Vroom
01-14-2010, 10:05 AM
If we have martial battle which is a total bloodbath... why cant we have players entering a pet into a tournament and battle against X amount of others in the same fashion? At that point, you could even implement betting on it, since no player could rig the fight to win.. AI would determine which pets are attacking which, skills, things of that sort... with a viewing area above the arena so players can watch their pets dish out some pain, not public viewing. A 2% betting fee, with odds that scale based on amounts bet would keep it from being totally exploited from a bet perspective, as well.
The 2% betting fee from a game perspective could also be considered a spectators fee.. which will get more people involved, in theory.
As for prizes, you could implement a custom pet title which would last until the next tournament (If done weekly, a week long title) which could be purely cosmetic, if you give the player a prize for their pet being the killing machine that won... or you could have the title pack bonuses, like 120% pet xp bonus, stat bonuses... the possibilities are endless, and provide another way for people to challenge one another, make/and or lose gold... while having a smaller, yet workable and long-term gold sink.
Thoughts?
Tez
The 2% betting fee from a game perspective could also be considered a spectators fee.. which will get more people involved, in theory.
As for prizes, you could implement a custom pet title which would last until the next tournament (If done weekly, a week long title) which could be purely cosmetic, if you give the player a prize for their pet being the killing machine that won... or you could have the title pack bonuses, like 120% pet xp bonus, stat bonuses... the possibilities are endless, and provide another way for people to challenge one another, make/and or lose gold... while having a smaller, yet workable and long-term gold sink.
Thoughts?
Tez