Player Retention Ideas, Import Export Update

So not a huge suggestion for this one but I think with my limited knowledge of coding easy to incorporate. What we know:

1) Ogame tracks players point totals, to give ranks (duh)

2) Ogame tracks number of days since last login (obvious, inactives)

Right now what level of item you get in the import/export is independent of these two factors. As an example, you get 1:4:16:25 going from platinum to bronze (I don't know the actual rates but you get what I'm saying).

I purpose updating the import/export items to have a dependency on both of the above factors (rank & activity).

a) So lower rank players get a higher chance of getting better items.

b) So more active players get a higher chance of getting better items.

The idea is that these are changes that will help active smaller players in a way that cannot be taken away by raiding, and as improve in rankings you start slide back into the regular ratios zones.

And I say this from a position where this doesn't benefit me. I consider myself above the rank where this would have meaningful impact.

Can we get a vote?

Quote from indyNinja

Similar to what starman said, this could be "exploited" by players purposely not spending resources while they build up on plat/gold items for a while before they start to grow. I dont think import/export is the place to look for something like this.

Personally, I have brought accounts out of vmode for Rewards Events and then put them back into vmode after. Something like permanently running rewards weeks but with bronze/silver rewards and having a gold at the end of the week to work towards, and then resetting on a Monday for a new week of rewards. Similar to a battlepass, but free and not requiring Comm Staff, and then when they would run the normal Rewards Event, that weeks rewards are juiced up and better. Just my random 5 minute idea.

But your idea is cool, I just dont think its going to have the desired effect

I guess if they really want to hold onto them yes it could be exploited in that way. But remember this isn't like every item is going to be plat/gold, it just makes it more likely.

As an example say you get 36 plat in a year right now from i/e ( I don't think the ratio is that good). for someone who maximizes this might get 54. So a full year of doing nothing really on the account to get 18 extra plat. I will say that is commitment.