Beren Hurin
OMNI Endeavors
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Posted - 2013.01.14 18:22:00 -
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It seems like there could be some interesting lore associated with the conflict between drones, capsuleers, mercs, and NPC empires. So i'm hoping that alignment, LP, has some role to play in PvE and PvP. The 514 Chronicle suggest that perhaps slaughtering Drones may be a little inhumane to some people. Perhaps an alignment system would create some greater sense of investment and immersion for mercs if they choose to participate.
TLDR; let players subscribe to GÇÿbusiness plansGÇÖ which automatically set preferences for match types, faction contractors and faction loyalties. Each plan gives special objective, alignment and skill bonuses to reward certain gaming preferences.
Maybe players could sort of 'tailor' the way the game searches for battles for them so that they could be more likely to fight for one faction than another. The interesting thing could be that alignment or extra bonuses could come from a little bit different things depending on who's alignment you are looking for. There could be a handful of 'presets' for the way you want the game to seed you for battle (along with influencing other things). You could only change the preset or GÇÿBusiness PlanGÇÖ once per week (1st login in after downtime). Then the greater your alignment with a faction the more isk you could make. Matchmaking preferences for squads would be aggregated, but rewards bonuses would be individual. Assuming that a battle option could be cooperative pve, here is a couple of example 'Business Plans' of what I'm thinking...
Amarr Victor
Match preference: Skirmish 60%: Ambush 30%:Drone War (PvE) 10%
Faction Contractor preference: Amarr 60%:Caldari 30%:Minmatar 5%:Gallente 5%
Objective Bonus: +15% total WP bonus from PvP matches won.
Alignment bonus: +150% alignment gain for Amarr victories
Skill Bonus: +10 active SP per minute of gametime played (even after daily cap).
Tribal Loyalty
Match preference: Skirmish 35%%: Ambush 40%: Drone War 25%
Faction Contractor preference: Minmatar 60%:Amarr 15%:Gallente15%:Caldari 10%
Objective Bonus: +20% greater loot bonus from PvP or PvE matches won.
Alignment bonus: +100% alignment for Minmatar victories
Skill Bonus: +5% greater active daily SP cap.
Culture Warrior
Match preference: Skirmish 50%:Ambush 30%: Drone War 20%
Faction Contractor preference: Gallente 75%:Minmatar 20%:Amarr 5%: Caldari None
Objective Bonus: +20% greater isk reward from matches won or lost
Alignment bonus: +50% alignment for Gallente victories
Skill Bonus: +25% active SP gain (before cap [i.e. faster grind])
Patriot-Gladiator
Match preference: Skirmish 30%: Ambush 50%: Drone War 20%
Faction Contractor preference: Caldari 75%: Minmatar 15%: Amarr 5%: Gallente 5%
Objective Bonus: +100 WP from hacked objectives, +10% isk from PvP matches won
Alignment Bonus: +100% alignment for Caldari victories
Skill Bonus: +5% greater active daily SP cap.
Highest Bidder
Match preference: Skirmish 70%: Ambush 20%: Drone War 10%
Faction Contractor preference: All 25%
Objective Bonus: +50% more isk from battles won.
Alignment Bonus: +200% alignment penalty from losing faction.
Skill Bonus: none
DED Contractor
Match preference: Skirmish 10%:Ambush 20%:Drone War 70%
Faction Contractor preference: All: 25%
Objective Bonus: +50% greater active SP gained from battles (win/lose)
Alignment Bonus: No alignment penalty from losing faction, +50% alignment bonus for winning
Skill Bonus: +25% passive SP gain
So your alignment would slowly increase for whichever factions you are working most for. With some of these plans some of your alignments would go negative with enemy factions while others would go positive. Your alignment would then correspond to your isk gain at the end of each match. A +10 alignment would be +50% more isk than normal, while a -10 would be -50% normal yield. Pairing up with a squad with likeminded GÇÿBusiness PlansGÇÖ would increase your chances of getting the same preferred matches, and therefore better ROI and faster alignment increase, which means more isk. Additionally, corporate alignment would be aggregated and correspond to payouts during faction warfare outcomes. The greater your alignment to a faction the more it would pay out if you win for it. This would make it so those corps selling out to the highest bidder wouldnGÇÖt be as well off as those who have focused on serving a particular faction.
Additionally, this could be a mechanic that rewards the DUST mercsGÇÖ loyalty to FW underdogs as their loyalty may be in high demand as their systems would be under greater threat. Therefore, you could have a corp encouraging all of its members to select GÇÿAmarr VictorGÇÖ as their business plan to increase its loyalty to a faction and get better payouts during FW. |