I wanted to clarify in the title that I don’t expect this to be something super urgent by specifying “future updates”.
This kind of games, for me and my friends/acquaintance, have always been mostly a game you play whenever you have some time and very rarely plan an evening around.
However, what is usually happening is that sometimes you drop some good items that you don’t really use and share a screenshot with your friends just in case someone want/need it.
From there I thought about the Clan concept in Diablo 3 but also the Guild concept in World of Warcraft.
So, here is my pitch:
Taking the good from both games, a clan should be something that have some or all of these features:
- Owner/Officers/Members/Recruits structure with different level of access
- Clan reserves of gold that could simply automatically generating some passive income from whatever gold the various members collect (I don’t mean that they lose a fraction but that a percentage is generated out of thin air, something small, like 1%)
- Possibility to donate gold for the players to the Clan (to boost common resources)
- Shared stash that can be expanded by spending gold (higher price) using Clan reserves
- Possibility to allow the members of the Clan of the right level to see (read-only) the members stashes content (this would help in asking X if they can share item Y). Better yet if the players can choose which tab or a yes/no in its entirety. Trading follow the same rules as of now, requiring a token of friendship etc etc.
- Perks for the Clan members that can be farmed as reputation (as for the factions) to:
- Get access to Clan perks
- Progress the Clan perks not yet unlocked
- Clan perks ranging from bonus exp, reduced time needed to drop token of friendship, to anything else that would make sense. Take inspiration from WoW for that would not be a bad idea but here is where things could get very interesting and even become the center of a dedicated season that introduce Clans as a mechanic
What are your thoughts?
If possible, shy away from “I don’t like that point” and propose instead your ideas. This is not an official announcement and I am just saying what comes to mind. You don’t need to convince me or the devs to not do any of this