Most people know of the SB cap for gaining currency from Explore, but for those who aren't aware - you cannot gain SB from exploring or battling if you have over 5000 SB on your account. That includes bundles and active trades with SB offered, but does NOT include offers on other players' trades or currency located on a linked account. (Please let me know if I forgot anything on either list or am incorrect about something!)

5000 SB is... not a lot. Ever since I linked my accounts, I transfer all of my SB between accounts each time I explore. On average I'd say I gain 200-300 SB per account per day purely from explore encounters and battles. It is very little on its own (lol don't get me started on that), but if I sell a few items I can easily get 5000 SB within a few days. For me, the SB cap is not a huge problem. More of an annoyance, really.

But, I can imagine how much tougher saving SB for a project would be for players who keep one account frozen or are limited to only one account due to household size or personal choice. They're essentially forced to buy GB at whatever the selling rate is just to maintain an SB amount lower than 5000, just so they can get SOMETHING from exploring. Especially rough during high GB prices or extreme market fluctuation (GB priced between 1000-1300 SB on the same day, for example).

I understand the purpose of having a cap in the first place, but I can't help but feel that it's a bit pointless if there are workarounds to avoid it, such as linked account transfers, which is unfairly crippling to players with one account by comparison.

Personally, I think 50000 SB is a perfectly reasonable cap to have. Maybe even 100000. Most players probably won't accumulate that much before spending it, so it would really only affect the uber-rich as well as currency hoarders at that point. That said, if most people feel that 50000 would be too high, 20000 seems ok to me as well.

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