Hey there,
Switching realms provides welcome flexibility. I am curious if a discussion has ever been raised to incorporate some type of realm pride buff to reward dedication to a specific realm? I was thinking of a progressive buff that accumulates with time. For example, every five days a 1% bonus to realm and experience, capping at 10% or something. Perhaps incentivizing this further would yield a minor bonus to damage / healing after 60 days (or whatever is deemed appropriate). Minor buffs to coin drops and other compensations could be additional incentives correlated to a time component for the realm-pride-buff.
Perhaps it’s simply a bad idea. Or someone else can be more creative and balanced with the rewards and variables. Whatever the time and reward, I personally think it would be a nice incentive for investing and dedicating our focus to a specific realm. Once the player switches, the buff is reset, and you’re required to rebuild the buffs.
Since the player that prefers switching realms is afforded the flexibility of a fast reset timer, this type of mechanic would counter-balance this choice with an incentive to remain within a realm and its community. There is a transience that exists on this server that I believe negatively impacts the community ties and relationships that are built versus those that occurred at the games release, or when lengthier switches were imposed (Uthgard). Certainly part of this is due to us aging and the game aging as well. Nevertheless, the “realm pride” is certainly a thing of the past and perhaps this is one small step that would give it a renaissance.
P.S. I tried forum searching, but this forum constantly tells me my search terms are too generic to provide results "buff, realm, etc." Please pardon the suggestion if it's been considered in some form before.
Edit: Forgot to mention titles and/or subtitles as additional ideas correlated to time. For example, a sub-title for someone that just switched: "Benedict Arnold" (lulz) or something more serious (Turncoat) But, eventually the sub-title builds and upgrades providing a placard tied to realm dedication. I would imagine this could be a comical and rewarding system for displaying realm pride. Probably something could be done with guild buffs / claims too. Anyway, tossing in a few more ideas for consideration.
Switching realms provides welcome flexibility. I am curious if a discussion has ever been raised to incorporate some type of realm pride buff to reward dedication to a specific realm? I was thinking of a progressive buff that accumulates with time. For example, every five days a 1% bonus to realm and experience, capping at 10% or something. Perhaps incentivizing this further would yield a minor bonus to damage / healing after 60 days (or whatever is deemed appropriate). Minor buffs to coin drops and other compensations could be additional incentives correlated to a time component for the realm-pride-buff.
Perhaps it’s simply a bad idea. Or someone else can be more creative and balanced with the rewards and variables. Whatever the time and reward, I personally think it would be a nice incentive for investing and dedicating our focus to a specific realm. Once the player switches, the buff is reset, and you’re required to rebuild the buffs.
Since the player that prefers switching realms is afforded the flexibility of a fast reset timer, this type of mechanic would counter-balance this choice with an incentive to remain within a realm and its community. There is a transience that exists on this server that I believe negatively impacts the community ties and relationships that are built versus those that occurred at the games release, or when lengthier switches were imposed (Uthgard). Certainly part of this is due to us aging and the game aging as well. Nevertheless, the “realm pride” is certainly a thing of the past and perhaps this is one small step that would give it a renaissance.
P.S. I tried forum searching, but this forum constantly tells me my search terms are too generic to provide results "buff, realm, etc." Please pardon the suggestion if it's been considered in some form before.
Edit: Forgot to mention titles and/or subtitles as additional ideas correlated to time. For example, a sub-title for someone that just switched: "Benedict Arnold" (lulz) or something more serious (Turncoat) But, eventually the sub-title builds and upgrades providing a placard tied to realm dedication. I would imagine this could be a comical and rewarding system for displaying realm pride. Probably something could be done with guild buffs / claims too. Anyway, tossing in a few more ideas for consideration.