In Game Economy

As time goes on we can often find ourselves getting bored of certain games.  You feel as if you're doing the same things over and over again.  On our server, we aim to change that, constantly.  We don't want you logging in and wandering around aimlessly...and most of all...bored.  So, as of last night, Server took her next step at incorporating an in-game economy with an item called a zCoin. You earn these coins by simply playing the game (.25 zCoin per minute) and killing zombies (1 zCoin for every zombie killed).  Be aware though, death comes with a cost now.  A cost of 20 zCoins.  

Remember, it is a survival game.  The idea is not to have the zCoin be a primary means of currency or to destroy the value of scavenging.  It is intended for those "ah shit, I need some gunpowder and I'm out but I really don't want to go looking for it now as it's late" type of scenario.  As time goes on we'd like to eventually move towards "shop owners" as opposed to a server store.  Shop owners will use the zCoin as their currency too.  You can pay them and they'll give you items they've found, in the meantime we'll place the server store on there.

We are really curious about your thoughts on this!

So a little more info on this for those that don't understand what is happening.

By typing /wallet in the text chat, it brings up how much money you have.

The list of text commands are as followed:

/shop ~ brings up all items for sale in the server store (not complete yet, so don't get snappy)

/shop ammo ~ brings up all items for sale in the "ammo" category 

/shop furniture ~ obviously brings up furniture

We want to make this easy enough for people to see what is on sale, buy hey! now you want to buy something.  How do you do that?  We'll show you below.

The list of text commands are as followed:

/buy 21618 ~ currently assigned as 50 rounds of Magnum ammo

/buy 21619 ~ currently assigned to 100 rounds of 9mm ammo

We know you won't remember the numbers, that is why the /shop ___ blah blah blah thing exists. When you pull up the list of items for sale, it shows a green number next to the item.  That is the number you type after the word "buy".  Once purchased, the item will appear at your feet.  Simply hold "E" and go on about your business.

As we've seen in the game, sometimes when dropping an item on the ground, the game glitches and launches across the world.  What a WASTE!  ConcernedBob and myself came up with the enclosure work around.  Go to your house or a enclosed area and order your item.  If the item attempts to launch, it'll hit the wall and stay within your area for pick-up.  If you do not use this work around and attempt to spawn it in the middle of nowhere, be aware that you WILL NOT be given those items from server.  You took a chance....and you lost.  Be smart about it.

Finally, the /sethome and /home function cost zCoins.  It is not much but it still costs and has a wait time of 30 minutes.  While on the server you only have to use /sethome once and it costs 10 zCoins. The /home function costs 5 zCoins.  Once you log off and log back in you will have to reuse the /sethome function again.  So choose wisely or get to walking.  

That is all for now.  If you have any question, comments or concerns please leave those below.  Have wonderful day and we'll see you in game!

The Irascible Joker