Anyone who plays Warframe knows about Clans, further, having been in a Clan they'll know about the custom clan emblem. Basically, the feature works likes this:
A clan is formed and some smarty pants with Photoshop and so on, designs a clan logo (or emblem).
Clan emblems are a way for players to publicly associate themselves with a clan.
In order to prevent crude, rude and otherwise unpleasant clan emblems from appearing (because apparently gamers have the emotional maturity of a bag of dog food), Digital Extremes ["DE"] (the developers of Warframe) do two things.
1) They charge a fee (of about $10-$20) per submission of a clan emblem,
and
2) They validate that the clan emblem passes all their requirements (including design/size etc).
Now, Lord Braben has I believe at one point expressed that ED will not have a clan system in the game (a fundamental mistake if you ask me as corporation wars for moons and planets would be epic), however I believe my suggestion would, at the very least, allow for a minor clan system.
Player organisations, such as Ghost Squadron, EIC, Diamond Frogs, Pixel Bandits Security Force and so on that already exist through the use of websites like Inara, could submit to FDev their organisations logo.
FDev requirements could be similar to DE's:
1) There would be a cost involved in the submission of the logo; perhaps the UK equivalent of about $10-$20 per submission.
2) The logo is upheld to FDev's level of quality; if it is found wanting the submission is denied and the organisation gets to resubmit (I'm not sure how DE handle resubmissions of rejected emblems).
3) The system works on a first-come first-serve basis, and FDev could set a turn around time of say 5 organisation logos a week,
4) The logo's are implemented into the game in the form of ship decals.
Now comes the difficult bit.
Warframe is able to distinguish who belongs to what clan, if at all. In doing so, a non-member cannot obtain another clans emblem. So how do we do this in ED?
A possible solution would be to have an access list accessible via the ED website - those on the access list are permitted to distribute a unique once-off redeemable voucher that is tied to their account. A new member will receive the voucher code, input it into their account management page and be able to access the image in the game. For security purposes, those with access rights can remove access to a member - which removes the decal from the members ship and game the next they log in.
The purpose of this is to a) satisfy players' nigh-overwhelming desire for ship names and b) create a sense of in-game unity.
This has likely been suggested before, and if it hasn't I'll be genuinely surprised.
If you made it this far, have a gander at my leet Photoshop skills - and thanks for reading.
A clan is formed and some smarty pants with Photoshop and so on, designs a clan logo (or emblem).
Clan emblems are a way for players to publicly associate themselves with a clan.
In order to prevent crude, rude and otherwise unpleasant clan emblems from appearing (because apparently gamers have the emotional maturity of a bag of dog food), Digital Extremes ["DE"] (the developers of Warframe) do two things.
1) They charge a fee (of about $10-$20) per submission of a clan emblem,
and
2) They validate that the clan emblem passes all their requirements (including design/size etc).
Now, Lord Braben has I believe at one point expressed that ED will not have a clan system in the game (a fundamental mistake if you ask me as corporation wars for moons and planets would be epic), however I believe my suggestion would, at the very least, allow for a minor clan system.
Player organisations, such as Ghost Squadron, EIC, Diamond Frogs, Pixel Bandits Security Force and so on that already exist through the use of websites like Inara, could submit to FDev their organisations logo.
FDev requirements could be similar to DE's:
1) There would be a cost involved in the submission of the logo; perhaps the UK equivalent of about $10-$20 per submission.
2) The logo is upheld to FDev's level of quality; if it is found wanting the submission is denied and the organisation gets to resubmit (I'm not sure how DE handle resubmissions of rejected emblems).
3) The system works on a first-come first-serve basis, and FDev could set a turn around time of say 5 organisation logos a week,
4) The logo's are implemented into the game in the form of ship decals.
Now comes the difficult bit.
Warframe is able to distinguish who belongs to what clan, if at all. In doing so, a non-member cannot obtain another clans emblem. So how do we do this in ED?
A possible solution would be to have an access list accessible via the ED website - those on the access list are permitted to distribute a unique once-off redeemable voucher that is tied to their account. A new member will receive the voucher code, input it into their account management page and be able to access the image in the game. For security purposes, those with access rights can remove access to a member - which removes the decal from the members ship and game the next they log in.
The purpose of this is to a) satisfy players' nigh-overwhelming desire for ship names and b) create a sense of in-game unity.
This has likely been suggested before, and if it hasn't I'll be genuinely surprised.
If you made it this far, have a gander at my leet Photoshop skills - and thanks for reading.
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