Small adoption fee

[Lionhearted]

Every time our 9 free characters are filled up, or we use up all of our free character limits, the easiest alternative to making new characters is to simply stalk the adoption site until some litter comes up, and then lunge for a kit, which, to me, ruins the point of buying and making a new character. I understand that buying s character lets you dictate the appearance and everything, but that's one small thing compared to everything on the app. I mean, unless there's some specific rule from the owner, everyone can basically decide everything about the cat except the look, which isn't a big deal.

Here's what I propose:
Everytime there's an adoption, people who want to adopt a kit would have to send the fee to the litter "seller(s)." If there is one seller, then the whole fee goes to them. If there are two or more, divide the fee by the number of sellers.

The younger the cat, the less the fee. This could also give people the chance to wait until their cat grows up, and then "sell" them. During that time, they could even gain muse for that cat.

KITS (0-5 moons):
Around 10 leaves

JUVENILES (6-20 moons):
Around 20 leaves

ADULTS (21 and above):
Around 30 leaves.

I guess what could also happen is that everyone can adopt up to five cats for free a month, and then they would have to pay. However, that would lead to a lot of confusion and forgetting.

Also, this shouldn't apply to new members. They are free to adopt... freely until they become established members.

[Deleted]

That sounds interesting. And I think those leaves would be easy to get. I think we should consider this idea.

[Midnight]

The reason why adoption is free is because it generally encourages more plotting and if it wasn't free, people wouldn't adopt as often. When members set up adoption threads, they are often hoping for someone to roleplay with, as they are usually giving away their cat's family members. If no one adopts, this person may get bored and abandon that character or leave. For newer members who are used to adopting out their character's family as a way of integrating themselves into the roleplay, this wouldn't be too good. We also have a shit ton of kittens, and people already get anxious enough having to wait for the kits' applications to be made without having to wait for people to come and purchase the kittens as well.

While this idea would most likely help with the flow of applications coming in, and I appreciate that for sure, I am not too supportive of this suggestion.

[Isilme]

Well it would also incentivate the people to appreciate more their chatacters, some people adopt the kits and never use them, perhaps this would change their minds and make them think twice about adopting, new members would have more chance and all

[Midnight]

That's a good point, but I'm still not too sure about it. I'll think it over and maybe discuss it with Legit and Acro.