Hello fellow knights! (I'm new to the forums so please don't bash this thread.)
I searched the forums and found nothing on this subject. The idea emerged in my mind earlier while I was down in the Clockworks and I decided to offer one of my friends to join me on an F.S.C. run. They declined and said "I'm too lazy to do a run right now.", so I thought of a new idea that was probably never introduced to the community. Leeching players.
Example: John wants to do a Jelly King run and get a few extra crowns out of it and his friend Peter wants to join but he's about to miss a 15 minute show on T.V. So John decides to tell him he can join and leech off of him doing the run as long as he pays 1k Crowns in return. So Peter agrees and comes with John. Peters dies then watches his show on T.V. Once the commercial comes up Peter checks on the run and suddenly John is on the elevator. He goes down and lets himself die again. John continues and does the rest of the run. Peter pays John the 1k Crowns and both are now content with the gain. John gets 3.7k Crowns and Peter gets 1.7k Crowns.
What I mean by "Leeching players.", is if a person doesn't feel like putting much effort into a run but they still want the reward. They could just join the run and let them self/themselves die while the other person does the work (Only if the person who dies and lets the other person do the work wants Crowns, Materials, and Tokens from the run, as it will provide little heat.). While they're dead they can go do something else meantime and estimate the amount of time the person will get it done. Depending on how much time they say they will take or how much time they take you pay them a certain currency (C.E./Crowns). You can pay them before the run or after. Up to you or the other person.
Just make sure they're trustworthy and aren't going to scam you.
And that concludes my idea for now! I'll be back to proof read, edit, and etc.
Why would you let other people leech, they are going to take advantage of you while you carry them around on a run. Monsters will get harder, you will get less materials and your friend will earn crowns by doing nothing.
It is the same as going solo but at a higher difficulty and lower material output.