(02-14-2020, 05:27 AM)Davin Wrote: Question:  If clans rarely want to remain Independent (as I thought I was being told) because there's no motivation for it, then why give an all-around signing bonus to effectively everyone?  If everyone gets a bonus or everyone doesn't get a bonus, doesn't that make it pretty much the same either way?

(02-14-2020, 10:51 AM)FutureSojourner Wrote: I see your point, the sign-on bonus would encourage factional play -- which is the heart of the game.  It would not be the same game if everyone was Independent and no one declared for a faction.  It might also change things if some factions added additional bonuses out of their dispensation budgets to get more people to sign up for their factions -- creating a "competition" of sorts.  This would also cut back on conflicts -- players playing in competing factions.

(02-17-2020, 04:14 AM)DreamWeaver Wrote: Davin I hear what your saying but think of it this way, in the real world when you start a new job skill people are almost always given a signing bonus. Why do companies do that? Well a lot of times it to help the new employee get appropriate clothing for the job or other matters to get them ready to start the job. Well Clans in Midgard are the Skill assets that Factions wish to have join their teams. They give the Signing Bonus to give the clan a additional step up to buy more appropriate weapons types, horses, uniforms, food stuffs, and resources to do things like building things to make more Awards. It cost crowns in game to Train, Recruit retainers, and buy building materials to build stuff. Thus it takes money to make money. The signing bonus I came up with was a simple 100 Retainers, 5,000 Crowns, 1,000 Influence and is more than enough to add to the normal startup clan funs to get the clan along to begin life in any faction. Oh the Crowns might actually need to be higher like 10,000 Crowns, but it all depends on the costs of items on your markets too. I am just basing on what worked in the past in this game.