Base rent has got to go.

Base rent these days doesn't really take a noticeable amount of prestige (what's the max, 2400-2500?), which is chump change for any base that needs to pay that.

For smaller bases, with a correspondingly lower amount, it's still not even significant, given how fast prestige can be earned.

The only thing it is now is a QoL issue - you get annoying notices to pay it and if it lapses, you have to go to AP/GC (not a big deal) or PO (more annoying for vils) to pay it.

On top of that, what does it accomplish? Nothing.

I say make a base lose power 4 weeks after the last person in a SG/VG logs in, after 6 weeks, make it inactive until someone in the SG/VG logs in.

I find it much less annoying to pay these days, simply because of the only thing I regularly use the market for - logging out to get the WW teleporter. Quick teleport, go pay, go on my way.

Still, more ways (even locations - say, any arbiter or trainer, they should, after all, be the most trusted people around) to pay would be nice.

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My storage bases seems fine, I keep all my alts in them, and most I just auto-complete missions like patrons so they can start the RSF if nobody has the badge.

That saying, when they auto-complete a mission, I typically get over 300 prestige, which turns out to be my rent atm.

Having 10-15 alts in my VG and once and awhile doing what I do, and the things I do on my own time (SF/TF's Farm LIB) that 300 seems rather small and just a spot to tell me to keep what I am doing and visit my base once in awhile.

Rent will never go, even when you buy a house, you have to pay "rent" to keep that as well

Question: What's the point of making it lose power or become inacessible until someone logs in? If power/access is restored as soon as someone logs in, it makes no difference.

Solution: Simple
Rent auto-payment option: Implemented
Problem: Resolved

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Or at least make it only once a month

Or let me pay some in advance

Or at least something less of a hassle

As an avid hater of "upkeep" responsibilities, I vote we abolish rent in general. Any system which requires you to constantly invest on it or be locked out of content is just bad, in my opinion.

And tell me - what function does rent serve to begin with?

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Make it payable from the SG itself.

Put in a banking computer, writing desk, giant cashier check etc item that lets you pay the rent.

If you wanted to be nasty you could make it need power and control so the people that wait till after the last minute have to go to AP/GC/PO in avatar.

I have just enough of a sadist in me to find that amusing.

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Can I just get the guy's phone number and call it in, please?

*Hello? Yes sir, I know the rent is late again.

I'm sorry, I was in another timeline.

Hmm? Oh, there was this Roman guy that got amped up and needed to be brought back in line.

No, no, no. Not Roman like the Sopranos. It was . . . listen forget about it.

Can I just give you my credit card over the phone?

Thanks.*

Slash command: /payrent "SG Name".

I'm voting for this idea of no more base rent. It's a holdover from an aspect of the game that just never worked out.

I'm in the "abolish rent completely" crowd.

I was somewhat displeased that rent was changed into an outright convenience tax on storage containers. And, very annoyingly, the Salvage Vault counts as a storage container, despite not technically being one (and unlike the rest, requires power and control, blegh).

Basically I'm just unclear on why, after paying lots of prestige to get those containers (and let's keep in mind that room restrictions mean there's a reasonably large overhead on top of the actual item cost) that I have to be taxed on their very presence.

I'm almost tempted to suggest a "hoarder's" tax, where the first of all containers are free for rent, but multiples begin costing you.

Fake edit: Turns out I was working under really old info. So apparently these other things cost rent as well, not just storage containers:

Auto-Doc / Tree of Wonders - This actually makes a bit of sense to me, since being able to buy/sell inspirations is pretty major. Though I'm not clear on why Combat Logs / Contemplation Charts don't contribute to rent, then.

Robo-Surgery / Spirit Signal - These should be outright removed. I understand why they exist (base raids), but I feel they should just make two separate reclimators, one for PvE that rezzes you back to full or near-full, and one for base raids that perhaps brings you back at 50%. These only give 10% additional health/end back, for a maximum of 45%. Certainly not worth the rent, currently.

Advanced Worktable / Advanced Forge, Expert Worktable / Expert Forge - No idea here. Considering there's no reason at all to keep the worktables around after you're done with them, AFAIK, I don't see the point in taxing them.

Robotic Fabricator / Flames of Hephaestus - These are solely related to base raiding, and a really dumb element of base raiding at that. Honestly these should just be straight-up removed from the game, IMO.

Empowerment Stations - These shouldn't be taxed considering it costs salvage to get anything out of them, and the higher tier ones even cost more than 100 rent, despite also requiring salvage just to craft the stations themselves, and a pretty high prestige cost to place them.