Mutiny Worth 600 Doubloons?

[t3h3th32]

Not that I have any particular problem with this, I just find it to be a bit wee funny:

 

The members of a particular Team will have an option to dismiss the Leader from their position. To do this, right-click on the Leader's name and select "Dismiss the Leader". The dismissal option will come at a cost (600 Doubloons). After that, the vote to dismiss the Leader is initiated. The dismissal of the Leader requires a unanimous vote from all participants in a given Team. The time for voting is limited. If the Leader is dismissed, the team are reimbursed for a portion of the amount paid to hold a vote to dismiss them. The dismissed Leader is removed from the Team. The Leader functions are transferred to the player who initiated the vote.

 

Cheers,

~t3h'Pâr4d0x

[Kazomir]

Waiting for  the time when a Login into the game would cost 5 gold because your presence causes stress to the servers.

[AgarwaenME]

Waiting for  the time when a Login into the game would cost 5 gold because your presence causes stress to the servers.

 

You mean the game would require payment? That's UNHEARD OFF!! OMG!!

 

Or wait, maybe it was the defacto standard before f2p became common.

[Admiral_H_Nelson]

Not that I have any particular problem with this, I just find it to be a bit wee funny:

 

 

Cheers,

~t3h'Pâr4d0x

 

Presumably teams will have names.  Maybe one of them could be called "The Bounty".

 

Then we could have "Mutiny on the Bounty"

 

(...err....I'll get my coat. )

[AgarwaenME]

 

Presumably teams will have names.  Maybe one of them could be called "The Bounty".

 

Then we could have "Mutiny on the Bounty"

 

(...err....I'll get my coat. )

 

I'd pay 600 gold to stop that joke 

[IamTroublemaker]

This is just silly. I highly doubt things like this will ever happen anyway.

[Jethro_Grey]

This is just silly. I highly doubt things like this will ever happen anyway.

 

I do believe this will happen on a regualr basis, considering our playerbase.

All the leader has to do, is making one or two decisions that are considered "bad" by one or more players and bam, removed from your own team.

This is the function that will net WG more coin then Premiums, Dubloons, Premiumtime and flags ever will.

[Kurbain]

 

I do believe this will happen on a regualr basis, considering our playerbase.

All the leader has to do, is making one or two decisions that are considered "bad" by one or more players and bam, removed from your own team.

 

Who the hell would pay 600 doubloons for that, though?

Easier to just create a new team, which costs 300,000 credits.

[IamTroublemaker]

 

I do believe this will happen on a regualr basis, considering our playerbase.

All the leader has to do, is making one or two decisions that are considered "bad" by one or more players and bam, removed from your own team.

This is the function that will net WG more coin then Premiums, Dubloons, Premiumtime and flags ever will.

 

I highly doubt persons like that will make teams and have 5-6-7 or more players with them. Normally groups discuss that kinda stuff (including leaderships) and unless he is some sort of an egomaniac then I do not see how it would cause any problems.

 

Unless he is the person that clicks battle and does basically everything? Then it would be just silly because if he goes offline for a longer time. It would be just ridiculous that someone has to pay 600 (has to buy 1000 doubloons even though its closer to 500, which does seem like some sort of an milking attempt) because the leader had some RL things to do.

[Tubit101]

WG are just ensuring that if there's screwing over to be had, they will be the biggest over-screwer.

[SonofaSailor]

Pay to throw out the boss? That's not so much mutiny as a workers strike!

 

Do we get to elect a Union Rep? How much gold do we pay for a our union subs? Is there a working mens drinking club? If we make up our own protest placards can we claim the costs back? Does union membership come with health insurance and legal aid? Is there a newsletter?

[t3h3th32]

This is just silly. I highly doubt things like this will ever happen anyway.

 

Not for WG staff to take it any personally, I'm just under an impression, that during a 0.5.3 board meeting, the senior producer was like: "We need to find more ways to put in micro-transactions, c'mon y'all, brainstorm, give me some ideas!" and then some new intern nervously rises his hand, because everybody else is silent and suggests this and it instantly winds up in the final release.

 

But then again, I really don't care, it just has very little significance for me, but in the end, I guess, we might appreciate it after all, especially those ones of us, who're rocking the Jolly Roger flag, we'll become famous over infiltrating as many teams as possible and causing as many mutinies, as possible.

 

But it's still funny.

 

Cheers,

~t3h'Pâr4d0x

[Jethro_Grey]

I'm not blaming WG for their decision to make a mutiny a costly affair, it's actually something that could make some folks think twice about that.

Personally, i'd rather see that function gone for good, if someone has difficultys adjusting to how someone runs a team, there should only be one real option: leave.

 

I do think that people will use this function.

[MudMonkey]

So others take over the "mini-clan" (as I call it) which the former leader opened up for 300 gold. Uhm....do you at least get your gold back? I couldn't find anything about that.

[V_RASK]

War and politics, they are so close.

 

[Tubit101]

 

Not for WG staff to take it any personally, I'm just under an impression, that during a 0.5.3 board meeting, the senior producer was like: "We need to find more ways to put in micro-transactions, c'mon y'all, brainstorm, give me some ideas!" and then some new intern nervously rises his hand, because everybody else is silent and suggests this and it instantly winds up in the final release.

 

Patch 0.5.4 - introducing: Warship Hats!

[daki]

 

I do believe this will happen on a regualr basis, considering our playerbase.

All the leader has to do, is making one or two decisions that are considered "bad" by one or more players and bam, removed from your own team.

This is the function that will net WG more coin then Premiums, Dubloons, Premiumtime and flags ever will.

 

Not really. Please note that you need a unanimous vote of all team members excluding the leader to kick him out. So if a leader looses support of every single one of his teammates then it is a well deserved dismissal.

About the income for WG, I have no idea how you  "calculated" that it will bring big revenues to them - I suspect it is just a wild [edited]guess from your part without much though put into it .

Lets assume that we have 1.000 teams. Lets assume that within 1 year 50% of teams will mutiny (which is quite unlikely). This means that WG will collect 500x600d = 300.000 doubloons. This is the equivalent of about EUR 1.000 income per year - peanuts in other words. Lets be honest, the amount paid to developers to implement this functionality has cost them several times more than any annual income they may collect.

 

Speaking of team creation costs, please remember that anyone can create 1 team. Only if you want to own more, do you have to pay some doubloons.

[Aotearas]

So one pays 600 Doubloons and if just one dude didn't vote within the limited timeframe or voted against the dismissal, you just threw them away?

 

Gee, can't even mutineer without WG adding sozio-engineered RNG. Does it at least come with a chance to detonate leaders?

[daki]

So one pays 600 Doubloons and if just one dude didn't vote within the limited timeframe or voted against the dismissal, you just threw them away?

 

 

Exactly, it is meant to be a measure of last resort (against incurable trolling idiots), thus also the doubloon cost.

If you are unhappy in a team but do not have the support of all other teammembers (excl. leader), then just leave the team...

No one is forcing anyone to be a part of a specific team, that much should be clear.

[Admiral_H_Nelson]

It's a good job that Teams are restricted to using Tier 7 & 8 ships. At least you'll only have to face the prospect of a mutiny.

 

The Tier 3 Aurora has got form for firing its guns and starting a Revolution!

[Venatacia]

Paying to enter battles now, did I miss something?. Why would you pay to have a team battle, is that like renting some server space or something?. Must of banged my head because this sounds ridiculous.

[Shaka_D]

How exactly did they get to the figure 600? What goes on inside the heads of certain WG employees responsible for this decision?

[gr0pah]

So others take over the "mini-clan" (as I call it) which the former leader opened up for 300 gold. Uhm....do you at least get your gold back? I couldn't find anything about that.

 

Yes. Explicitly stated.

[Admiral_noodle]

Paying to enter battles now, did I miss something?. Why would you pay to have a team battle, is that like renting some server space or something?. Must of banged my head because this sounds ridiculous.

 

You pay to set up a team. So that people don't set up millions. Each. 

[JapLance]

That's stupid. If you don't like how the boss is doing things just leave and create another team of your own.