Realm loyalty bonus! - Phoenix Freeshard

The principle of this is to make the realms more cohesive and predictable, incentivicing stability. This gives a much needed mechanics to counter the relatively relaxed decreased realm timer.

Each day after task reset if you actiavte a realm timer in a realm you get a realm loyalty bonus of 1% rp/bp/ (maybe feather/xp) bonus on that realm, this ticks up to 10% over 10 days. Logging into an alternative realm will get the same +1% bonus by the same rule, but the other two realms' bonuses is then lowered by 1% each.

As an example, someone hopping between two realms would just have their % switch between the two realms depending on which realm starts the day.

The three-way though gets a little bit worse if a mid player decides to hop over to the other two realms after having the 10% bonus activated for some variety, first day u would end up with 8% bonus in mid, and 1% in alb or hib. The second day of crazy 3 way realm hopping gets u at 6% mid bonus, with 2% bonus in alb or hib or maybe just 1% bonus depending on which realm you hop to first. It becomes slightly annoying to try to optimize, but this is sort of the point...

As a side note, if you are worried about inflation, just lower numbers by 10-5% ish to keep the status quo.

Sat 1 May 2021 8:01 AM by Ceen

In combination with a 1 h realm switch timer.

Sat 1 May 2021 8:09 AM by Talo

Nice idead but it should be more strict:
5 days played on mid = 5%, logging on hib = 0% mid.
the fist 1% hib will only come the next day,
you are not loyal on the first day in another realm.

Sat 1 May 2021 11:16 AM by Faxat

Talo wrote: ↑
Sat 1 May 2021 8:09 AM
Nice idead but it should be more strict:
5 days played on mid = 5%, logging on hib = 0% mid.
the fist 1% hib will only come the next day,
you are not loyal on the first day in another realm.

There are ways to tweak this, where u can have a 2% loss, while only a 1% gain each day - limit it to 1% gain per day independent on realm etc. And while this is certainly an option there are many ways to apply a realm loyalty bonus, this is meant as a tiny nudge in favor of loyalty versus realm hopping on a whim, with just the 4h timer limiting you.

Sat 1 May 2021 12:04 PM by Beeblebrox

Is loyalty really what needs to be incentivised? Should some kind of balance be incentivized? Based on towers/keeps or perhaps relics? Why is loyalty a good thing as far as enjoying the game? Just a question I don't feel strongly either way.

Sat 1 May 2021 6:34 PM by inoeth

loyalty=lack of deliberation
balance is the key to keep the weekend warriors from joining the strong side