Well here are my thoughts on it all....
this rank would require 3 things:
1. M+ (100votes)
2. T3 Donor
3. Gaining Architect/Artist
when you have achieved these 3 goals, a further donation would get you Don+ and would allow creative in the survival world.
I agree its a good incentive up until the last part.
Allowing creative in the survival world ....which is the one world where I really don't want unrestricted creative, once you give that out in a world where items can be bought and sold, you open up the risk of anyone just messing things up really quickly..not to mention wasted time cleaning up messes made with it. The requirements on getting m+ aren't that hard (1 month voting) though getting Architect and Artist probably is a little tougher. So on a sidenote I think 2 other ranks that would be just below Architect and Artist that would be easier to attain and lead upto getting Architect/Artist(PixelArt stuff)
I think it should only be for those who had also donated for creative to get access to that in survival world, giving creative in the other /freebuild /cityworld maps is much better though as those maps are not tied in with the adminshop/economy.... and I don't mind players just giving away items and helping out other new players with items in those maps so more with creative there is better.
So here is my adjustment.....
1. M+ (100votes)
2. T2/T3 Donor
3. Gaining Architect/Artist (or heading towards those ranks)
Gets you creative in /freebuild and /cityworld (and any other similar non survival maps)
And this is my other option....
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1. M+ (100votes)
2. T1/2/3 +
Creative Donor 3. Gaining Architect/Artist (or heading towards those ranks)
Lets you have creative in survival (you get it in all other maps by donating for it)
(pretty much donator stuff was pre 1.4 when the survival only map came in with no creative access)
At least this way there is still a reason to donate for creative access and those donating for it risk losing creative in survival and wasting there money if they should just abuse it, otherwise most would just see no reason for donating for creative access if it was possible to get it in all maps any other way.
Other than that I think the donator tier style and whats on offer for each price bracket is more than competitive with other servers, I'd say its cheap considering its permanent for Kraftzone lifetime. The only difference is that Kraftzone is not a popular server currently and has had bad hosting problems this year so far.
All those things are not a big deal really as it doesn't need tons of donations every month, however things have gotten slow lately and certainly the kind of server bill I'm paying for now would not be sustainable at the current rate of donations coming in.
Suggestions on the donator page layout and how commands such could be improved or laid out better or maybe more in-game commands showing things better is something I could look into improving.
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Anyway there is the VIP rank I'm thinking of putting together (on the donator page) to those who might be interested in making a donation once a month. Where those on it get access to using plugins such as WorldEdit, aswel as perms to many other plugins that I'd normally not give out access to, pretty much Staff and Support perms which include donator perms aswel, though VIP are not really Staff or Support in the sense of duties and how they should be helping players or dealing with trouble etc ..they would be generally told to let Staff/Support handle that if they are online to do so.
Would only be making this rank available to those who have already donated for tier2/3 and creative access (ie contributed at set minimum) and have played on the server for like a month after donating.
Then depending on how things have been so far (ie no trouble caused, attitude etc), they can choose to become a regular donator with around $20 and get VIP access which lasts for a month at a time..
There is another way I'm thinking about maybe M+ requirement and I do VIP tier brackets.. the requirements could be adjusted so it would be possible to get access earlier but of course perms would be limited world access to use those perms in.
I'm not expecting loads of players wanting VIP in this form that but its certainly an option for those who want to come onboard to help to contribute to the server on a more regular basis and get the perms and status for doing so, certainly while things are slow on the donator front. If Kraftzone got really popular again I'd probably limit access to the VIP rank and only those already on it could stay on it.