Posted by Make Raffle Lioness Tickets 1 GB Each.

C.J. (#102610)

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Posted on
2023-07-30 22:19:45
Now, I know a lot of you probably gawked at the title, but hear me out!

The RL raffle ticket prices should be raised to one GB.

1. The current 50 SB price feels more like an annoyance, rather than an actual fee. It might as well be a free ticket with it being so low.

2. It prevents a lot of new players from entering the raffle. At first, this might sound like a bad thing, but really it isn't. A lot of new players do not understand the value of raffle lionesses (As we saw lately with the Soul RL) and may be yelled at or bullied for changing their lioness. Not to mention, it can really stress out a new player to be bombarded with people asking to buy their lion.

3. It gives older players a chance to win. There are several people who joined in 2014-2016 who have never won an RL, despite how many times they've entered into the raffle. Now, I'm not saying that they deserve it just for joining earlier than others, but it would feel more fair to give them a better chance at winning. Older players tend to have more currency than newer players & especially with the recent boom in players, there should be more of a chance for older players to still win.

4. It balances out the economy. The game has only 1 real GB sink - The oasis. This poses a problem bc as players purchase more GB without a place for it to go, the value of GB significantly drops. The oasis essentially stops the circulation of some GB, but it's still not enough. By making there be a weekly 1 GB fee to enter into the Lioness Raffle, it creates another GB sink & raises the value of it. This is especially helpful now with the way that piebald and primal prices have plummeted, if GB goes up, the value of those lions does too.

5. It's good for the company. There will be people who constantly buy GB to enter into the raffle. This would be another way to fund the game, and compared to how much people pay to purchase RLs, their heats, or their clones, it's an extremely small price to pay.

6. It's good for those who enter. Less of the site will be able to afford purchasing a ticket, meaning that there will be a significantly higher chance to win when you do enter. Not to mention, those who are less well off will be more selective on which raffles they enter, meaning that there will be even less competition. Not to mention that if a player were to win an RL, those can easily go for 1k GB each. Meaning, you'll be reimbursed for that 1 GB about a thousand times. Not such a steep price, huh?

7. GB isn't that hard to get. Food can be accumulated through explore or hunting & even selling it to monkey business can get you a lot of SB to turn into GB quick! The game would be further rewarding players who play the game the way it was intended by offering a special raffle that they could enter. New players who are dedicated to it could still make 1 GB by the end of the week.

If you have any suggestions let me know, and if you disagree i'd love to hear your thoughts! Of course, shares and upvotes are always appreciated, tysm for reading!



This suggestion has 68 supports and 227 NO supports.



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Posted on
2023-11-08 08:11:49
IKR, i think theyre just one of those "veterans" or wtv they call them, who just hate new players and are like "we need more of a chance to win! we're the ogs!" when it just doesnt really make sense, (sorry if this came out harsh)



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Posted on
2023-11-08 08:25:33
It's not the point of RL raffles- like the community update raffles, RLs are minimal cost of entry, one ticket maximum per account to keep it fair, with a good reward. I don't think it's particularly fair to say that people don't care about the quality of a RL before entering either- it's a raffle lioness. Really pretty lion with good marks and a good base that's worth quite a lot. There is precious little reason *not* to enter. I think the only RLs I've ever intentionally not entered for have been ones I outright disliked the design of.

And yes it's easy to get 50sb- that doesn't mean getting 500sb or 1gb is also easy or that a jump to that ticket price would be fair. I've been playing since 2017 and I'm sat here noodling around with 4200sb on this account- I make most of my SB from selling rotting food to the Monkey Business and exploring because I'm more of a casual player. That doesn't mean I don't know how much a raffle lioness is worth or that I should be excluded from entering for one in a given week just because I'm not playing to get rich quick.



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Trash_Nebula (#155985)

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Posted on
2024-03-02 21:32:35
Can someone tell me what the tea about the Soul RL was about?



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Cattail| ·
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Posted on
2024-03-19 10:02:43
Yeah I have no idea what happened haha. I was not on the game for like a year and like 10 months.

I also disagree with the pricing. Like I wouldn't even try to enter. Too much for a raffle ticket. It makes it seem like you just want the older players and richer players to have a bigger chance when it should be almost pretty equal. Plus it's just pixels and fake lions. It's not that important.



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Edited on 19/03/24 @ 10:07:39 by Cattail| PM me lemon or melon (#291050)

Crowley (0/100 GB) (#440456)

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Posted on
2024-08-25 15:01:24
hitting us with the controversy lol. I support, even though my broke self could never afford a ticket again



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Posted on
2024-08-26 01:23:30
Personally I'm not supporting this idea. I think the Lioden site deserves to earn money, and incentivising people to buy GB is a great way to do that - however, obtaining GB is hard. Not everyone has the capacity to put real life money into a browser game, and earning GB through other means (e.g. stud requests, selling lions, raffles) can take years of hard work and patience. I think that changing the raffle lioness price to 1 GB would be like locking a beloved feature of this site behind a paywall - and personally, I don't think that's fair.

Another reason I don't support this idea is because it fundamentally contradicts the point of the raffle lioness. A raffle is meant to allow everyone the chance to win an awesome prize with minimal contribution required. The entire point of the raffle is that every user has the same chance of winning her. New players having a chance to win the raffle lioness isn't unfair - it's exciting. Everyone deserves to have a cool lion, even if you personally disagree with how a user handles their lion.

I also think the changes implemented by the staff in recent weeks are doing a fine enough job of making raffle lionesses accessible. This change doesn't feel necessary to me - it feels more exclusionary.

I don't mean any hostility by this comment and I think your idea comes from a good and sincere place, but I wanted to give my perspective as a fairly long-term user on this site myself.



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[♰] Yharnam (#112370)

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Posted on
2024-08-27 03:21:34
No support.

If the 50 SB feels like an inconvenience and may as well be free, make it 5 SB like the weekly raffles.

BTW the game has multiple GB sinks.
- Buying Territory
- Buying Submale Slots
- Buying Beetle Slots
- Buying Cave Slots
- Buying Frozen Slots
- Buying Items from Players
- Buying a Showcase
- Retiring Kings Early (Incl. Cooldown Markup)

Regarding the fluctuation of GB prices, it actually has more to do with seasonal purchases. In months with SB shops or Monkey Business specials (January, June and July are big ones), price drops because many users are selling GB to afford currency in these shops.

In November, Black Friday results in a lot of people selling GB they've gotten from the sales, so the price usually goes down.

In December, the price starts to dip as you near New Years, because there's an SB shop.

Other things that might affect GB prices:
- Breeding Challenges
- New Breeding Items
- New Mutations
- New Monkey Business Items.



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Edited on 27/08/24 @ 03:26:25 by [♰] Yharnam (#112370)







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