Figured I'd post why I am starting on small steps with regards to taxes - especially in a game where ingame currency seemingly falls from the sky!
Basically, I want to ensure that every main gets a mount before looking at a raise past 5%, the 3% of the past few days was purely a trial balloon to get a feel for how much is raised, and well as I said earlier in the thread, it raised alot for such a small amount, presumably some people tithe and that was included there too, but I have no way to check on that - and would not wish to have one (Too "Big Brotherish" for me).
5% should be enough to tide us over till the majority are well inside T3, then I can look at an increase to 10% which would be the final rate for the life of the regiment in this game in my opinion: Tithing and Donations seems to work to some extent, and given our mature memberbase works well. Given the exponential increase in gold earned in T3 scenarios & PvE then 10% should be enough to keep us in Standards, and maybe even help us hold a keep for a day or so (Assuming we have the defensive capability to do so).
However Garros raised a point about moving to a "war-footing" when we are capable (Rank 14) and able (say majority mid T3 and higher) to hold a keep for a period of time; using this as an excuse to temporarily raise the tax: I'd look at 25% for these periods, as
Keeps currently do cost far too much to run per hour.
So there you have it, my views of taxation now, and taxation in the future. I am open to arguments for differing amounts, after all even a despot needs advice from time to time...
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