Ember Online

Something ive always thought was a neat feature was the ability to apply for guilds at the start of the game (or at any point of the game). If we can get a player in a guild right away they can find help if needed and ask important questions. It also gives them some what of a community feel right away (since no one really hangs in the tutorial area you usually wont see another player for like 20mins and can seem like a ghost town).

Im not super sure how this would be done but something showing say the top 3-5 guilds current active members and a little button or command to apply would be great.

For example you log on for the first time get your logon message and stuff and somehow you see something about current active guilds and to apply

-Consider Joining One Of These Helpful Guilds To Get Started-
(you can always change later but this is a a great way to get started and the help you might need)

Brotherhood <This is a pve guild that does boss runs but also participates in player vs player events>
Current total members: 100
Current Online Members: 5
Type /apply brotherhood <message> to apply

Purg <This is a leveling guild for all players that also does pvp and mosh events>
Current total members: 70
Current Online Members: 8
Type /apply purg <message> to apply

silhouette <This is a boss killing guild and does not take part in killing other players>
Current total members: 25
Current Online Members: 6
Type /apply silhouette <message> to apply


The clan description would be written by one of the guild leaders or whatever and when someone applied it would be sent to current clan players online or pm'd to leaders if no one is online?



Anyways I think it would help capture some of these players who are checking out the game but not really seeing anyone at first. We might want to checkout how we are introducing players to the game as well. While the tutorial really covers everything needed its a lot of information to just throw at a player at once while its all important its not the ideal way to start a game (reading for 20 mins). talking to a few players it can be overwhelming a bit going up and down finding certain npcs when names are chopped off on npc bar etc. Im not sure what the solution is but ive talked to a few players who have just left during it and i believe it may be a bit much. so that might be something to look at too.

I like the idea of a more in depth social system in general, so this would be a very nice way for that to get started. Though I think instead of it only showing the most active guilds, it should show a completely random one along with a message that tells them how to see a list of all active guilds that have had an officer or leader online in the last day. Only showing the most active ones would ensure that those guilds keep being the most active ones unless they implode.

Satsujin wrote:I like the idea of a more in depth social system in general, so this would be a very nice way for that to get started. Though I think instead of it only showing the most active guilds, it should show a completely random one along with a message that tells them how to see a list of all active guilds that have had an officer or leader online in the last day. Only showing the most active ones would ensure that those guilds keep being the most active ones unless they implode.

I like where you are going with that you dont want to favor anyone but honestly my priority would be to get a new player into the most active guild possible rather and ensure guild balance atm. I think showing the top 5 active guilds is a safe bet no one wants to join a random guild with no one active in it. It would be up to the guild leaders to write a good message letting new players know hey we help new players level or we pk or we do bosses etc.

Honestly i doubt there are even 10 guilds in the game atm and really only 4-5 active ones

This is a cool idea! I suppose it could be done for any character logging in without a guild, and could perhaps have an off toggle for those wishing to play outside a guild.

Folder wrote:This is a cool idea! I suppose it could be done for any character logging in without a guild, and could perhaps have an off toggle for those wishing to play outside a guild.

Yea that would be a good idea!

something like a message: recruiting guilds and then the list like i posted above.

It's going to display the top 3 guilds currently active. I don't want to base it off total members because people can make tons of characters and whatnot to get up. Plus inactives, clan could have a full amount..

I figure if it displays the top 3 current active guilds at 'THAT' time they would also get guilds that are based on their timezone too, which should help them too play with their own.