Spiral Knights - Possible feature for Guild Halls

Possible feature for Guild Halls

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Fri, 08/19/2011 - 05:09

AlfaOmega1

Legacy Username

I think the guild hall could have more stuff to make guilds even more enjoyable than they are right now. Since as they are, it's pretty much a glorified "friends" list. There's no real benefit or anything at the moment. And all of this would be within the guild hall itself so more actually people use it.

First, the guild hall could use a "message" board where member could post whatever they needed the guild to know. Need a certain recipe? post it in message board. In need of guildmates up for jelly runs? post in the message board. Organizing a special event for the whole guild? post it in the message board. A new member needs something crafted? post it in the message board.

Like this, you wouldn't need to spam your guild chat everytime some one logs in.

I know the next suggestion has already been made but I'm going to take it a step farther. Allow for equipping of sword/shield inside guild hall. Having to "inspect" everyone to see what they're using is just inconvenient. Sure this would suck if everyone in haven was running around slashing imaginary fiends, but in the guild hall we want to see the weapons.

And here is the extra step: allow for sharing of weapons! Basically make it into our own personal "advance training" hall and allow guild member to try out different weapons from other members. Sure you wouldn't have unbind or really "equip" the weapon at all, but it would just be temporarily lent to others. It really sucks build up that 5* sword only to find out the charge attack is useless to you.

Fri, 08/19/2011 - 07:24

Aula

And More

I agree with the message board idea. The sharing of weapons would work if there was a sort of "Guild Arsenal." If you donate an unbound (keyword unbound) weapon to the guild, then all guild members could use it, and since you donated it you would have first pick of your weapons. Maybe also an advanced training hall as well.

Fri, 08/19/2011 - 11:58

Bopp

mass-mail feature; also, integrate guild hall into Haven better

The message board idea is nice, in that it makes use of the guild hall and it exists in the game world, rather than outside it. Unfortunately, it would require players to enter the guild hall regularly, which is tedious if only because of the load time.

A similar, but more convenient, new feature would be to let Guild Masters (and maybe Officers, but certainly not everybody) mass-mail the guild. Unfortunately, this doesn't satisfy your desire to make the guild hall itself useful.

Another related suggestion is to integrate the guild hall into Haven better, so that the illusion of a virtual world is better maintained. Namely, you enter the guild hall through an artificial mechanism ("To Guildhall") that ruins the illusion. The guild hall should be a passageway in the Town Square, that takes you to your particular guild hall. Of course, two people entering the passageway at the same time might not end up in the same place, because they belong to different guilds, but this defect is already tolerated in case of the Advanced Training Hall. And what do we do about knights without guilds? Maybe there is a force field that blocks them, with an NPC explaining why they can't enter, like the entrance to Moorcroft Manor. And when you leave the guild hall, by walking out the passageway, you end up in the Town Square outside the passageway, as if the place actually makes some sense.

And, by the way, the PvP entry wrecks the virtual world illusion in a similar way. The PvP board should behave just like the Auction House. It should be a definite location in Haven, that you walk up to, to sign up.

Fri, 08/19/2011 - 14:41

Psychorazer

Storage!

I want a guild storage room! Each member can access their own private storage container, and put stuff in and take out also! Stores any of the following options: Cr, Ce, Materials, weapons, recipes, armour, trinket slot upgrades and other stuff.

I always over-spend and stuff, so having this would be really convenient. Otherwise I usually give stuff away....-_-

Fri, 08/19/2011 - 15:07

Madadder

boy oh boy... valk sure is a

boy oh boy... valk sure is a broken record.

the only issue i have here is with sharing weapons, since OOO wants you to work to getting those items (aka get the CE to do it) now if there were restrictions on it, say like a lease time set by the guild leader like 3 hours with one item per guild member and that member has to wait 24 hours before using that item again then things begin to be more reasonable

Sat, 08/20/2011 - 02:30

AlfaOmega1

Legacy Username

Well, not really lend the

Well, not really lend the weapons like you guys are thinking, but more of a "preview" of them. I guess if OOO wanted to do the lending thing they could, but lending weapons for a run is not in their best interest. What I suggested was more of a advanced training room where players can exchange weapons while in that room only. Like this, you get to try out charge times, speed differences, range adn all that good stuff. Of course, once you're out of that room, there's no lending or exchanging.

Sat, 08/20/2011 - 03:16

Psychorazer

Yep yep!

I know I've been saying this idea over and over, but it'd help! Well, it'd help me at least...

When you have stuff in your inventory, it looks like a lot, but when you use it, you often don't have much left...The storage room is supposed to hold your stff so you have to go there to get it, an not be able to just use it anyhow. Kinda like a personal spending control.

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