but I think it's a feature worth having. In my mind it's a reward for people who are active in areas of the game.
Also I really admire Maplestory even though it's not a pet site. For example during one event, if you logged on for atleast one hour a day for like, 17 days you got a special item. And also they give double experience during Holidays or events. So I think they do a great job rewarding their players.

But of course you can't put the active players on a pedistal. Alot of players can't log on and play for hours. They want to but they can't. So you can't make these players feel inferior to active players, you need to make all the players feel valued and wanted. The game shouldn't be tilted in the favor of those who can play all day, it will make a lot of players angry and not play anymore.

[SpunkiSpirou]

It would most likely be some free VP (virtual points) per day or a free gift that's like something either common or uncommon, bit like how they do it on Fishville and Farmville, minus the XP cause we don't have player XP but we could do pet XP or summat.

*scrawls down a note on notepad*

[cpvr]

Well there's a few good systems I like.
I like leaderboards first off. It gives people something to strive for, and something to be proud of. Leaderboards for things like top battler, top poster, top quester, things like that are awesome. I know many people will disagree with me on this point, but I think it's a feature worth having. In my mind it's a reward for people who are active in areas of the game.
Also I really admire Maplestory even though it's not a pet site. For example during one event, if you logged on for atleast one hour a day for like, 17 days you got a special item. And also they give double experience during Holidays or events. So I think they do a great job rewarding their players.

But of course you can't put the active players on a pedistal. Alot of players can't log on and play for hours. They want to but they can't. So you can't make these players feel inferior to active players, you need to make all the players feel valued and wanted. The game shouldn't be tilted in the favor of those who can play all day, it will make a lot of players angry and not play anymore.

I've always been a fan of leader boards because it gives the users another thing to do, and its kind of exciting to have because the users will work their butt off to get on those leader boards, but if that feature is implemented, then it should also come with trophies. But of course, if you lose your spot on the leader board, you can still keep your trophies.

[Toxic Rainbow Kisses]

I think rewarded active players is awesome
Maybe little random events that give you a chance for awesome items

[SpottyWolf]

I like this idea. It's on I'm going to be implementing on my site eventually.

[Hituro]

I think rewarded active players is awesome
Maybe little random events that give you a chance for awesome items

Yeah, playtime should be rewarded, you shouldn't feel that nothing happens when you log on. I've got lots of stuff like that, but I suspect my penalties for not logging on are far too little ... your pets get a but sad, you miss bank interest, you don't get as many coins, and so on, but it's not quite a "oh no, I've not logged on and I have to" thing.

[cpvr]

What about giving users points for posting on the forums? Good idea or bad?

[Micky]

Also I really admire Maplestory even though it's not a pet site. For example during one event, if you logged on for atleast one hour a day for like, 17 days you got a special item. And also they give double experience during Holidays or events. So I think they do a great job rewarding their players.

But of course you can't put the active players on a pedistal. Alot of players can't log on and play for hours. They want to but they can't. So you can't make these players feel inferior to active players, you need to make all the players feel valued and wanted. The game shouldn't be tilted in the favor of those who can play all day, it will make a lot of players angry and not play anymore.

This. This is really key for me. I am all for having active players being rewarded, but balance is key. I really like some of the activity related systems on Maplestory, like @Ardy has mentioned, which could be ported over to pet sites. I don't see any sites so far incorporating these types of activity rewards. Also, things such as logging for x amount of times in a row and being part of the site for x days, months, or years is pretty neat too. Owners can also think about giving rewards such as if you log in for 2 hours, you get 2 times the random events, or you get 20% discount in stores or something. That'll be sweet.