So as we all know, the Giving Tree replenishes every 15 minutes with 25 items and everyone is given a chance to claim one item each rotation. This would be great if there were like... 50 people online at a time. But we are constantly 300-1000+ players at any given time. So the tree is full for a full 30 seconds at peak hours, maybe a minute during player lulls.

I currently have two suggestions in mind that I feel will work individually, or even combined.

1. Increase the number of items loaded during each replenish. This gives more people a chance to at least get SOMETHING.

2. Instead of allowing everyone to get one item each restock, make it so individuals can only get 1 item every 30 minutes or an hour. That way people are less likely to just grab anything because it's free, giving those with slower internet a chance to at least feel like they can benefit from this feature as well.

And if left over items are a worry, then just have whatever is left over at the end of the hour purge, because obviously nobody wanted them anyways :P That way you don't end up with 1000 pet rocks in there further down the road.

Now these are just my suggestions, so if you have any that you would like to share please post and I will add them to this thread (with credit given of course!) so we can hopefully come up with a solution that most people will enjoy/support :)

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