Make the titles mean something
Posted: 16 February 2013, 04:09
Because now the titles are just some random line of text which no one cares about unless it's an extremely epic title .
- In League of Legends/Heroes of Newerth/Smite/Dota 2 , players pay to buy the " skins" that don't affect the gameplay at all
- In Team Fortress 2 , players can do everything for silly hats , a lot of silly hats .
- And in a bunch of casual online game ( Transformice anyone ? ) people pay to buy fancy clothing that gives absolutely no stat to the characters
Sure the event characters are very unique , but how frequently you use them ? They are all mercs , that means if you want to show-off the event characters , you will have to find a way to put them in and play an under-average deck .
So why don't you just make something more simple but more attractive , like special titles ? Something that you can carry around , show-off to other players and be proud having it .
Now compare these 2 titles :
The Love Champion / ♥ The Love Champion ♥
They are the same , the first one is just a line of texts , AND SO THE 2ND ONE , but it is more decorative . Imagine some months later and you wear the second title , i'm sure someone will send me a message says : " How did you get that title , it looks so damn gay , i want it ! " or something like that .
-The title should have different colors based on how hard it takes to get the title : easy - medium - hard
-Titles from event on special occasions should have different color like valentine - christmas - summer ... etc and decoration text
- Some special titles have sparkle effect ( or rainbow )
The titles should make their users feel special for having it , increasing the number of players joining events , take part in game activities or pay ( doesn't taking part in event consider paying ? ) .
- In League of Legends/Heroes of Newerth/Smite/Dota 2 , players pay to buy the " skins" that don't affect the gameplay at all
- In Team Fortress 2 , players can do everything for silly hats , a lot of silly hats .
- And in a bunch of casual online game ( Transformice anyone ? ) people pay to buy fancy clothing that gives absolutely no stat to the characters
Sure the event characters are very unique , but how frequently you use them ? They are all mercs , that means if you want to show-off the event characters , you will have to find a way to put them in and play an under-average deck .
So why don't you just make something more simple but more attractive , like special titles ? Something that you can carry around , show-off to other players and be proud having it .
Now compare these 2 titles :
The Love Champion / ♥ The Love Champion ♥
They are the same , the first one is just a line of texts , AND SO THE 2ND ONE , but it is more decorative . Imagine some months later and you wear the second title , i'm sure someone will send me a message says : " How did you get that title , it looks so damn gay , i want it ! " or something like that .
-The title should have different colors based on how hard it takes to get the title : easy - medium - hard
-Titles from event on special occasions should have different color like valentine - christmas - summer ... etc and decoration text
- Some special titles have sparkle effect ( or rainbow )
The titles should make their users feel special for having it , increasing the number of players joining events , take part in game activities or pay ( doesn't taking part in event consider paying ? ) .