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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty [Locked] |
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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty |
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Definitely agree with the OP's idea, it could help keep populations more loyal, cohesive and create a truer picture of realm balance. For some the advantage of relic chasing will always outweigh the loyalty bonus, but at least it might keep some of the people who casually drift in place.
The timer needs to be sufficiently long (1 week is good). It might be too complicated to monitor who has been in a RvR zone, rather than just who has logged in, but it would be ideal if it only affected RvR as then people could still log into their houses to pay rent, clear their merchants etc without affecting the timer.
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Soazak  Posts: 152
Registered: 2002-2-8 06:46:03
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No thanks, I like playing the full game.
Unless they're going to cut my subs by 1/3 for sticking to 1 realm.
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Date Posted:
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Soazak posted:
No thanks, I like playing the full game.
Unless they're going to cut my subs by 1/3 for sticking to 1 realm.
It wouldnt penalize anybody in any realm,you could still log in and play the other realm on the same timer,all it would do is give a bonus to those players who play exclusively one realm. It wouldnt be a timer that prevents you from playing the other 2 realms,that would be unchanged. It would would just look at your account and if you played the same realm for over a week without ever switching to an opposing realm a bonus would be activated for all characters in the realm that you play.
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Corfel  Posts: 510
Registered: 2008-4-3 12:02:45
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Soazak posted:
No thanks, I like playing the full game.
Unless they're going to cut my subs by 1/3 for sticking to 1 realm.
Ahhh...
The words of someone who never fully read or understood the OP 
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty |
Relics define populations these days. They did to a lesser extent years ago mainly because you needed to own extra accounts to hop realms. Clustering brought about the realm hopping. Because casual players (who own 1 or 2 accounts) were given the easy option of realm swapping.
I've been saying for years now that extra bonuses need to be given to the underdog realms to discourage relic hopping. And RP/XP/BP bonuses are one way to do this for the realms without relics. Either play for the incentives of the underdog realm or for the dmg bonuses of relics.
edit: And I have characters in all realms on Ywain these days on 1 account. Most of my RP's are on Alb. But I have had some decently ranked Hibs that came over from Hib/Guin before classic. And I have RR5 Mids now. So I play all 3 realms depending on what people want to play or need.
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Buuschti Posts: 4
Registered: 2011-7-5 01:05:22
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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty |
Placentaburrito posted:
I for one am sick of all of the fair weather /relic hoppers who play on whatever realm has the most relics. What about rewarding or encouraging a little realm loyalty? A guildmate awhile back had a brilliant idea to do this. What about having some sort of RP,XP and BP bonus which activates if an account does not log into the other 2 realms with a timer about a week long?
It in no way prevents players from playing in whatever realm they want but it does reward those players who choose to play and help one realm. Due to the long timer it wont offcoure have a huge impact on RVR as a whole but i think those players who dont jump ship because the other realm has more relics deserve some sort of reward for being only a Hib,Mid or Alb through thick or thin.
Bingo!!!
I'd vote for this!
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Shamoth Posts: 108
Registered: 2005-10-16 09:37:50
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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty |
Personally, I like the idea, but no matter how much you call it a "bonus" it's still going to feel like a penalty for those who do not qualify. What if you just need to pay your house rent on another realm? No bonus for a week.
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Date Posted:
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Shamoth posted:
Personally, I like the idea, but no matter how much you call it a "bonus" it's still going to feel like a penalty for those who do not qualify. What if you just need to pay your house rent on another realm? No bonus for a week.
Log in a bot account? Have a friend do it? You can set permissions to let anyone pay your rent.
How is it a penalty if nothing changes for those that do relic hop? Not to mention if you go for the relic bonus you are possibly going to make more RP's due to the increased damage and heals.
This has been proposed several times in various ways, and I think it would be a good change. Promote more community and realm pride.
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Devaster-S- posted:
Promote more community and realm pride.
its impossible!
being able to jump realms isnt what destroyed realm pride...
the players did that themselves
looking down on someone for coming and helping you kill the enemy kills realm pride...
if your in a fight, and someone joins in and helps kills the enemy, it should be a happy time, vanquishing the enemy, adding should be encouraged... but instead everyone just gets pissed and calls there own realm mates names...
its player additudes killing the community, not the game mechanics
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Registered: 2007-6-13 17:45:05
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An idea to encourage/reward a little bit of realm loyalty |
Soazak posted:
No thanks, I like playing the full game.
succesful troll is succesful
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