[warp2ukew]

(I go by Fidel Castro on Era before everyone asks who I am)

Jade, I respect your opinion. You have a right to an opinion and albeit you make sense in some way I don't agree that it is justified.

First of all, you are by far the most least active of the business owners. And when I say "by far," that's being generous. You rarely logon, and when you do, I am assuming it is to stock (so I am agreeing with you that you do spend a lot of time stocking, if you ever do logon). You shouldn't own the business in the first place because of activity. It should be given to an active player that can watch it thrive and allow other players to enjoy it.

This brings me to my next point. You have 2-3 employees in DD. Because you are able to stock so much at once and not logon in weeks, there isn't a need to hire anyone. But that isn't the point of the businesses on Era. The point of them is to allow players to get jobs in these businesses to make money and feel like they are apart of something rather than having to spend hours in the mines. When you seclude your business from the rest of Era it decreases gameplay for the newer players that want to get involved. I have also heard that players asking for jobs are completely ignored. This should not happen.

With this new system you are either forced to hire more workers to help run the business, which I think you should have been already (for the reasons stated above) or increase your activity ten fold, which would also be a good thing considering you are a business owner and that is one of the responsibilities that comes with. Many players would love to own DD/be in the position that you are in.

Also, how can you say you are not given a chance to talk to the GBA about changes when you're never on? Is he supposed to write you a letter and wait for the mail man to drop by with an answer? It's not fair to him or Era. The changes are extremely minor and shouldn't effect an active business owner / active businesses on Era, rather increase activity in the slower ones and get more players involved, which let me reiterate, is the point of the businesses on Era.

Like I said, I respect your opinion, and there is mine. None of it was meant to be attacking (though I could see how you could construe it attacking, and if so, I'm sorry).