Tavern Wish List

I plan on spending a good amount of time in my own tavern. That being said I figured I would put out a simple "wouldn't it be nice" list. And see if anyone else wanted to throw out an idea or two.

Dim-able lights. I know cosmetics are used to change the look of a tavern but lights change the atmosphere. Lots of lights for a wedding party or low lights for poetry night. I know this is minor but its the little things that give a world life.

Control over voice chat. Having VOIP in taverns is great but I truly hope the tavern owner can mute people that abuse the system.

Family summons to taverns. I know this one has been mentioned other places and I think its a great way to bring people to local taverns. And where does every group start off in a great adventures? That being said it would be horrible if a group couldn't tackle a world boss because there was no tavern near by, so this may not work.

Changeable skins/gender/races for npc bartenders in player run taverns. kinda basic. Maybe custom greetings or messages?

Buying though bartender proxy. It has been said that you can sell things such as prepared food though the tavern NPC. But it would be nice if I could load an amount of gold into them and allow them to buy things from customers such as ingredients for cooking.

Sign/billboard. Be nice to be able to put up a sign on your building with the name of your tavern. Or even rent billboard space to other players.

Music. I know custom play lists are not going to be a thing. I actually prefer that. But 5 or 6 different pub scores from something light and bouncy to celebrate the death of a world boss, to something dark and somber for refugees who just lost their node would be nice.

These are just a few quick ideas. AoC seems to bringing back the importance of community in the MMO genre. And I for one hope taverns play a big role in that.

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TriggerTec

How about a drunken mechanic? Nothing says 'Tavern Culture' much like blacking out then awakening outside the city gates with no clothes on and a tattoo of the local wench on your chest.

Hawkwood

TheBlazedAce wrote: »

How about a drunken mechanic? Nothing says 'Tavern Culture' much like blacking out then awakening outside the city gates with no clothes on and a tattoo of the local wench on your chest.

To be honest I'm all for it.

Marcet

If we can have instruments like in Rust, it would be beyond awesome, I already see people roleplaying a music group, doing covers of songs all over Verra's taverns

Hawkwood

Marcet wrote: »

If we can have instruments like in Rust, it would be beyond awesome, I already see people roleplaying a music group, doing covers of songs all over Verra's taverns

Yeah I have a feeling Bards would be a fan of this addition.

maouw

speaking of VOIP - would it be useful if Tavern Owners could turn down everyone else when they need to make an announcement/declaration?
"Congratulations to the newly weds Johnny and Jane! Tab's open for wedding guests so come on over to the counter and place your order!"

daveywavey

I just want to be able to kick out players I don't want in there. Some kind of Bouncer NPC to make sure the riffraff stay out. And then the ability to set a timer on how long they're not allowed back in.

Jxshuwu

A knife throwing game (Like darts)

DesyncGaming

There's VOIP in taverns?

Cool AF!

Enigmatic Sage

@HixHaxxen

a way they could do "dimmable lights", they could have candle(s) around the tavern and have a degree of lighting based on the number of lit candles in the tavern.

In example:
level 0 = 0%
level 1 = 33%
level 2 = 67%
level 3 = 100%

additionally, they could do something similar with chandeliers light radius with the number of candles lit on them.

unless the lighting source is magic, then that would be an option for dimmable lighting based off that.

candles, torches, lanterns, ember pits/fire place lots of aesthetics to choose from

winner909098

If theres VOIP in taverns, you should be able to mute it.

Enigmatic Sage

winner909098 wrote: »

If theres VOIP in taverns, you should be able to mute it.

I personally dont want to listen to people screaming and being obnoxious. Not saying everyone will.. but, well, you know how online gaming can be with peoples choices of words, noises, mic levels and music spam (dmca and streaming site) etc.

It's why I am leaning towards to a guild/group/party/raid where it can be controlled amongst an invite/join mechanic with proximity/decibel cap

especially for a game with an intent for teen rating focus

Marcet

The ability to put price entrance on the tavern!

Ramirez

TheBlazedAce wrote: »

How about a drunken mechanic? Nothing says 'Tavern Culture' much like blacking out then awakening outside the city gates with no clothes on and a tattoo of the local wench on your chest.

Maybe a drink game against other players like AC vahalla

Hawkwood

Enigmatic Sage wrote: »

@HixHaxxen

a way they could do "dimmable lights", they could have candle(s) around the tavern and have a degree of lighting based on the number of lit candles in the tavern.

In example:
level 0 = 0%
level 1 = 33%
level 2 = 67%
level 3 = 100%

additionally, they could do something similar with chandeliers light radius with the number of candles lit on them.

unless the lighting source is magic, then that would be an option for dimmable lighting based off that.

candles, torches, lanterns, ember pits/fire place lots of aesthetics to choose from

This seems like a good way to control the lights that keeps it thematic.

Hawkwood

Enigmatic Sage wrote: »

winner909098 wrote: »

If theres VOIP in taverns, you should be able to mute it.

I personally dont want to listen to people screaming and being obnoxious. Not saying everyone will.. but, well, you know how online gaming can be with peoples choices of words, noises, mic levels and music spam (dmca and streaming site) etc.

It's why I am leaning towards to a guild/group/party/raid where it can be controlled amongst an invite/join mechanic with proximity/decibel cap

especially for a game with an intent for teen rating focus

Yeah this is one of my bigger worries. Anybody who has played Call of Duty knows what trash people are willing to spew. I'm sure there will be a mute and a block function though. So maybe that will be enough.

Hawkwood

daveywavey wrote: »

I just want to be able to kick out players I don't want in there. Some kind of Bouncer NPC to make sure the riffraff stay out. And then the ability to set a timer on how long they're not allowed back in.

I don't even think you need the NPC a tavern will still be your freehold maybe you can ban access though that system? I do love the idea of being able to set a timer however. I would abuse it though and I admit it. "What do you mean our node sucks? 10 min ban for you!"

McMackMuck

I love posts that ask for ideas.

I'd like VOIP to be location based around the bar so that you can have one big conversation at the bar or more private conversations in booths or huddled around individual tables. If the tavern is segregated into different sections then anyone in the same section should be able to listen in, with whatever privacy or espionage that permits. The Tavern Owner should have the options to set up the VOIP areas. A stage area may be heard all over the Tavern, whereas booths should be more private. Maybe the booths can be set to receive the stage area at half volume?

I'd like an axe throwing game where a junior member of the bar staff gets tied to a spinning target. It doesn't need any rules, just let the players decide when the NPC needs healing. What could possibly go wrong? ("I just can't get the staff anymore, I'm not sure why no one applies?"). This game play area should be a single VOIP zone.

Some time after release, add an unlockable PvP Battle Royale event that falls under the description "Bar room brawl". The Tavern Owner will need to obtain a barrel of "Special Brew", which is processed from rare ingredients and represents a considerable achievement taking several weeks. The barrel must be used for one night only. Contestants will need to have drunk enough (2 tankards?) of the "Special Brew" before midnight when the Brawl starts, otherwise they will be turfed out and locked out of the Tavern until after the battle. Players displays may be visually impaired to represent their state of drunkenness. Remove weapons, spells and abilities for the duration of this event and limit the players to using punches, kicks, grapples, bottles and whatever (highly breakable) furniture they can lay their hands on. When you are rendered unconscious then you black out until after the event. Rewards for the event may include a missing tooth cosmetic, blackeye cosmetic, broken nose cosmetic, cauliflower ear cosmetic, etc. Most of all it would be for bragging rights. Let the Tavern Owner record "CCTV footage" from fixed positions inside the establishment for marketing purposes.

mobtek

Enigmatic Sage wrote: »

Yeah this is one of my bigger worries. Anybody who has played Call of Duty knows what trash people are willing to spew. I'm sure there will be a mute and a block function though. So maybe that will be enough.

NPC bouncer wanders over and puts a bucket on your head for 10 mins

daveywavey

HixHaxxen wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

I just want to be able to kick out players I don't want in there. Some kind of Bouncer NPC to make sure the riffraff stay out. And then the ability to set a timer on how long they're not allowed back in.

I don't even think you need the NPC a tavern will still be your freehold maybe you can ban access though that system? I do love the idea of being able to set a timer however. I would abuse it though and I admit it. "What do you mean our node sucks? 10 min ban for you!"

Hehe, with great power comes great responsibility!

You might get lucky and get yourself a tavern in a city, rather than on your own freehold. So, you'd still want some way of controlling the plebs, erm patrons. "YER BARRED, MATE!"

Enigmatic Sage

these player controlled and owned taverns are a really cool idea.

perhaps a way to advertise the card games, tournaments via the use of themed banners for said events to draw in more patrons

ways to add more personalization to your tavern by said banners, signs out front, town crier with a proximity voice command from a selection of pre-determined commands for said events hosted at the tavern.

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