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SERIOUS DISCUSSION NOT ALLOWED

PsylasPsylas Member, Alpha Two
This is just a whimsical, fun little suggestion for the future. I totally get that it'd be at the bottom of the list of priorities.

I think it’d be amazing if, once freeholds and castles are introduced—or when your guild owns a node—you could upload custom graphics to display on banners around the district to represent your guild. Imagine how immersive that would be! Of course, there would need to be rules and restrictions to keep things in line with the world of Ashes of Creation. Nobody wants to see out-of-place or inappropriate stuff, like the weird lewd anime images people used to upload in the original Ragnarok Online (the iconic isometric version, not the newer, disappointing one). I still remember how cool it was back then to see guilds showing off their unique designs.

And just to play devil's advocate, I could see Intrepid monetising that and doing pretty well off of it. Seems like a harmless way for the company to give the players some creative outlet, and to generate some income and keep supporting the game - other than membership fees, I s'pose.

Anyway, that's all. Have a lovely Christmas y'all!



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Comments

  • VhaeyneVhaeyne Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I love the feature Idea, but just like no guild can actually name themselves anything respectable.

    No guild would have a respectable logo.

    I once played on a RP server on WOW where you could report people for having non-rp names.

    I think I averaged like 20 reports an hour...
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  • PsylasPsylas Member, Alpha Two
    Vhaeyne wrote: »
    I love the feature Idea, but just like no guild can actually name themselves anything respectable.

    No guild would have a respectable logo.

    I once played on a RP server on WOW where you could report people for having non-rp names.

    I think I averaged like 20 reports an hour...

    Yeah, people would certainly abuse it if Rust is anything to go by. It would have to be moderated, perhaps even go through a filter or manual approval process before the banner image is visible to everyone - which, given that there aren't too many nodes, and people are always looking for an excuse to get someone else in trouble (especially a dominant guild) - would be fairly manageable, right? I'd hope people would just adhere to social norms most of the time. After all, it's in your best interests as a guild leader to be in the good graces of the moderators/devs etc.
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  • Taleof2CitiesTaleof2Cities Member, Alpha Two
    I'm on board with this idea as well ... other MMOs do have customized guild heraldry (e.g. ESO).
  • IHS420IHS420 Member, Alpha Two
    Idk... similar to COD /csgo you'll have some WILD graphic. Alot of racist and inappropriate stuff, sadly
  • daveywaveydaveywavey Member, Alpha Two
    IHS420 wrote: »
    Idk... similar to COD /csgo you'll have some WILD graphic. Alot of racist and inappropriate stuff, sadly

    Cos deep down, people are generally awful, and enjoy being so when there are no repercussions!
    This link may help you: https://ashesofcreation.wiki/


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  • britabrita Member, Alpha Two
    I'm all for complete customization. Though moderation would be required because people are gross.
  • nanfoodlenanfoodle Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    No ty. Way to easy to make willy banners and other things I don't want to see.
  • NerrorNerror Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I don't want freestyle or uploadable iconography/images I think, but some sort of ingame creation tool would be ok.

    That said, guilds don't own nodes, nor do I want to see any of that in nodes. However, it's appropriate for castles and guild freeholds, since those are in fact guild owned. But again, ingame tool creations only and not too freeform.

    If the tool is too freeform, it's probably easy enough to make a dick and balls or swastika with this tool, and then having the guild feign innocence claiming it's just a cannon or a buddhist symbol, when everyone knows what it really is meant to portray, and then the GMs have to spend time on all that BS.
  • TeylouneTeyloune Member, Phoenix Initiative, Hero of the People, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited December 20
    Psylas wrote: »
    I think it’d be amazing if, once freeholds and castles are introduced—or when your guild owns a node—you could upload custom graphics to display on banners around the district to represent your guild.

    They’re definitely considering adding User created content and having active GMs monitoring it.

    However, since guilds don’t own nodes, it might be tough to have your banners everywhere - unless you manage to get your hands on several instances of Static housing within a node.
  • AszkalonAszkalon Member, Alpha Two
    daveywavey wrote: »
    Cos deep down, people are generally awful, and enjoy being so when there are no repercussions!

    No projection Please ... ...
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  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    I mean, Archeage had this...
  • BigBadAardwolfBigBadAardwolf Member, Warrior of Old, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Noaani wrote: »
    I mean, Archeage had this...

    and we all remember how well that went
  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    Noaani wrote: »
    I mean, Archeage had this...

    and we all remember how well that went

    It went well enough.
  • CROW3CROW3 Member, Alpha Two
    I’d give player made content about a New York minute before genitilia shows up. No thanks.
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  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    CROW3 wrote: »
    I’d give player made content about a New York minute before genitilia shows up. No thanks.
    In game development, this is referred to as the TTP - or time to penis.

    People will absolutely set furniture and such up in a penis formation - we don't need pictures for this to happen.

    However, a simple CS person looking at each image (and each image being a micro transaction to pay for this CS work), and you are going to have less of an issue with this than you would with just random furniture.
  • CROW3CROW3 Member, Alpha Two
    Ok, TTP is kinda funny. 😃
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