My opinion about Next Island so far...

First of all I have to say that if I take the time to write my opinion is cause I like Next Island, and since I see that Arkadia (for example, but Calypso of course too) is working well while NI is in difficult cause there are no players here, I decided to write my opinion about this distance between Next Island and other planets.

I do it simple, Positive and Negative points:

Positive:

-The scenario and graphic here are awesome, there are not 2 places similar and the landscape is impressive to me, this means you have nice staff and fantasy, the place is awesome to visit and to live in to me. I think u are way better than Rocktropia and Arkadia.
-The idea, I like it... a nice island with secret caves, time travel and so on... I really love the whole package you can find in Next Island, and I am sure it will be important in long term too.
-Time travel, it is the key to various possibilities, new places, new tecnologies, new mobs, and maybe closing parts of the game too... I mean u are able to close one place if it doesn't work properly to load a new one that fits better to the players.
-Working first on the planet itself and now dedicating to the single parts like BPs and so on... it will pay in long term imho

Negative:

-Item rarety, I see there are many nice items in loot, but is there anything really rare? in first the nice looking mobs parts, more than a common loot, while if rare they surely should have been a bit more searched by players and traders.
-New players approaching, I like since not a new player that the mission for Time travel was the first in line, but for the game it was a bit too short and easy, I think that the best thing to do should have been to make a chain of missions with something in prize that could be used properly at AG.
-Blueprints, well I am sure it takes a lot of time so for the moment I just add that it's an important thing for the new and old players to choose a planet to play in.
-NEVERDIE... Ok there's people that likes him and who not, I am one of first ones. But damn what has his name or Tina Lieu to do with this paradise? I am sure that 99,9% of players do not like that planets partners insert so invasive RL stuff. ND got his own planet, ha already did enough with the Asteroid, now with Rocktropia he can vent his lust for fame, so please let the other planets NI in first free from these things, names, Items and so on, PLEASE!!! It's simply irritating, if noone already told you. Is it so hard to see a Planet superpartes? Arkadia is the only one until now, and that seems to pay enough to me, am I wrong? the planet is like a God's creature, it's nice cause God is invisible, take like that :)
-The last thing but definitely the most important the taxes in the Land Areas. I am a player and the message to me was "The island is nice so now drop here your money".
Maybe the message wasn't exactly so but the feeling was all but good. What the community thought was that you not only have incomes from the planet, but directly from lands too. The planet ok, you worked for it and it's right u are getting money back, but the LAs?
I am a La owner and it took to me years to buy one, without thinking about the DNA I am still looking at. And you? Created a Planet and make the best mobs in LA, of your property, why not? :D
Seriously, this is the only planet I wouldn't invest one PED from when I saw the taxed areas. You are a Planet Partner, should provide investments for players, not for yourself... the players needs to be part of your team, partners that invest in your own way.
Planet Arkadia for example, there are payers that still didn't stop shoting from the opening... I loved the nice mobs at Zero taxes, and these LA will surely be more attractive to buy in the future.
Ok told enough but of course the message to me was "This is not the behavior I am looking in my partners in investments".

Maybe I have been a bit rude, but that's cause I liked NI from first day and I see that few things are killing the planet too fast.

Take what u you from my words, I just would like to make this planet one of my favorite in the future, but something needs to change.

GL to you all for your work
Giuliano

 

I talked about ND just about names on buildings, TP and so on, wasn't thinking to a relationship betwee ND and taxes.

Of course SoftHart, but since Arkadia and RT made all their LAs tax free I suppose NI could have done the same.

Just my 2 pecs, if Entropia Tracker showed a good result on NI probably I wouldn't have talked about it in the forum. I just wanted to add my opinion, have no intention to tell what's roght or wrong... a simple point of view.

 

I didn't know the taxes was related to ND, anyway I confirm my opinion about them since it's a new planet and it's not nice to see them, without showing owner of the Land too. And 5%... exactly ND way, not cheap, that's sure.