The Issue II
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by NicknameFromRonny
Hello eBelgians,
as you might have (or totally didn't) notice, I've gotten in congress for the third time in my political eRepcareer. I want to thank ATO for the trust they have me and their fundamental cornerstone, 'you will be heared' inspired me to this new series.
The series I'll be posting during this congress term (there will be more if it brings some interesting results) is based on a very simple idea. It will bring an issue. Not an issue but THE issue, in fact. I post the issue here, give some stats and facts and leave the comment section open for input. With the input given, a fine proposal might be worked out. Or not, of course. Either way, I hope to raise some well-thought reactions and bring together people with different ideas.
The First Issue
The first issue concerned our current tax system. I would like to thank those who contributed to the discussion and dare that say that input is still welcome, you'll find the article with a clicky over here.
My view so far
I haven't quite made up my mind yet, should go over some related articles and stuff about it but one thing that stood forward for me is that we should have the guts to 'experiment' with it. The non-protective idea by Alex is just one idea, I'm open for other constructs but it seems that it's unclear to us what would be the exact effects of a change. A coordinated 'experiment', with attention to ALL the consequences (the consequences to the young one, to the adult player, to the economic big guy, to the treasury, ...) in its evaluation should certainly be put forward.
The Second Issue
What?
My choice for the second issue was based upon a personal realisation whilst seeing the debate for the Mexico MPP. Someone noted that of the 130ish active eBelgians, counting the ones who don't fight a lot and those who live abroad, only a limited number of people get profit from those MPPs, which cost us quite a lot.
So, our amount of MPPs is... the issue.
Facts?
Currently, we have four MPPs. This is about the average amount during the last months (corrections if wrong are welcome).
Each MPP costs us 10.000 CC (country currency).
Questions?
As noted before, they seem to be usefull only till a limited amount. With our current tax income, 10K isn't a little price to pay.
On the other hand, it is useful to have more MPPs, as they enable to have battles 24/24. Additionaly, you can never be sure that an MPP made at day X will still provide battles at day X+26. Sometimes, peace breaks out and another MPP is needed in order to provide a battle.
This question could be enlarged as well. What should be the motivations behind an MPP? Surety of battles? Political motives?
So, what do you think? What values should we purchase when deciding on MPPs? Do we need more of them, to encourage battling? Do we need less of them, in order to save some money (possibly to spend on different things)? Is everything just fine as it is, and is this a useless article? Please share your opinion below.
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Going backwards, there are no useless articles - well okay, not many of them.
A counter-question - what different things might the money be spent on, bearing in mind that there are already programs in place to support young citizens and soldiers?
Historically, 4 MPPs has appeared to be the optimum number for eBe, considering the need for cheap places for people to fight (i.e., no moving costs) on a continuous or nearly continuous basis and the limited income available. These, of course, must be chosen wisely, which is a job that has been delegated to the CP and MoFA, but with room always available for citizens to put forward other possible options.
It is not really useful, in my opinion, to consider the number of citizens fighting daily to calculate the value of these MPPs. In the first place, MPPs that are made with members of our alliance give us better hope of the support of that alliance in case of need in our own wars. This is a value that is not easily calculated. Also, please note that not all active fighters are dependent on MPPs for fights. I am a member of the Green Militia, for instance, which has only 9 members but has been consistently in 2nd or 3rd rank in eBe recently, partly because 5 of us are Gods of War who fight where and when we see fit and are mostly capable of supporting our own moves and fights. This does not mean, of course, that we want to fight counter to the interests of eBe, but that we are independent of state support. Other MUs, however, have higher proportions of younger and poorer players who really need a good selection of MPPs in order to fight and advance.
tl;dr version is that MPPs are generally a necessity for younger players to be able to fight, but the value of any one MPP is not easy to calculate in monetary terms.
For me 2 MPP's is good 20 if Belgium start a conflict, more is not necessary we have 50 active players for fight 120 players every day ok but only 50 fight sure
it is more between 80 and 100 fighters a day, and normally we must have more MPP's while we have a financial problem , like most of country's now a days, CoT accept that we have a minimum of them.
Wise word NFR.
Thanks for the article
for me the first goal would be to have Cot mpp only them. We must give the priority to our alliance.
In the past i saw a lot of mistakes about that, several countries were everywhere and it was one error.