Players have been getting bored lately with not much diversity nor challenge in Emps' features. Adding ironman accounts is a simple solution to this problem and will reignite the spark that some, especially maxed, players have lost.
Ironman overhead icon:
or
Hardcore ironman overhead icon:
|An ironman will have the following limitations:
- Cannot pickup items dropped by other players or NPC's that were killed by other players
- Items dropped by an ironman cannot be seen/picked up by anyone else
- Cannot participate in group minigames
- Cannot wear sacred clay
- Donator weapons are cosmetic (remain as level 1 weapons)
- Cannot trade with other players*
- Can only purchase items from the ironman store (below)
- Cannot purchase a Guardian Angel**
*An ironman account can purchase member rings and cosmetic donator items (no whips nor blades) off of other players, with a minimum cap of 5mil cash.
**Alternatively, a Guardian Angel would cost 5mil
|A hardcore ironman will have the same limitations, but it will have the following added limitiation:
- Dying on a hardcore ironman account reverts the account to a regular ironman account*
- Cannot purchase Guardian Angels
*A hardcore ironman can earn a limited few lives (perhaps simply a GA1) by reaching specified goals: Total level of 1000, total level of 1500, total level of 2000, total experience of 500mil.
** **This may also apply to a regular ironman
|An ironman shop will be added specifically for ironman accounts
- Can only be accessed by an ironman or hardcore ironman account
- Stock does not deplete
- Sells armours, weapons, ammunition, and runes
- Armour
- Bronze to rune
- Leather to green d'hide
- Wizard to mystic
- Weapons
- Bronze to rune
- Shortbow/longbow to Yew shortbow/longbow
- Basic staves to mystic staves/ancient staff
- Ammunition and runes
- Bronze to steel
- Same stock as Aubury
- Additional items
- Helm of Neitzinot, 3mil
- Void pieces, 3mil ea
- Other unobtainable items
|These are some uses of the cash earned on an ironman account:
- Purchasing supplies from the ironman shop
- Purchasing donator items off of players
- Purchasing Guardian Angels (5mil each, limited to regular ironman accounts only)
|Additional thoughts:
- An ironman account cannot trade donator items to anyone -- an ironman account can only receive donator items*
- Upon release, allow players to have an active account reset/deleted so that they may use that account for their ironman run**
*A warning message will come up to inform the player prior to accepting the exchange.
**Some players have made their own makeshift ironman accounts already or have "claimed" certain account names that they would want to use for an ironman account.
Martin and I figure that this would be a great and relatively simple update.
Feedback and input would be great, guys; thanks.