Greetings fellow commanders. I've recently signed up to the forum as I've played ED since 2014 but never looked at the forums until a friend recommended them to me. I've felt embarrassed for sometime since they told me, as you can imagine lol.
My suggestion is the FDevs should consider including a Clans and Clan Wars/Challenges within the game.
I'll go onto to explain my reasons soon but first.
The game could have a Clan system that is managed by the admin of that Clan - the leaders and officers if you will. This can be done the same way that the AI controlled factions within the powers are managed.
This would promote groups of player to come together to share tactics and strategies but to also develop their social life within the game.
You would then be able to hold weekly challenges that the Clan would have to complete in order to maintain a position within a leaderboard system. The winner would be rewarded on the discretion of the FDev's. This would promote competitiveness and urge commander's to come onto the game more consistently and the commanders would be contributing not only to the Clan but to ED itself. How you ask?
Well, imagine that the Clans within the powers would help with the power plays contributions, passenger runs, community goals etc. The challenges that could be put forward are things like "The clan have to gather X amount of power play points for the clan to complete their contribution to the power plays" just like an individual pilot does when the take part in the power play cycles. This would also be a section within the leaderboards that would determine their position within that leaderboard.
You could also include this system with the passenger runs, mining, bounty hunting etc - as suggested within other threads on the frontier forums.
While we are on the subject of bounty hunting, that leads me onto my next point. Clans can also have an input within the bounty bonds that are enjoyed by many within the game.
In order to contribute efficiently, the clans would build up their clan capital too - how much money a clan has into the kitty. Clans get together to go on bounty hunts for larger groups of pirates and criminals to help regulate the order within the game. Clan missions maybe in conjunction within the powers ranking system??
This would mean clans would have to hand in bounties, again like individual pilots and again can be a section within the leaderboards.
Overall, the leaderboards would then be reviewed at the end of the session to determine who the top 3 clans are - 12 top clans from each power, top 3 from federation, 3 from empire etc. These 12 clans go on to complete in a combat or trade tournament etc to determine who the best clan in the galaxies is...
I think these types of suggestions could help bring a bigger fan base to the game and will help the game expand even further than it already is.
I think the game is amazing and would love to put further suggestions forward. I really want to see the game develop and I can see the game has huge potential. I've even gone as far as creating an Elite Dangerous page for my clan as I'm hoping that the clan idea really goes into place - I've called my clan
Any questions please feel free to leave a message as I would love to take this over in more detail
Fly Safe and Prosper!
Commander Admiral DC_Eliminate
95th Commanders of the Dangerous Elite
My suggestion is the FDevs should consider including a Clans and Clan Wars/Challenges within the game.
I'll go onto to explain my reasons soon but first.
The game could have a Clan system that is managed by the admin of that Clan - the leaders and officers if you will. This can be done the same way that the AI controlled factions within the powers are managed.
This would promote groups of player to come together to share tactics and strategies but to also develop their social life within the game.
You would then be able to hold weekly challenges that the Clan would have to complete in order to maintain a position within a leaderboard system. The winner would be rewarded on the discretion of the FDev's. This would promote competitiveness and urge commander's to come onto the game more consistently and the commanders would be contributing not only to the Clan but to ED itself. How you ask?
Well, imagine that the Clans within the powers would help with the power plays contributions, passenger runs, community goals etc. The challenges that could be put forward are things like "The clan have to gather X amount of power play points for the clan to complete their contribution to the power plays" just like an individual pilot does when the take part in the power play cycles. This would also be a section within the leaderboards that would determine their position within that leaderboard.
You could also include this system with the passenger runs, mining, bounty hunting etc - as suggested within other threads on the frontier forums.
While we are on the subject of bounty hunting, that leads me onto my next point. Clans can also have an input within the bounty bonds that are enjoyed by many within the game.
In order to contribute efficiently, the clans would build up their clan capital too - how much money a clan has into the kitty. Clans get together to go on bounty hunts for larger groups of pirates and criminals to help regulate the order within the game. Clan missions maybe in conjunction within the powers ranking system??
This would mean clans would have to hand in bounties, again like individual pilots and again can be a section within the leaderboards.
Overall, the leaderboards would then be reviewed at the end of the session to determine who the top 3 clans are - 12 top clans from each power, top 3 from federation, 3 from empire etc. These 12 clans go on to complete in a combat or trade tournament etc to determine who the best clan in the galaxies is...
I think these types of suggestions could help bring a bigger fan base to the game and will help the game expand even further than it already is.
I think the game is amazing and would love to put further suggestions forward. I really want to see the game develop and I can see the game has huge potential. I've even gone as far as creating an Elite Dangerous page for my clan as I'm hoping that the clan idea really goes into place - I've called my clan
Any questions please feel free to leave a message as I would love to take this over in more detail
Fly Safe and Prosper!
Commander Admiral DC_Eliminate
95th Commanders of the Dangerous Elite