Favorite Points (FP) - Recovering From Archived Caches

[+GeoBain]

As it is now it is 10% of your overall finds, archived or not. If you move points from an archived cache to an active cache, it's still 10% of your overall finds.

[+on4bam]

One in 10 available is only valid if you started caching after FP's were introduced. Anyone who had a certain amount before they were introduced can award more than 1 in 10 from the time of introduction (unless you go awarding FP's to caches you found years ago.

 

As things are now I guess I'll not run out very soon because 1. I'm very picky about giving FP's, a cache has to have something special, and 2. Most caches are not FP material, others are OK but not "wow".

I guess I could do with 1FP/25 founds and that's after being selective in which caches to do.

[+dprovan]

This is why the OP's idea is a good one. It doesn't water down the FP system because you always have 10% to give out to active caches and archived caches have a record of how many FPs they received in their lifetime.

10%? No, you'd have more that 10% to give out because the number you have is calculated including any you found that are now archived. So if half of all the caches you've found are now archived, you'd have 20% to give out to active caches.

Exactly why they should be locked when a cache is archived.

Well, I agree it's why they shouldn't be duplicated. I see the logic of locking them in place, but I'm OK with leaving it up to the granter to decide that because a cache has been archived, it no longer warrants being considered one of their favorites anymore. I wouldn't take back a FP just because a cache has been archived, but I don't care if other people like to.

 

One in 10 available is only valid if you started caching after FP's were introduced. Anyone who had a certain amount before they were introduced can award more than 1 in 10 from the time of introduction (unless you go awarding FP's to caches you found years ago.

If people caching since before FPs were invented don't want to assign any of their 10% to caches found before that date, that's OK with me, too.

Edited May 17, 2015 by dprovan

[+niraD]

unless you go awarding FP's to caches you found years ago

BTDTGTTS

[+niraD]

Exactly why they should be locked when a cache is archived.

I don't care why members change their minds about which caches are their favorites. And I don't care when members change their minds about which caches are their favorites, including after the caches have been archived. If they no longer consider certain caches to be their favorites, then they should be able to change their votes.

[+WarNinjas]

If they no longer consider certain caches to be their favorites, then they should be able to change their votes.

I agree with this. If you have now found a cache you like better then one you Favorited in the past then I don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to move that favorite.