Dojo - Clan Numbers Balancing

[Lactamid]

I was thinking abit on how to implement some balancing aspects into the Dojo building and the possible rewards/penalties of clan numbers.

First of all I want to say - I want to hear what you think - is this something that is good or bad? And if it is/isn't - why?

 

So as we could see in the live stream the cost for building stuff in the upcoming Dojos can be pretty steep. If you have a clan consisting of 5-15 players 25000 alloy is a huge amount to farm. However, if your clan consists of a 1000 players it's no biggie.

 

So what I suggest is that the cost of building things in the Dojo is based on the amount of members in the clan.

Each member adds a cost.

 

To build "Room 1" there is a formula = MxR + MxC = Cost for "Room 1"

M = amount of clan Members

R = base amount of Resources

C = base amount of Credits

 

(Should there be a curved or a flat ratio to the amount of players-cost?)

 

This way it would be a bit more dynamic, but then what about strenght in numbers? Should there be any bonus for being in a large clan?

 

Could each clan member perhaps give some 0.1% bonus to build times? A lowered transaction fee in player to player market? Or some other stuff?

 

TL:DR

Should a large clan have more expensive builds due to its numbers (upkeepish)? And should there be a bonus to having a large cland? Perhaps decreased build times?

A big clan that gets a room done have paid more than a little clan, yet the larger clan can get things done faster due to its sheer numbers.

[pdxdubin]

We don't really know how it is going to be yet.

 

We will find out soon though.

 

But no i think numbers should not have anything to do with it, due to most clans not having many active members.

 

So a clan with 50 people but 10 active members would be crutched if that makes sense. 

 

 

I think the bigger the clan, the more room for them to be able to expand, while smaller clans would need more members to have more room.

 

This gives both clans a way of progressing without benefiting either one any more.

 

 

 

And i heard a rumor that the clans are going to be focused on 30-50 members.

 

The super clans, are just super clans.

 

 

There are not alot of them,  most clans have 100 members max, so i am guessing they will focus on 50 being the target number.

 

But thats just my guess.

Edited May 20, 2013 by pdxdubin

[ZteelZero]

Nice idea!... I was also thinking that a small percentage of the alloy would be deducted during gameplay lets say you picked up alloy in the amount of 25 3 goes to clan bank and you keep 22...or something of that nature! along with allowing the player to donate more if they wanted to! Just my lil two cents...

[yetipicklez]

i like this idea allot because me and my friend are in a clan of 2

[Bowac]

well then how about we join a clan give them all our resourses and quit so every thing is dirt cheap and the war-leader can make everything instantly.

this idea is high exploitable because if a of 110 players like mine gives all their spare resourses to one player and leaves the clan you have one guy with a couple million resources to use. 

[Lactamid]

 

So a clan with 50 people but 10 active members would be crutched if that makes sense. 

 

 

I think the bigger the clan, the more room for them to be able to expand, while smaller clans would need more members to have more room.

 

This gives both clans a way of progressing without benefiting either one any more.

 

 

And i heard a rumor that the clans are going to be focused on 30-50 members.

This is very true, a killer of clans in many games. I made a post earlier on "what clans could be" and gave ides to how idle players would still be usefull. I will try to find the link and edit it in.

This sounds legit. I like it.

 

Presonally I would have wished for a set max number in a clan simply for balancing them, but as you said, we will just have to see.

Good critique.

 

ZteelZero: I think that some players will be raging like crazy over such a thing if it was mandatory, but having some %-slider option might be something.

 

Yetipiclez: hehe, sounds like a mighty clan ;P

 

 

well then how about we join a clan give them all our resourses and quit so every thing is dirt cheap and the war-leader can make everything instantly.

this idea is high exploitable because if a of 110 players like mine gives all their spare resourses to one player and leaves the clan you have one guy with a couple million resources to use. 

I totally agree with this, it would be higly exploitable. Perhaps that is something that DE's has been thinking of as they were speaking of a system that essetially tracked resources when you created something in the Dojo and it being account-bound/tied.

I would be a major flaw if everyone just dumped the resources, left and then joined after the build was done / fee was deducted.

 

As pdxdubin said it might be better to go with the size related to the quantity.