Kenshin666 Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Im not necessarily talking about all new gear, but maybe some skins for cyandanas and such. What do you guys think? -Ken. Lotus really sucks at calculating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eciria Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I think that'd be pretty cool. +1 from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wriith Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Speaking as a warlord of a small clan, I don't think we need anything of the sort. I don't think warlords deserve any special cosmetics or benefits for leading clans. All I see can see this accomplishing is discouraging players from joining existing clans and instead forming their own for the exclusive swag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkymatej Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 +1 for your name :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediave Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Speaking as a warlord of a small clan, I don't think we need anything of the sort. I don't think warlords deserve any special cosmetics or benefits for leading clans. All I see can see this accomplishing is discouraging players from joining existing clans and instead forming their own for the exclusive swag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazard Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Would be great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperAlien Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 And it would be plat only because "it doesn't affect gameplay". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xGryphus Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Needles. As already mentioned would discourage people from joining bigger clans especially that dedicated player can build dojo single-handed. Also Ghost clans consisting of a group of trusted friends can pretty much promote every member to Warlord. In other words: - Oh look, I'm warlord!- So what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamescell Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 This is an unrealistic idea riddled with errors in un-specificity. First of all, warlords don't deserve unique gear. Secondly there doesn't need to be any more encouragement to start your own clan. Thirdly, I could make a clan for myself, make the gear, and drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkfire Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I can foresee a lot more one-man clan. Or even a clan where everyone is a Warlord. Why not something special for each rank? That will give people more incentive to perform well for a rank promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamescell Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 @wkfire this is also unrealistic, because clan rules and ranks are dicated by the leaders of the clans, you do not have to have any special credentials to start or become leader of a clan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siubijeni Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Speaking as a warlord of a small clan, I don't think we need anything of the sort. I don't think warlords deserve any special cosmetics or benefits for leading clans. All I see can see this accomplishing is discouraging players from joining existing clans and instead forming their own for the exclusive swag. This is indeed a problem, but I can think of a fairly simple solution: make the skin available for any player that is member of a clan, with the exact display dependant upon your rank in the clan. This way all players get a unique skin. Obviously, you'd have to avoid favoritism in that the Warlord gets a definitely cooler skin, merely different skins. Granted, there will always be disagreements in taste and which looks coolest, but that can't be avoided. So long as they are similar in style with only different color designs, icons, and a minorly different tip design it should be fine. (I'm speaking scarfs here, but similar principles could be applied to anything. EDIT: Wkfire beat me to it. @Jamescell, it's only unrealistic if you assume the Warlord gets a skin clearly designed to be cooler and reward them for the rank. If the skins are similar, with the main differences being for the purposes of being able to distinguish them such as colors or slightly different icons/logos, it's fine. Granted, there will always be some disagreements on which icon or color layout/setup is coolest due to stylistic preferences, but seeing as that cannot be avoided I see no real reason to worry about it overmuch. It's the same with which warframes and alternate helmets people prefer, and everything else about graphical representations in any game. I for one love the way Volt looks (though I prefer the Storm helmet to his default), for example, but the rest of my clan has a very unflattering nickname for him because they hate him. Edited September 27, 2013 by Siubijeni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maou Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) well the idea is nice, but anything *Exclusive* in the game is a big no no *besides vandals or those event mods~ weaps* Edited September 27, 2013 by Fammia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin666 Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Good points... but still i would like to see some "look-at-mee-im-a-warlord" stuff.. because we definately earn them ;) The system should be changed into having maybe 1 to 2 warlords per clan.. and maybe set the gear-havin-fun-lovin-clan minimum size to 10 or so? This to eliminate one man clans sporting management level gear. Edited September 27, 2013 by Kenshin666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castron Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Will encourage more 1 man clans rather then big clan orientated gameplay. Never going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin666 Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 This is indeed a problem, but I can think of a fairly simple solution: make the skin available for any player that is member of a clan, with the exact display dependant upon your rank in the clan. This way all players get a unique skin. Obviously, you'd have to avoid favoritism in that the Warlord gets a definitely cooler skin, merely different skins. Granted, there will always be disagreements in taste and which looks coolest, but that can't be avoided. So long as they are similar in style with only different color designs, icons, and a minorly different tip design it should be fine. (I'm speaking scarfs here, but similar principles could be applied to anything. EDIT: Wkfire beat me to it. @Jamescell, it's only unrealistic if you assume the Warlord gets a skin clearly designed to be cooler and reward them for the rank. If the skins are similar, with the main differences being for the purposes of being able to distinguish them such as colors or slightly different icons/logos, it's fine. Granted, there will always be some disagreements on which icon or color layout/setup is coolest due to stylistic preferences, but seeing as that cannot be avoided I see no real reason to worry about it overmuch. I like this idea as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siubijeni Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) I like this idea as well. Thanks. The key is making sure the skins really are similar. With rank insignia in sci-fi, it's too easy to get overly elaborate in top-ranked symbols. This would be a case of the favoritism I mentioned. An approach more similar to real-world rank insignias would perhaps be better, in that they are different enough to indicate ranks, but not so much that you can really say one has a significantly greater cool-factor than others. Given this provision, I can't see how DE could go wrong with rank-specific scarves or some such prop. The real-world rank insignia comparison is even more valid in my case here: I prefer the insignia of a lieutenant colonel, personally, which is not the top rank. Given the vastly different stylistic preferences present in any community, this same variation of preference would be present for any icons DE assigned to the rank tiers of a clan (since we can rename the actual ranks). This merely introduces a choice--do you display your rank, or not? The question is equally valid for warlords as it is for initiates. There wouldn't even be stat boosts like there are on alternate helmets, that can affect what you use. I use Ash's default helmet because I like it, even though the stat boost on the Locust helmet can be advantageous. I use Volt's storm because it is my favorite in looks, although that's less of a good example because I like its effects too. Edited September 27, 2013 by Siubijeni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xGryphus Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Good points... but still i would like to see some "look-at-mee-im-a-warlord" stuff.. because we definately earn them ;) The system should be changed into having maybe 1 to 2 warlords per clan.. and maybe set the gear-havin-fun-lovin-clan minimum size to 10 or so? This to eliminate one man clans sporting management level gear. That would on the other hand penalize small group of friends that created a clan just for them. Plus being a Warlord per se is hardly an achievement (being a Warlord of a stable Mountain clan is something to admire). Some rank indicators (like army "bars" and "stars") in clan emblem would be enough of visual distinction. Edited September 27, 2013 by xGryphus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin666 Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Well spoken. Rank indicators, symbols, colour patterns etc is exactly what i was after. Edited September 27, 2013 by Kenshin666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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