Player card backgrounds

If I could select a background I'd choose a(n):

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Darkslinger

Darkslinger

Notorious Pirate
I feel like the original developers might have intended on including player card backgrounds from early on, since the feature was included in another D game (CP).

Three background options can be given to the player:

Plain (vanilla) background: The pre-existing background. (w/ color variants)

Location background: A background that changes depending on the pirates location. (w/ day and night-time variant)

Unlockable backgrounds: Backgrounds that are unlocked by performing certain tasks or achieving certain feats. When unlocked they can be selected and 'equipped'.
 
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Location background - Tortuga

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badronabus said:
I could care less about a background. I would rather have the issues list resolved before I would even consider these nice to haves.
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Please refrain from posting replies that do not contribute to the thread. This thread is not one where you can vent and/or share unrelated concerns regarding TLOPO. The general discussion section of the forums exists for that purpose. All replies should be limited to topics relevant to the thread posted.

The purpose of the suggestions and ideas section of the forums is to share your ideas with other pirates including the devs. People won't wait until development is over to start sharing their ideas. Most ideas, if they are to be implemented, are usually considered to be ones that will be included way after beta development is over.
 
badronabus said:
I could care less about a background. I would rather have the issues list resolved before I would even consider these nice to haves.
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Let me just make it clear to everyone that in 99% of these posts the thread author is referring to something to be added AFTER the important problems and all are fixed.

It is ridiculous to go around on every thread suggesting something saying that I would rather have other stuff resolved. People post this on my suggestion threads all the time. We're reffering to ideas that would improve the game/make it more fun or cool. We aren't suggesting that they are more important that other bugs and old content (usually. Most would specify if they thought it was urgent)
 
Unlockable backgrounds sound cool. I like the fact that you'd have to work for certain ones and the concept kinda reminds me of something you'd see on Call Of Duty.
 
Darkslinger said:
I feel like the original developers might have intended on including player card backgrounds from early on, since the feature was included in another D game (CP).

Three background options can be given to the player:

Plain (vanilla) background: The pre-existing background. (w/ color variants)

Location background: A background that changes depending on the pirates location. (w/ day and night-time variant)

Unlockable backgrounds: Backgrounds that are unlocked by performing certain tasks or achieving certain feats. When unlocked they can be selected and 'equipped'.
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I definitely like the Unlockable backgrounds. It's a small touch, but I do think that they could be a big customization tool for players who excel themselves in one certain activity, such as SvS specific backgrounds and Quest Backgrounds. Something similar maybe to Destiny 2's Emblem system, which marks a player's activity completion based on their specific emblems. I would love something like that, and all of the concept designs you came up with are fantastic, thank you for sharing.
 
Misha said:
I definitely like the Unlockable backgrounds. It's a small touch, but I do think that they could be a big customization tool for players who excel themselves in one certain activity, such as SvS specific backgrounds and Quest Backgrounds. Something similar maybe to Destiny 2's Emblem system, which marks a player's activity completion based on their specific emblems. I would love something like that, and all of the concept designs you came up with are fantastic, thank you for sharing.
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Small additions like this would contribute to the overall RP value of the game. As long as people have something to do or a goal to achieve, they'll keep playing. I agree with your remarks regarding how players would take pride in showing off their backgrounds.

Adding an optional emblem system as well would be cool. They would be displayed in an empty spot (perhaps above the player ignore button). Maybe hovering over an emblem would reveal its name and why the player received it. Nice idea!
 
Would you like this to be client sided or server sided aka would you like other players to see them or just you?

P.S: I'd prefer this to be server sided
 
internetpirate said:
Would you like this to be client sided or server sided aka would you like other players to see them or just you?

P.S: I'd prefer this to be server sided
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Definitely server sided. The player unlocks or selects certain background types and emblems so they could appear to everyone including them.
  • The location ones are purely cosmetic and help other pirates know where you are. (with the assistance of the location on the playercard)
  • The unlockable ones are mainly made to show off certain feats your pirate has achieved.
The game that introduced this concept was Club Penguin. Here's an example of a card:

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This is a random one I found online. As you can see, there's some sort of background (out of many collectible ones) and an emblem on the top left corner. This concept would perfectly fit into TLOPO, since I think the original devs might have created playercards with a similar concept in mind.
 
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