I try my best to bond with all of my familairs every day, but I have to admit it's pretty tedious. Perhaps if bonding had a small chance of netting a trinket - one of the items the respective mob drops in the Coliseum, for Coli-dropped familiars, or one food item, things such as these? With the worth of the items rising with the bonding level, and perhaps a chance of something nice from Awakened ones?
It wouldn't imbalance the economy much, as long as the items weren't worth much (or if more expensive items ere very, very rare) but it would make bonding a little less boring, and be a nice little surprise to encourage people to open all these dragon tabs.
Alternatively - or additionally - it would be neat if the familairs had a chance of "saying" something while bonded with. The quote could be put in the bonding message; it wouldn't impact the economy in any way, and a submission thread could let the users come up with their own quotes for the familiars, taking care of the bulk of the feature development. A randomized mood, action, and quote would require little coding, but would make the bonding more fun.
(of course, the quotes/actions would have to be more generic than the ones I came up with, since they'd have to fit familiars that don't have hooves, too!)
I made some quick mockups to better illustrate what I mean:
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Pros:
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[*]Gives one more way of getting cool stuff for people who don't use the Coliseum
[*]Encourages people to open the dragons' pages = more ad revenue
[*]Will make the familiars seem less automatic, and make it easier to believe they're actually hanging out with the dragon
[*]Depending on what the gift is, might be good for some laughs (if a familiar goes "here, I saw this and it made me think of you c:" and hands you a Diseased Fungus, well... thanks, little buddy).
[*]Another place for small tidbits of worldbuilding - maybe the familiars could hint at upcoming events, or just divulge some more information about themselves?
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[quote name="FRiv" date="2014-10-24 15:36:52"]
Maybe the beastkin would speak, and the rest of them would gesture--even if we get a few odd RNGs like a slug wagging its tail or whatever.
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I try my best to bond with all of my familairs every day, but I have to admit it's pretty tedious. Perhaps if bonding had a small chance of netting a trinket - one of the items the respective mob drops in the Coliseum, for Coli-dropped familiars, or one food item, things such as these? With the worth of the items rising with the bonding level, and perhaps a chance of something nice from Awakened ones?
It wouldn't imbalance the economy much, as long as the items weren't worth much (or if more expensive items ere very, very rare) but it would make bonding a little less boring, and be a nice little surprise to encourage people to open all these dragon tabs.
Alternatively - or additionally - it would be neat if the familairs had a chance of "saying" something while bonded with. The quote could be put in the bonding message; it wouldn't impact the economy in any way, and a submission thread could let the users come up with their own quotes for the familiars, taking care of the bulk of the feature development. A randomized mood, action, and quote would require little coding, but would make the bonding more fun.
(of course, the quotes/actions would have to be more generic than the ones I came up with, since they'd have to fit familiars that don't have hooves, too!)
I made some quick mockups to better illustrate what I mean:
Pros:
- Gives one more way of getting cool stuff for people who don't use the Coliseum
- Encourages people to open the dragons' pages = more ad revenue
- Will make the familiars seem less automatic, and make it easier to believe they're actually hanging out with the dragon
- Depending on what the gift is, might be good for some laughs (if a familiar goes "here, I saw this and it made me think of you c:" and hands you a Diseased Fungus, well... thanks, little buddy).
- Another place for small tidbits of worldbuilding - maybe the familiars could hint at upcoming events, or just divulge some more information about themselves?
FRiv wrote on 2014-10-24 15:36:52:
Maybe the beastkin would speak, and the rest of them would gesture--even if we get a few odd RNGs like a slug wagging its tail or whatever.
Oh well I generally like the idea.
Its nice to actually get a feeling of them being 'living creatures' instead of just taxidermied hunting/coliseum trophies.
Oh well I generally like the idea.
Its nice to actually get a feeling of them being 'living creatures' instead of just taxidermied hunting/coliseum trophies.
This is actually a really cute idea! Plus it would give awakened familiars some sort of purpose since they don't hand out chests anymore. Support!
This is actually a really cute idea! Plus it would give awakened familiars some sort of purpose since they don't hand out chests anymore. Support!
I like this idea too :) It wouldn't just feel like mindless clicking, and I might actually bond with all of my familiars instead of just the ones attached to dragons.
I like this idea too :) It wouldn't just feel like mindless clicking, and I might actually bond with all of my familiars instead of just the ones attached to dragons.
That sounds absolutely adorable. Inquisitive familiars would probably start asking genuine questions about your clan, like "Who does what in your clan?" and "How did this clan start?". More importantly, they would slip in questions like "How are you feeling today?"
That sounds absolutely adorable. Inquisitive familiars would probably start asking genuine questions about your clan, like "Who does what in your clan?" and "How did this clan start?". More importantly, they would slip in questions like "How are you feeling today?"
Even just the little tidbits of the dragon's interactions with the familiar are enough to make me interested, but the occasional random item would be really cool. :O
I love this c:
Even just the little tidbits of the dragon's interactions with the familiar are enough to make me interested, but the occasional random item would be really cool. :O
I love this c:
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Oh well I generally like the
idea.it's actually a really cute idea!
Its nice to actually get a feeling of them being 'living creatures'
Oh well I generally like the
idea.it's actually a really cute idea!
Its nice to actually get a feeling of them being 'living creatures'
It sounds really cute, and would make bonding with familiars much more enjoyable!! The idea of them having personality is really cool to!
It sounds really cute, and would make bonding with familiars much more enjoyable!! The idea of them having personality is really cool to!
Yessssssss, I would absolutely love this.
Yessssssss, I would absolutely love this.
Ohhhhhh, wouldn't it be neat if the beastclan familiars specifically had certain things they'd say to you as they leveled up?
In general, it would be cool to hear your familiars start to trust you more by saying something and bringing you treasure every level up.
Ohhhhhh, wouldn't it be neat if the beastclan familiars specifically had certain things they'd say to you as they leveled up?
In general, it would be cool to hear your familiars start to trust you more by saying something and bringing you treasure every level up.
