Hey Captain! I support this concept.
Also I think there are 2 more things that can also be done, they don't have to be done in this proposal, but I also think they are important too:
the price should always be limited to a "whole DEC" amount. So after 1 DEC, the next lowest price would be 2 DEC (no fractional pricing allowed). If I had my way, people (or listing bots) wouldn't be able to beat out regular human players by listing at any increment below a whole DEC. No more .00000001 changes to jump in front of the line, which gives a terrible experience imo.
I would like to see only season rentals. The experience for human renters sucks because machines are trying to min/max every single cent and what that has done is chase people like me away. I don't bother to rent anything because I don't want to check my account each day to see if a card is still there (or if it was pulled) - what a waste of time.
So I think this is a good step forward, and I will be voting for it.
Randomly stumbled upon your comment and going to share my 2 cents. As you maybe remember I don't really play the game so what I suggest can be totally wrong 😄
I really like your suggestions and to make those even better I would add a 3rd one:
3.After implementing point 2 we should change how rentals are priced. Instead of a daily price we should just have a "season" price. If you can only rent for one season there is no point in having a "daily" price.This will also greatly help with your 1st point as the "whole DEC" increment is going to be easier to accept if applied to the season price.
3a.Expanding on this even further you can decide that the minimum season price is actually 5 DEC. Still up compared to what we have now, but not so drastic as 1 DEC/day.My biggest issue is I rent a certain number of cards for brawls or specific tournaments and I have no use for them otherwise.
I can't justify renting something for a season at 250 DEC/d or more, just to use it in 2-3 Brawls or a single tournament.
Season: 250 x 14 = 3500
6 Days for 3 Brawls = 1500
I'd literally make that account dormant if we lost the daily rental option.
My suggestion of changing how daily rentals and cancelations work, would solve the issue vs scrapping daily rentals altogether...
But that is for a different proposal anyway 😅
I would definitely support your revisions @asgarth ... Thanks for weighing in and making it better!
While I am not certain on the first point, I think the second point could work with a small modification:
A. It will terminate on the 7th day, or run until the contracted rental length expires - instead of terminating at the end of the "2nd Day".
B. It will be removed from Rental Market or Price Changed (per current system) at the end of the Rental Period or after 6D23H59M59S have expired.
I think that solves the issue without the need for only Season Rentals. If we moved to Season Only, then Brawl/Tournament rentals go out the window and players can't "test" an expensive card like Yodin without being locked into paying 200 DEC/d for 14 Days.
I definitely think that would be a good modification but perhaps for another proposal down the road :)
Working back to the first point, I like what Beelzael said about .1 DEC increments :)
Thank you, as always for sharing your thoughts and input!!
(You too @beelzael :) )
I like that solution too! :)
Whole DEC seems a little much, but yes, a visible 0,1 step would be great to prevent that.
Seasonal rent would require a higher starting capital for a player to even consider renting. I think that would be too much to do at once, raising the minimum to 1 DEC is already quite the hike :-D
Both are valid points. My additional steps are more of a wish list and a destination I'd like to get to, but I recognize there are other ways to achieve the same objectives.