Sorry I disagree. If you had 15mln Energy/Troops and nothing else You are getting lots of points for sitting still and doing nothing. Now if you had 15mln G or I or S on the same planet it becomes alot more risky to hold. Why is that? Which one does your Clan attack?

So which one deserve the points? The risky resources or the safe resources?

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14th Sep

I like the idea of points for all resources, but I think non defensive resources should get interest and points linked to their value in the market.

As to statistics, I would love to see the res numbers of the top 10 or 50, but without names. That way we'd know where we stand, without discouraging large HW's. I'd also like to see the res and def levels (again without identity) of the largest HW's.

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"As for interest, I prefer keeping interest on T and E the same. "

why?

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Why not
Troops and energy each contribute equally to defense
You can argue that troops are valuable for an attack
...but then again energy is more valuable on maket and has been for some time now

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"Why not"

because without troops you can't capture any planet, and without energy can capture any planets witohut turrets.

I think keeping interest on energy and no interest for troops would make game more dynamic and we still have many HWs, but if both E and T had no interest we'll here some players crying about no HWs to attack as everyone has floating HWs instead like there were several months ago.

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I just do not like the free points for "holding" defensive resources. Holding of non def resources adds risk to your planet and therefore should be rewarded, but I am strongly against all of the free non-attacking points. Interest by itself is fine but not interest and points for def resources. We should not have our cake and eat it too.

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14th Sep

Lol Bert!
"We should not have our cake and eat it too."

That is now the lower intrest and get rid of points for resources motto
And I stand by Def res being lowered greatly in terms of intrest and there being absolutely no points for holding resources

I also like smargons idea of resources listed in stats but no players names

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Filas has a valid point. My view is still that I would LIKE to see interest be the same on both troops and energy, but the rate of interest does not need to be the same as it is now or as it is for non-defensive resources. I do believe that the 1% interest rate on defensive resources is too high. It has served its purpose, but it is too high to be maintained long term.

However, one problem with no interest at all on troops is the nice feature some players like of being able to earn interest that increases T or E beyond the 15M resource cap. It is not something everyone likes, but it is kind of a nice feature to be able to stock a HW with 15M T and E and then see it slowly grow to a higher level of defenses.

Sure, there are alternative solutions, but my preference is to simply reduce the rate of interest on T&E to a lower level, and possibly increase interest income on non-defensive resources, or maybe leave it the same.

What level? We will have a vote on that issue. My view is lower interest levels is important, but zero interest income is not preferred for either E or T. And, probably the same or higher interest is worth having on non-defense. I will try to influence thinking in that direction (as I am trying to do right now in this message), but I will back off and go with majority voting of perferences if I am strongly disagreed with by most players.

As for Bert's point, I am inclined to agree that interest and points on defensive resources is double benefits and probably excessive. If we eliminate points for defensive resources, however, my preference would be to then increase points for non-defensive resources. But, I will again seek the input of the SL general player community on this point before making any changes, and will make changes which appear to be consistent with majority views.

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Prof I don't mind the intrest, My opinion is If we get rid of the points for having Def Res, Most players will more than likely start using the interest and investing in Ships and fighters for HW assaults. Points drive the game and if we get rid of the majority of the nonattacking points, the shift will hopefull move back to attacking to win.

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14th Sep

"interest and points on defensive resources is double benefits and probably excessive. . "

WRONG. Right would be: "interest and points on ANY resources is double benefits and probably excessive." As you can't say that interest AND points for NON defensive res is NOT double benefit

I think if we get rid of points OR interest, it would eliminate any doubling and maybe SL could work a bit faster, as anyway probably any new feature can make game a bit slower...

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