An Idea for Passive Income

[Shadestone]

(I have copied this from the support ticket I made.)

Everyone hates grinding, but how else do you get cash in Era? You have to find a tedious job or risk the streets to pick trash. I was hoping of thinking about a simple way to gradually get cash, with upsetting the balance of the game. Then it hit me: Investments.

First, you'd need to buy a "Shop." Not like the player owned shops where you can sell items, but a sort of NPC stall. They'd have multiple sizes; - "Stand", "Stall", "Shack", "S. Building" "L. Building".

Each "Level" of building would cost more, but there'd be unlimited available to players. What would be the point?

Ways to earn cash! For example, if you invest $1,000 in a Printing Machine, you'll get $1/5 Minutes for every Printing Machine that you have. The next Printing Machine you wish to buy would cost 10% more than the last one.

Higher levels of "Income Generators" could exist, ranging from "Coffee Machine" to "Ammunition Vendor" or any number of varieties! Players wouldn't be able to interact, but each would gradually give money whenever a player is online and playing Era. For example, I have 5 Printing Machines. I get $5 every 5 minutes. I spent (1000+1100+1210+1331+1464) ($6,105 total) to invest in those machines. They would NEVER despawn. However, to get 5 of them, I had to upgrade my "Stall" to a "Shack" for more room.

Thank you for reading!