Increase required playtime from 2hrs

[Interstate Nomad]

On 3/24/2023 at 6:36 PM, Llockie said:

 

Agreed but making it achievement based might cause more issues becuase they are unsure how to do said achievement.

It isn't quite an achievement to finish a certain number of World of Truck Jobs, but rather the chance to have control over what the player actually did or did not do during this time.

The requirement of two hours of playtime doesn't control anything. The player could idle in a parking lot for two hours, gaining zero game experience.

[Llockie]

7 hours ago, blabberbeak said:

It isn't quite an achievement to finish a certain number of World of Truck Jobs, but rather the chance to have control over what the player actually did or did not do during this time.

The requirement of two hours of playtime doesn't control anything. The player could idle in a parking lot for two hours, gaining zero game experience.

 

I agree and sitting idle for 2hrs is probably what most ban evaders / troll drivers do. So as a starter let's up the time and make them sit there longer,  slowing the return and releasing some load on game mods.

 

It would definitely be good to increase the required time and include a certain distance travelled on World of Trucks.

 

Having certain requirements for new accounts determines the route you take. Currently the system inplace is easy manipulated by ban evaders / troll drivers becuase requirements are easily achieved and this unfortunately attracts certain types of players. so these loop holes need to be closed.

 

Upping the requirements for any new TMP accounts created will improve the current player base (drive more sensible), weed out the ban evaders / troll drivers and most importantly lesser ban reports to deal with.  The harder you make it the less likely they are going to come back.  Which is what I suggest!

[Mavi~]

This doesn't seem like an important detail but 2 hours seems too low. At least 6 hours or more can be done as a small deterrent on players who constantly open new accounts to circumvent the ban..

[Luna]

Hey,

Thank you so much for your suggestion.

 

The current 2-hour rule is meant to avoid people refunding the game(s) through Steam and creating unnecessary accounts. It also acts as a safeguard to make sure players are at least able to understand the game's basics and have completed a few jobs before going online. 

 

Many players discover TruckersMP through video platforms or friends. Often, they haven't played Euro Truck Simulator 2 or American Truck Simulator before. Increasing the minimum playtime to a high number like 20 or 50 hours, many players won't even bother getting the game as they are not able to join TruckersMP until playing for weeks. This hinders casual players but also friends from playing together.

 

I believe increasing the minimum playtime requirement will have more disadvantages than advantages. Therefore, we will not accept this suggestion.

Thanks again for everyone's contributions to this discussion!