Baron Level Early Access

I wonder why a Founder Baron would upgrade to a higher priced Baron slot, unless it was to get an earlier chance at a plot?

 

I do recall the developers saying early on that Founders would select before Benefactors, and within each tier, pledge amount would then be factored in, so if I understand it correctly, Founder Lords of the Manor would go first. Within that particular group, order would be determined by pledge amount. Next would come Benefactor Lords of the Manor (by dollar amount), and so on and so on, as Sir Frank described. Have to dig to find the specific posts...

 

Frank, I think they meant a Founder who pledged to, say, Knight, who only pledged up to Baron after Baron 1 and 2 were closed. Thus you would have a Founder Baron 3.I think they will do each Baron tier separately, in order of Baron 1, Baron 2, then Baron 3, and only subdivide by amount within that frame.

 

Ah, yes. That would explain how a founder might want to pledge to Baron 3.
I don't think Portalarium has thought about that yet.
Plenty of time though.

 

There were also Baron 2s in KS, so they are naturally founders too. I see there was a mistake earlier... and you know how it goes about fixing mistakes on the internet. ^_^

 

Umm *I* am a founder and a Baron 3 Founder status has nothing to do with it.

 

Which is why....by the time they're ready to let us choose...
Founders go first, ordered by tier and sorted within that by pledge and date.
Benefactors go next, ordered by tier and sorted within that by pledge and date.
Then everyone else in a tag team steel cage match.

 

How many barons are there as a percentage of town-sized lots? If that percentage is small, i wouldnt worry about prioritizing 1, 2, and 3 so much. If its large, then that informs me differently and I would.

 

Barons actually get city-size lots. Barons 1, 2, 3 account for 60 of the 90 city-size lots allocated currently. Dukes have 10 and LotMs have 20.

 

So my question would be: does a founder citizen place before a benefactor knight? It's the same lot size...so just curious...

 

No, a Founder Knight would go before a Benefactor Knight. Remember, lot placement selection goes by pledge tier, starting from Lords of the Manor and going all the way down to Citizen.

 

Right, founder knight is first..but what about founder citizen? It's the same lot size so that is important...Am I placing before any founders?

 

A Benefactor Knight would place before Founder & Benefactor Edelmanns and Founder and Benefactor Citizens.

A Founder Citizen would only place before Benefactor Citizens.

 

Ah thanks so much for that info...That's what I was guessing but wanted to know for sure.

 

This is my understanding of it as well... the progression would be along these lines:
Founder LotM
Benefactor LotM (if there is such a thing)
Founder Baron
Benefactor Baron (these are the confusing ones... but I am guessing it will run Founder Baron 1, Benefactor Baron 1, FBaron 2, BBaron 2, FBaron 3, BBaron3)
Founder Lord
Benefactor Lord
etc. etc. etc. ...

I imagine each of these tiers will have a specified block of time (2 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, etc.) and everyone of that tier will be free to place at the same time. I don't think the "by dollar amount" will be further broken down within tiers, though I suppose they could do something like give a certain amount of headstart per extra dollar over the tier amount (such as 1-5 minutes per dollar).

 

NirAntae: I believe you're right about the order of the Baron tiers. I found that kind of confusing as well. I do believe they are breaking it down by dollar amount within each tier, but I could be wrong. (That still needs to be clarified.)

 

If you read this, you'll see that ALL Founders go before ANY Benefactors.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...0/posts/462692?cursor=2893045#comment-2893044

The confusing part is how they handle the added tiers, like Baron 3. You can't do dollar amount explicitly because Baron 2's should be ahead of Baron 3's, but if a Baron 3 is 95% of the way to Duke, then should they be higher than a Baron 2 who is at the base level?

 

Yes, I've seen the FAQ. It needs to be updated. The other site isn't just some random site, it's the KickStarter site. If Dallas said that every Founder is before every Benefactor, then I would take that as the truth. Either way, there is going to be some unhappy people.

 

They seem to be in quite a pickle, aren't they?

 

This is something that makes sense and I can live with. If on the other hand if a Citizen Founder places before a Baron Benefactor then I feel I have spent $3200 more then I would have if I had known that.