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IF something like this was to be put into place, it should only really affect servers that are hosted or higher. for the sake of fairness. UC server owners should never be punished for not cranking out a server within 6-12 months, or even longer for that matter. This way, UC wont hurt nor benefit you, and the benefits of having a hosted server or higher would be a good motivator.
However, i do personally think punishment via increased costs are a very bad thing to begin with. It would surely end up crashing a few server projects due to not being worth it for the person renting the server. (because not everyone has the same income, you know.)
Also, lets say one of our main servers fell short of developers and had a lot of trouble hiring new ones, either due to new hires being hard to come by, or the majority being simply lazy. Causing the server in question to be forced to shell out more cash, and if they still cant get themselves out of the rut, no one's able to pay the huge subscription costs, causing the server to be closed indefinitely. Unholy Nation, Zodiac, and Era are our top servers pretty much. if any of the three got caught up in a bad position, and couldnt afford it anymore, this could cause a large chunk of players to quit graal. even before your idea really picks up steam. and could, in turn, be devastating to graal.
Or a high-quality UC server is getting close to opening, but for whatever reason, development screeches to a halt. perhaps a large chunk of their dev team leaves or whatever reason, or they run into a huge roadblock in which they need to redo 90% of their scripts due to a 'bad script' with functions that most of the other systems rely on. They're stuck working on it for a long time, and if it's a very complicated issue (or more than one bad script), their subscription costs go up because theyre not currently attracting players, and eventually the costs swell too much and theyre forced to give up on the whole project.
They're worst-case scenarios, but the penalties would be server killers regardless. |