[Interest Check] Clan Fett Prestige

[Nevermore]

Clan Fett Prestige Initiative
Every clan within the Mandalorians has its recognized warriors. Vode who have accomplished more than any other, who lived through countless missions, battles, or achieved things that some may have though impossible. They are respected, they are feared, they are the epitome of what the Mandalorians strive to achieve. No one is beyond achieving such a status, you must only remember one thing.

They are made, not born.




How Prestige Works
All members of Clan Fett start out at the rank of Newblood, with 0/1,000 Prestige. Certain missions in the Mission Control thread, found here, will give Prestige upon completion, depending on the difficulty and outline of the mission. Some have no Prestige reward, while others can offer as much as 1,000. If a mission has multiple participants, they will all receive the same amount of honor as the mission awards.

For ease of accessibility, reference, and other reasons, all active members within Clan Fett will have their character's name displayed in the main thread. They will be placed within the category of their rank, and their current level of Prestige will be displayed below their name. After completion of a mission, participants would either send me a PM with a link containing the completed mission, or post in the main thread with the same.




Prestige System (Beta)​

Points	Level
0	Newblood
1,000	Bloodletter
2,000	Headhunter
4,000	Vindicator
8,000	Hero
12,000	Deathwalker

The Prestige levels are not, in any way, definitive right now. With all the writeups and things I've been doing lately, my brain has been a little exhausted. I couldn't think of decent ranks, so that was all I came up with.

What does everyone think? Think it would be worth implementing? This applies to Clan Fett only, and not the Mandalorians as a whole. It would give Fett players something to strive for. While achieving a higher level of Prestige wouldn't really have any special privileges, there could be the possibility of Prestige-restricted missions in the Mission Control thread if enough people take interest.

I could also use help picking Prestige level names.

So, anyone have thoughts they'd like to share?

 

[Solaris]

The level names aren't in [ST]SW Klingon[/ST] Mando'a? I'm shocked.

 

[Nephill Kilner]

Honestly such systems implemented in text play by post forums never seem to work out successfully. The points mean nothing without a large number of people competing for the points, and I like to avoid any sort of MMO aspects combined with forum RP. Just my two cents I don't think it would work out that great

 

[Gaja]

I think the medal/blood stripe system that other people are using isn't that bad to look at. Though I do agree that there should be something to distinguish someone who's been at the top for 10 years and the new kid on the block trying to prove himself [other than them saying so]. I tend to agree that it shouldn't be stats after thinking about it for 2 minutes.

Though some honor system should definitely be in place.

 

[Nevermore]

That's why I wanted to get input from everyone. It seems that the current setup isn't too much in favor, so does anyone else have any ideas? I took a look at the Medal/blood strip system, Gaja, but I wanted something a little more localized to just Clan Fett. Points was the only thing I could think of, but I'm always open to suggestions from everyone. I want the opinions of the clan's members.

 

[Apollyon]

I was going to implement a clan wide/minor clan wide interclan ranking system that followed the simple Neo-Crusader ranks of
Vhett Geverd - no stripe
Vhett Verd - Blue stripe
Vhett Ruus'alor - Green stripe
Vhett Alor'ad - Gold stripe

The ranks would in combat create a chain of command and out of combat simply show the valour of an individual but give him no presidence over another warrior. These ranks could be assigned through activity, ic interactions, and through training of the Geverd. All stripes would be placed on the left shoulder and could be removed from armor upon demotion. Just an idea?

 

[Nevermore]

I like the sound of that. It just lets the leader give a promotion to those that he deems worthy, though?

 

[Apollyon]

Those who deserve it yes, if the member shows dedication and activity they should be rewarded. The alor and his second are able to give promotions, that is all.

 

[Nevermore]

Sounds good to me. If any of you other Fett members are paying attention, what do you think?

 

[Solaris]

So it's effectively an arbitrary system of prestige.

 

[Gaja]

Hmmm I may be old fashioned [and not even a official clan member] but I like the old honor system where I trust that my brothers have my back and they know that I've got theirs.

If you want to implement something to show the 'amount' of honor one enjoys in the Clan itself we can do that, though it doesn't necessarily have to happen now.

 

[Vencu]

I know the intention of this thread was to discuss the creation of a prestige system for the clan itself and not the faction as a whole, but if anyone can come up with a better way of implementing the Sigil System so it is more appealing, I'm certainly open to new ideas or improvements. I'm not keen on the point idea, but if it works for the clan, go for it. It wouldn't work for the faction, though. We'd have people who 'farm' points just to get a shiny title.

 

[Nevermore]

True. I'm in the process of trying to think of a more viable system myself, so I'll get back to you with anything I may come up with.

 

[Mars]

I reallllly like this, bu I'm also a TOR-whore, so take that with a grain of salt. I'd probably consider making a Fett to take part.

 

[Nevermore]

I'm trying to think of a more reliable way, something to use instead of points. The idea of ribbons is good, having only specific missions reward ribbons to the participants. Maybe the ribbon even goes to only one participant of the mission, instead of allowing the leaders to just say, "Hey, here you go, free promotion."

Certainly there's a way we can get this to work...

 

[Apollyon]

Perhaps have an informal rank structure for general involvement and have an "Honor" system for those involved in pvp?

 

[Nevermore]

What I'm aiming to do is award people for participating, not only in the PvP but also in the general overall missions. I don't want it to feel like a chore, because people may begin to ignore the missions if it becomes too monotonous.

 

[Apollyon]

Missions can be tedious either way, reward people with certain amount of honor for deeds such as bounty hunting, missions, ect. This will give them interclan recognition as a warrior and a hunter. Then devise a system for informal ranks for pvpers, that way inside battles their character carries weight but outside of battles they are just like any other Verd.

It COULD get people more involved with both, that way their character is a recognized warrior/hunter for missions and hunts, while being a interclan Alor'ad. It would give people something to pursue and give them a sense of accomplishment when they do something that benefits the faction/clan as a whole without giving them a bloated head.

 

[Nevermore]

If I can think of a better way to do it than using points, I most certainly would. What about the prospect of player recommendations?

 

[Apollyon]

Hmmm...I will think about it and get with you, think tank?