Proposal : Diplomacy Points System

[Kier]

Originally Posted by Ferriun

This is a stroke of genius Kier, simply fantastic.
Social mini-games like these are what keeps a scattered collection of individual groups together in a single alliance. I cannot imagine any guild turning this concept down, especially if it's intirely voluntary to sign up to in the first place. Though, we have ensure that those guilds who do not want to participate in this mini-game doesn't feel like outcasts.
One thing though. Would a guild that takes a break from DIPLOMACY (TM), have their progress frozen? Or erased?

I don't think that formal measures would be necessary ; they'd just need to modify their Conclave post to indicate that they aren't currently participating - their number would simply be left alone.

It wouldn't be a big deal because - in addressing the outcast issue - my intention is that Diplomacy guilds still earn DP helping non-Diplomacy guilds.
So there wouldn't be any less incentive to answer calls from frozen / non-Diplomacy guilds : the aim is to acknowledge the goodness that members are doing, without singling out what they aren't.

I'll make this more clear if a proposal is put forward, as I can see how my original wording doesn't make this obvious at all.

[Andrain Silverdawn]

Sounds like that's the responsibility of the Ambassador department convince Arathnar to join in and I got no problems with it.

[Berethas]

I love it. Would make massive inter-guild warfare easier.

[Arathnar]

This seems like way too much work and it will not work out well with giving out points to individual guilds. It just seems counter-productive and needless, and would probably end up pissing the allies off. It would make us seem elitist and like we are the best to score others, something we do not need as it will just raise interalliance drama and make the others less likely to come to our aid. I will do whatever the guild decides but I want it noted that I oppose this exclusively.

[Protos]

At first it seems like a good idea, but ingame, the need for this might seem to disapear. And this will have negative effects, like playing with the Conclave just because. But I say we at least wait a little into release.