From the Dev Blog: Alliance Medal Preview!
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Topic: From the Dev Blog: Alliance Medal Preview!
Posted By: GM Luna
Subject: From the Dev Blog: Alliance Medal Preview!
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:28
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Check out our latest dev blog post with a preview of the upcoming Alliance medal design system. http://www.illyriad.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/05/feature-preview-alliance-medals/" rel="nofollow - http://www.illyriad.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/05/feature-preview-alliance-medals/
 I'm not at liberty to share any additional details, aside from what is in the blog post, at this time. But we will have a full description of the system and how it works available closer to when it goes into the live game. In the meantime, I'd love to hear what you all think of the idea. Are you excited to get to customize and award medals within your Alliances? :) Luna
------------- GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk 
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Posted By: Rorgash
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:31
| definitively a cool thing, to remember and know if someone has done something great |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:33
| /me begins campaign to have a Crow icon added to the range of choices. |
Posted By: Rorgash
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:34
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Edit again since with more info it was not redundant im sure they will allow alliances to make their own medals :P if not then im for a improved system :D ((Edit to state that my post was redundant )) |
Posted By: bansisdead
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:39
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"With this new option players will be able to design a medal and award it to a player (or players) within their Alliance."...form the blog, cow medals are on rill... *edit* or crow medals even... |
Posted By: GM Luna
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:42
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In the interest of being super-duper clear, players do not draw or create their own artwork to use in these. You'll create a medal out of pre-designed pieces put together within the designer. You choose color, shapes, layers, gems, etc. :) Luna ------------- GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk
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Posted By: abstractdream
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:42
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Cow Medals? YES! Edit: So there's gotta be a cow in the template, right?
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Posted By: bansisdead
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:43
but you will have cows... |
GM Luna wrote:Posted By: Rorgash
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:45
| well i will wait and see how good it is, and hope that they have race specific designs aswell :) |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:46
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And crows! we want crows! I'm guessing the Eagles will want Eagles and that H? will want ... Question marks? I'm just tossing it out as an idea for the standard icon set, I think Crow, Eagle and/or a generic bird might get heavy use.
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Posted By: HonoredMule
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:48
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In a past life (and game), Harmless' forums had an award system which we had put to good use, and it's a feature we miss (and will eventually revive after some systems consolidation). We had campaign participation medals with a contextual iconic shape over a standard background, military-styled medals for great sacrifices or losses in defense of another, ribbon graphics for special contributions or exceptional performance, etc.. This would make a great addition to the game. Let me be the first to request (in case it's not already planned) that information about player medals be made public through the xml feeds or at least accessible as an alliance-private feed so we can sync the information to all the places where an alliance congregates (which I'm sure frequently ends up being off-site). Second and equally important is allowing alliances to upload their own medal graphics. It doesn't take much accumulation before generic or formulaic graphics with no topical or contextual components become a meaningless jumble. If either of these features are not supported, we'll probably still end up not using the system but sticking entirely with something we roll ourselves. ------------- "Apparently, quoting me is a 'thing' now." - HonoredMule |
Posted By: Rorgash
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:49
Horns, fangs, elf ears  us orcs dont wear fancy metals, we wear trophiesGreat idea all the same, good work
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Posted By: GM Luna
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 20:50
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While we can't promise to take every request for shapes, any input on what you'd like is welcome. :) Luna ------------- GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk
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Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:03
| I hope there will also be a wide range of colours. Don't forget pink and purple! |
Posted By: bansisdead
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:10
| IMHO any huggin related medals should be banned from the outset, as I believe this will encourage that type of abhorrent behaviour. |
Posted By: Ander
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:15
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This is so cool! How cool can Illy get?
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Posted By: Subatoi
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:18
I approve of you as a person and a player.
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Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:24
You have an objection to ravens? Is your problem only with Huggin, or do you also not like Muggin?
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Posted By: bansisdead
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:38
Ravens are ok, just don't hug them, prolly peck out your eyes. Muggin? as in demanding someone to hand over their wallet? ofc I would have a problem with that, I may be an ork but we raid, we dont mug. |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:48
| look up Huggin and Muggin (or sometimes spelled Munnin) |
Posted By: bansisdead
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 21:57
| I do apologies Rill, I thought you were condoning mugging. |
Posted By: Thatkindaorc
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 23:10
| I propose a new alliance called Huggin and Muggin. This will be a Norse bird-themed alliance (bonuses for one-eyed members) based on quick, profit-oriented raids on anyone who accepts a hug from a member of the alliance in GC. |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 23:19
| Ryelle briefly tried starting an alliance called Odin's Crows (oCrow) with Huggin and Munnin as mascots. For some reason, that didn't work out ... |
Posted By: dunnoob
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 00:53
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Posted By: Diomedes
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 07:36
This is most definitely a great idea for encouragement within alliances. I hope we will be able to offer award medals across alliances to those who provide a service 'above and beyond' normal duties. Well done, Devs  ------------- "Walk in the way of the good, for the righteous will dwell in the land" |
Posted By: Prometheuz
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 12:19
Hee Hee  |
Posted By: Prometheuz
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 12:22
I would just like to thank the devs for coming up with this development. The Dev team seems to buzzing with new iniatives at the moment and it is making the game more enjobale 
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Posted By: KillerPoodle
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 15:16
16 is great until we find out that coastal sov buildings (fishing hut?) costs 2K res/hour to maintain per level.... In other news I would like a shark (preferably with Lazor beams). SC promised (or at least he didn't say no, which means yes, right?) me a shark with lazor beams. ------------- "This is a bad idea and we shouldn't do it." - endorsement by HM "a little name-calling is a positive thing." - Rill |
Posted By: Createure
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 15:26
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If there is upkeep it will be clay and stone... because our devs hate Orcs+Dwarves apparently. And ye i'm not too fussed about medals... If I've ever done anything worth showing off then people will probably remember without me wearing a badge. As the person above inferred: sov fixes and fishing huts pl0x (and crafting... and magic schools... etc.) |
Posted By: Captain Ganoes Paran
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 18:42
| Great idea Luna :) +1 for the Devs |
Posted By: invictusa
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 19:55
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For a second I got really excited cause I thought that these were alliance specific unit insignias like the factions have. Wouldnt that be super? Still a very cool idea. Bravo. ------------- ...and miles to go before I sleep. |
Posted By: twilights
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 20:59
| it would be a really good way to raise funds for the game to allow alliances to buy certain designs for themselves, the game should really focus on making money so they can provide better gameplay |
Posted By: Northern Ranger
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 00:44
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An awesome idea, but I think game medals or other such recognition should typically be based on specific accomplishments within the game. i.e. Destroying a certain xp worth of enemy forces, selling a certain gold value of goods & resources, contributing a certain number of points in a tournament, etc.If it's left up to the whims of each alliance, some will just give 'em out like candy for good behaviour, instead of being earned for actually accomplishing something significant. That being said, there is also value in identifying non-quantitative contributions. Perhaps there could be a limited number of such rewards? Maybe there's a place for both methods of recogition? (i.e. Specific milestone accomplishments, versus player-arbitrated designations.) NR |
Posted By: White Beard
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 05:39
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Should that not be left up to each alliance, since these medals are alliance based and not gameplay based? Gameplay allready has its rewards with the ranking system
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Posted By: Gilthoniel
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 10:36
Dream on poodle boy...Dream on  |
Posted By: White Beard
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 11:25
| My question is simple: Is this pretty, but useless to gameplay , fluff supossed to distract us from the still missing sov of watertiles? That was going to happen within a week of the last major release, yet a month later we are still waiting. |
Posted By: GM Luna
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 14:27
It's not meant to distract you from anything, no. We've already commented on the status of water sov and have apologized for its unexpected lateness. This is just another project that has been in the works behind the scenes that we are now sharing with you. At any moment we've got many different projects in the works, not just one. Luna ------------- GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk
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Posted By: Rohk
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 16:33
| Luna, will people be able to keep any earned medals when they leave an alliance? As a training alliance (FDU), many of our members go on to graduate to other alliances and our members are eager to know if they will be able to take any medals earned while in FDU with them when they graduate. |
Posted By: Kumomoto
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 16:53
| Will thieves be able to steal other players medals? ;) |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 22:08
Only orc thieves. The devs are going to put in that limitation in the hopes that Createure will stop complaining about "balance." (Ya know I luv ya, Createure.)
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Posted By: SunStorm
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 04:45
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Ooh, pretty shiny medals! Thank you dev's for making these for me.... but... what about everyone else - where are theirs? (:P)
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Posted By: nightfury
Date Posted: 24 May 2012 at 15:23
everyone else is wearing their medals, You are put on hold :P
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