Posted by Cthulhu on 11-07-2012 at17:36:
Armor / Clan Building suggestion
Hello BWT,
I have a couple of ideas for your consideration:
1) Full Plate Mail should get a bonus to Charisma & Reputation at P+
Game-play Reasoning: it is a high level item, and by the time you can wear it at P+ you are usually taking a lot of damage from players, so a little HP bonus in defence & attack with this item would I think be really positive for its use, etc.
Role-play Reasoning: traditionally full plate armor was only worn by the very wealthy & high status - therefore they would have the respect and admiration of their followers - which as we all understand is the point of these two stats. Let's face it, if you are gonna walk into battle with a shinny piece of metal weighing you down, then you've got cojones!
Which leads me to my next suggestion:
2) A new clan building called "The Clan Colours"
Game-play: this building would only need 1 level, and once built would create a new page link in the Well of Souls (or where-ever you guys think it would fit best, there being no Well in Necro, etc).
The building enables any member of the clan that has built it to add their "Clan Colours" to a single piece of armor (just armor - not hat or pants) in their personal armory at any time. The benefits from the "Colours" would add 1 of 3 choices:
a) A boost to Reputation
b) A boost to Charisma
c) A boost to Defence
The cost of adding the "Colours" would not be cheap:
a) they can only be applied to items that are G+ (possibly worked out on a sliding scale of how good the item is???)
b) the lowest actual cost would be 1 SS
c) the improvement can be removed, but to add a different improvement to another item costs again
Example:
Clan A builds the "The Clan Colours", and Player A (a lvl 50 character) improves his Good light Cape with 5 Charisma at a cost of 1 SS. Player B (a lvl 85 player) improves her Perfect+1 Vest of Deathsower with 10 Reputation at a cost of 6 SS. When Player A gets a few more levels he decides to remove the Charisma & add 6 Reputation to his G+2 Suit of Deathsower at a cost of 2 SS....... etc.
Actual costs could be worked out with a little more thought.
Role-play Reasoning: well, I would've thought it was obvious - if you are in a clan that you're proud of, then you would not only want to wear those colours, but you would expect whoever you came up against in battle to know either recognise them and be afraid & respectful.
Well that's it for now, let the debate begin.
Cheers
ps - if any Polish / French players want to translate this & add it to the other realm forums, please feel free .