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Guild Livery
It would be cool if each Guild could have it's own Livery that no one outside of the guild had access to. I'm sure it would be a pain, maybe it is as simple as image size 100x100 and it is scaled over each ship size. Also as a side note Livery for dents would be a nice addition or maybe combine the two and make Guild Liveries available for dents only. Just throwing out ideas.
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Not sure customization like this is easy to implement. Guilds in VO come and go, a few of them are long-lived with steady activity, some have maybe 1 or 2 active members that log once a month.
I would suggest this:
- everyone can pick an existing livery from the database for various ship types
- placeholder area on every livery (ship type specific) for adding a custom guild/player made logo.
- uploading of player made guild logos to VO database (subject to 1 time $$ payment for additional dev work)
- members of respective guilds have access to their guild logo and ability to incorporate it into chosen livery
In my opinion, making prefab custom guild specific liveries for every existing guild and ship type in VO is too much work unless... guild is willing to pay extra $$$ for devs to do this.
I would suggest this:
- everyone can pick an existing livery from the database for various ship types
- placeholder area on every livery (ship type specific) for adding a custom guild/player made logo.
- uploading of player made guild logos to VO database (subject to 1 time $$ payment for additional dev work)
- members of respective guilds have access to their guild logo and ability to incorporate it into chosen livery
In my opinion, making prefab custom guild specific liveries for every existing guild and ship type in VO is too much work unless... guild is willing to pay extra $$$ for devs to do this.
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I think it's a great business idea to make cosmetic addons purchasable. Though I want it to be free, it'd be a great idea.
I think it's a great business idea to make cosmetic addons purchasable. Though I want it to be free, it'd be a great idea.
I like the idea, but it would probably be a nightmare to implement with so many guilds that come and go.
Perhaps a better, easier to do, solution would be to have a list of livery types that each guild commander can choose from:
1) Serco nationalist
2) Itani nationalist
3) Trader
4) Miner
5) Pirate
6) X
7) Y
The nationalist liveries could have colors/symbols of their nations; pirates with skulls; traders with whatever represents them...
A dozen or so guild-specific liveries could be chosen, then a reasonable sum drafted from the guild bank when one is chosen, which would keep fly-by-night newb guilds from using liveries for their guild until they gained a little street cred.
Perhaps a better, easier to do, solution would be to have a list of livery types that each guild commander can choose from:
1) Serco nationalist
2) Itani nationalist
3) Trader
4) Miner
5) Pirate
6) X
7) Y
The nationalist liveries could have colors/symbols of their nations; pirates with skulls; traders with whatever represents them...
A dozen or so guild-specific liveries could be chosen, then a reasonable sum drafted from the guild bank when one is chosen, which would keep fly-by-night newb guilds from using liveries for their guild until they gained a little street cred.
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There should also be some mutual exclusivity. No pirate and trader, no Serco and Itani, etc.
There should also be some mutual exclusivity. No pirate and trader, no Serco and Itani, etc.
I like this idea, but it would be easy to implement the RL money for guild livery by implementing crystals for subbed players and including them in the guild bank, but having it so normal gameplay does not gain crystals for subs. The guild livery could be free to put in the game, but it would cost X number of crystals to unlock per character.
I think Inc has earlier stated that each livery needs to be a resource in the client, since otherwise they need to be sent over the network every time. So, there is a pretty hard limit on how many liveries they can support.
+1 to liveries with placeholders
Also, it would be cool if the "major" guilds can somehow get a reward for their contribution to VO, maybe some sort of badge system for usage and activity. If a certain badge is reached (say, >10 people active for >500 days or whatever), a custom livery would be a great reward. If the reward is tweaked so historically only a few guilds reach it (from my memory guilds like VPR, TGFT, ITAN, FAMY) it would both have real exclusivity and limit dev time. I guess it should be purchased by the guild on reaching the badge in return for $$ (via crystals or whatever) to compensate for the dev time.
+1 to liveries with placeholders
Also, it would be cool if the "major" guilds can somehow get a reward for their contribution to VO, maybe some sort of badge system for usage and activity. If a certain badge is reached (say, >10 people active for >500 days or whatever), a custom livery would be a great reward. If the reward is tweaked so historically only a few guilds reach it (from my memory guilds like VPR, TGFT, ITAN, FAMY) it would both have real exclusivity and limit dev time. I guess it should be purchased by the guild on reaching the badge in return for $$ (via crystals or whatever) to compensate for the dev time.