Hello Everyone, Though I have heard it before, I could not find a specific suggestion that fits this thought. Parts of it, yes, but not the whole.
Essentially – I would like to suggest that Decorative and Skin packages be added to the game as purchasable packaged content. My reasons are below;
Many want them, but console players cannot have them. There have been many different suggestions related to the addition of decorative added since the new suggestion forum has been added, and I think it is time the ideas are noticed and given the attention they deserve.
It is a new form of funding that would not break the gameplay of the game. If the mods add only items to build, decorate, and re-skin their effects on the overall flow of the gameplay would be minimal. And as they would be attached to the users accounts, you would have to purchase them to be able to use them, so each person who wanted to could, but at a cost. Unlike now where only PC players have the ability through mods. The engrams could be treated like the HLNA device and would be linked to the individuals account.
New items that wildcard will not have to create, only implement. They seem to have so much to work on, between game breaking issues, crashes, join failures, and the delayed start up dates of about every map they have put out. Having other “teams” (mod creators or modding groups) create mods to the Wildcard standard to minimize crashing when implement, would cut down on their work to have the items added, allow the work the Modder’s do be worth more, and give players another option as to how they play the game.
It would not change the game to pay-to-win, but rather pay-to-decorate. Which means it would be optional for the purchaser. Those who care about it could put in the money for it and those that don’t, won’t. So if you can afford it and want it, great – but if you can’t, you can still play.
New Items to decorate/play with. Frankly speaking, it has been a long time since console players have received anything new to build with. And by new, I mean new texture and material – not new size or shape as brought to us with the homestead update. Besides a few platforms and a rather unfriendly Tek bridge, we haven’t received anything new to build with since Scorched Earth with adobe. Which means that while we have been able to explore new maps, tame a few creatures, and learn a couple of new engrams – we have been building with essentially the same materials since Scorched Earth. I think something new is well overdue.
There are other reasons as well, but those are the thoughts to come to mind. And it isn’t as though there isn’t already a starting point for them to choose from. Below are a few that could easily be used as examples;
Eco’s Empires – Babylonian
Eco’s Empires – Inca
Eco’s Empires – Khmer
Eco’s Empires – Romans
Eco’s Primordial Décor
Eco’s Primordial Saddles
Eco’s Aberration Décor
Eco’s Stable Structures and Décor
EcoTrees
Eco in Wonderland
Eco’s RP Décor
Eco’s Scorched Earth Décor
Eco’s Tek Décor
Eco’s Shoppe Décor
Eco’s Terrariums
Eco’s Garden Décor
Eco’s Camping Décor
Eco’s Extinction Foliage
GlassMetal
Castle, Keeps, & Forts – either as an entire package or one split into build types
Stairs Mod with Rounded Walls
Pillars Plus
Stackable Foundation
Lumber Building – Pulled from Primitive Plus
Brick Building – Pulled from Primitive Plus
These are just a few mods, or are parts of mods (or gameplay) that could be built into Packages. For example, Eco’s Empires – Inca, could essentially be an entire package. For a price, say $5.00 (just an example), your character would either auto learn, or have the opportunity to learn with the purchase of engram points, items from the package while playing in game. And as they would follow your user, they would go with you regardless of the character. So no matter which character you may be playing that day, you would have access to the engrams in that set.
Doing so would be a way for us to have access to mods – but at the same time not. We wouldn’t have the ability to get them all, nor would we have the ability to get them quickly. However if it were an option for Modder’s to create something that could be used beyond PC gameplay that would help fund both their projects and for Wildcard to fund themselves, I can’t see a true downside.
Now, it could be argued that it would not be needed – true, you can play the game without the items. It could be argued that the time to create them would take away from game fixes and new Wildcard content, and that too, would be true. However, it is also a way for them to earn more money to hire more people to fix the items that are broken and a way for them to bring in more content that people are familiar with that they would love to play with.
So just like any other suggestion, there are upsides and downsides. There will be those that like the suggestion, and those that hate it. However at the end of the day, it is merely a suggestion that I believe has more upsides than down and one that while may be fun to discuss, probably doesn’t have a high chance of being implemented.
Yet I still believe it is worth being said. And that said, thanks for reading – I can’t wait to hear what you may have to say.
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SapphireSam7
Purchasable Decorative and Skin Packages
Hello Everyone,
Though I have heard it before, I could not find a specific suggestion that fits this thought. Parts of it, yes, but not the whole.
Essentially – I would like to suggest that Decorative and Skin packages be added to the game as purchasable packaged content. My reasons are below;
There are other reasons as well, but those are the thoughts to come to mind. And it isn’t as though there isn’t already a starting point for them to choose from. Below are a few that could easily be used as examples;
These are just a few mods, or are parts of mods (or gameplay) that could be built into Packages. For example, Eco’s Empires – Inca, could essentially be an entire package. For a price, say $5.00 (just an example), your character would either auto learn, or have the opportunity to learn with the purchase of engram points, items from the package while playing in game. And as they would follow your user, they would go with you regardless of the character. So no matter which character you may be playing that day, you would have access to the engrams in that set.
Doing so would be a way for us to have access to mods – but at the same time not. We wouldn’t have the ability to get them all, nor would we have the ability to get them quickly. However if it were an option for Modder’s to create something that could be used beyond PC gameplay that would help fund both their projects and for Wildcard to fund themselves, I can’t see a true downside.
Now, it could be argued that it would not be needed – true, you can play the game without the items. It could be argued that the time to create them would take away from game fixes and new Wildcard content, and that too, would be true. However, it is also a way for them to earn more money to hire more people to fix the items that are broken and a way for them to bring in more content that people are familiar with that they would love to play with.
So just like any other suggestion, there are upsides and downsides. There will be those that like the suggestion, and those that hate it. However at the end of the day, it is merely a suggestion that I believe has more upsides than down and one that while may be fun to discuss, probably doesn’t have a high chance of being implemented.
Yet I still believe it is worth being said. And that said, thanks for reading – I can’t wait to hear what you may have to say.
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