Clan Naval Base (just an idea I had)

[TheVahl]

So, sitting around bored the other day and decided to play with a proposal for clan functions (man, I need a life).  I started out using WOT Clan Strongholds as a basis, but I put quite a few little twists that I hope would encourage activity and solve some of the issues that cropped up in WOT.   These are just ideas I put down after a little thought, definitely subject to changes.  I am hoping that posting something like this and getting the community to share their thoughts might help along the process of Clan activities being introduced.  I will give some bullet points on things as I go here.  

 

*The primary Structures I have listed are the ones I think would be very beneficial.  The other possible structures were ones I thought of later and haven't spent enough time developing the idea behind each one.  

*Fleet HQ is a structure that I want to have, but I wanted a significant benefit to it.  I couldn't make up my mind, so I have 4 options listed, give me your thoughts.  

*Once a Clan upgrades its first building to Level 6 the Base becomes open for other Clans to attack.   The battle tier is determined by the defending clan's highest building level (Level 6 & 7 would be Tier 7, Level 8 and above would be Tier 10).

*The passive benefits on some structures are to entice all Clans to level up their Structures and participate in battles.

*I had the idea of letting each Clan choose a side, Axis or Allies.  This would affect their defensive Structures (Airfield, Shore Battery, etc.)  An example would be an Axis base would receive Japanese fighters with smaller squadrons but with torpedo bombers and German shore batteries with the KM HE performance.  Allies would receive American fighters squadrons with dive bombers and British shore batteries with the RN lower pen AP.

*The total number of Structures a Clan can build would be limited, forcing a Clan to choose between Economic bonuses and Base Defense.  Please see the notes on Fleet HQ for another option on this.

 

Command School

Research Center

Testing Facility

Pursers Office

Commander XP

Experience

Free XP

Credits

Reserve

Passive

Reserve

Passive

Reserve

Passive

Reserve

Passive

Lvl 1

5%

N/A

Lvl 1

5%

N/A

Lvl 1

20%

N/A

Lvl 1

5%

N/A

Lvl 2

10%

N/A

Lvl 2

10%

N/A

Lvl 2

25%

N/A

Lvl 2

10%

N/A

Lvl 3

15%

N/A

Lvl 3

15%

N/A

Lvl 3

30%

N/A

Lvl 3

15%

N/A

Lvl 4

20%

N/A

Lvl 4

20%

N/A

Lvl 4

35%

N/A

Lvl 4

20%

N/A

Lvl 5

25%

N/A

Lvl 5

25%

N/A

Lvl 5

40%

N/A

Lvl 5

25%

N/A

Lvl 6

30%

1%

Lvl 6

30%

1%

Lvl 6

50%

1%

Lvl 6

30%

1%

Lvl 7

35%

2%

Lvl 7

35%

2%

Lvl 7

60%

2%

Lvl 7

35%

2%

Lvl 8

45%

3%

Lvl 8

45%

3%

Lvl 8

70%

3%

Lvl 8

45%

3%

Lvl 9

50%

4%

Lvl 9

50%

4%

Lvl 9

80%

4%

Lvl 9

50%

4%

Lvl 10

55%

5%

Lvl 10

55%

5%

Lvl 10

100%

5%

Lvl 10

55%

5%

Supply Depot

Shore Battery

Airfield

MTB Squadron

Fighters

Bombers

Lvl 1

45K Regular Container

Lvl 1

Single 100mm (8km)

Lvl 1

6 Tier 3

None

Lvl 1

1x 35kt MTBs

Lvl 2

40K Regular Container

Lvl 2

Dual 100mm (8km)

Lvl 2

6 Tier 3

6 Tier 3

Lvl 2

1X 40kt MTB

Lvl 3

35K Regular Container

Lvl 3

Single 120mm (10km)

Lvl 3

6 Tier 4

6 Tier 4

Lvl 3

2x 35kt MTBs

Lvl 4

30K Regular Container

Lvl 4

Dual 120mm (10km)

Lvl 4

8 Tier 5

8 Tier 5

Lvl 4

2x 40kt MTBs

Lvl 5

25K Regular Container

Lvl 5

Single 150mm (13km)

Lvl 5

8 Tier 6

8 Tier 6

Lvl 5

3x 35kt MTBs

Lvl 6

Super Container Chance

Lvl 6

Dual 150mm (13km)

Lvl 6

10 Tier 6

10 Tier 6

Lvl 6

3x 40kt MTBs

Lvl 7

20K Container

Lvl 7

Single 180mm (15km)

Lvl 7

10 Tier 7

10 Tier 7

Lvl 7

3x 45kt MTBs

Lvl 8

Try Your Luck

Lvl 8

Dual 180mm (15km)

Lvl 8

10 Tier 8

10 Tier 8

Lvl 8

4x 40kt MTBs

Lvl 9

15K Container

Lvl 9

Single 203mm (18km)

Lvl 9

10 Tier 9

10 Tier 9

Lvl 9

4x 45kt MTBs

Lvl 10

10K Container

Lvl 10

Dual 203mm (18km)

Lvl 10

12 Tier 10

12 Tier 10

Lvl 10

4x 50kt MTBs

Other Potential Structures

Fleet HQ:

Service Cost Reduction or Maximum Clan Membership Increase or

Frequency of Attack/Defense increase or total number of Structure spaces

Dry Dock:

Reduction in Resources lost when Structures are destroyed by Enemy

Pier:

Increase in Resources gained when Structures are destroyed by Team

Repair Ship:

Ship HP restored over time during battle

Surveillance Station:

Detects ships at a range determined by Station's level and ship concealment

Earning Resources

Naval Base Assault:

One Clan schedules an attack on an opposing Clan's Naval Base.  Bases must have 1 Structure leveled up to Tier 6 for participation.

*Due to Defensive Structures the defending Clan has an advantage, therefore the Resource earning potential favors the attacker.

*Winner receives a set amount of Resources.  Additionally the attacking Clan can earn Resources for destroying Structures

*Resources earned for the winner are based on the ship tier the battle utilizes (Tier 7 or Tier 10), Resources awarded for destroyed

Structures is based on the Structure's level.  Destroyed Structures must be repaired at the cost of the Resources awarded.

Naval Engagements:

Two teams (7v7 at Tier 7, 12v12 at Tier 10) fight it out for a share of Resources

Operations:

Once a player has completed an Operation (for any number of stars) the prizes previously awarded are replaced with 5 Resources per star.

For Example:  The player has completed Operation Killer Whale up to 3 stars and now completes it at 4 stars.  The player now receives the 10 point captain plus 15 resources (3 stars x 5 resources)

[awiggin]

Ok, actually a well parsed post for your first one. 

Clans are an afterthought at this point, 90% of the player base will never even join one. And I really don't know why you would suggest such a complex system for an Arcade game. Most of the player base doesn't even understand shell mechanics, expecting players to get involved in something like this seems...naive.

Add to that WG apparently already has some type of clan combat in mind, I hardly think they are going to completely redo it at this point.

This will never be a competitive game, WG thought they could make WOT on water, and they failed to understand the differences. 

[OG_SAMK]

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[aethervox]

A remarkable amount of work on your idea, OP. +1 for you, although, I have to agree with 'awiggin', your idea is likely not going to happen.

At present, I would be happy if WG actually offered the graphic of a Clan Flag in the game now.

Even before any other specialized clan functions are offered.

I'd even pay Doubloons (money) for this extra feature.

[FayFay731]

So this will be like bastion and the operations? I feel like upgrading your base will be like games such as Boom Beach or clash of clans, it would be cool if it was put in WoWs.

[Cruxdei]

37 minutes ago, awiggin said:

Ok, actually a well parsed post for your first one. 

Clans are an afterthought at this point, 90% of the player base will never even join one. And I really don't know why you would suggest such a complex system for an Arcade game. Most of the player base doesn't even understand shell mechanics, expecting players to get involved in something like this seems...naive.

Add to that WG apparently already has some type of clan combat in mind, I hardly think they are going to completely redo it at this point.

This will never be a competitive game, WG thought they could make WOT on water, and they failed to understand the differences. 

what differences?

[Umikami]

28 minutes ago, aethervox said:

I have to agree with 'awiggin'

I just wanted a copy of this for posterity; I don't think this will ever get posted again.

[SyndicatedINC]

The feels like the naval action arcade game version of Utopia, +1 for that and the well thought out nature of the post, but as stated unfortunately nothing like this is likely to happen.

[SyndicatedINC]

8 minutes ago, Umikami said:

I just wanted a copy of this for posterity; I don't think this will ever get posted again.

 

Hahaha

[TheVahl]

1 hour ago, awiggin said:

Ok, actually a well parsed post for your first one. 

Clans are an afterthought at this point, 90% of the player base will never even join one. And I really don't know why you would suggest such a complex system for an Arcade game. Most of the player base doesn't even understand shell mechanics, expecting players to get involved in something like this seems...naive.

Add to that WG apparently already has some type of clan combat in mind, I hardly think they are going to completely redo it at this point.

This will never be a competitive game, WG thought they could make WOT on water, and they failed to understand the differences. 

Such a complex system?  It really isn't much different from the World of Tanks original Stronghold system.  The added features such as Shore Battery and MTBs already exist in game in the Operations mode.  It would be mostly a matter of drawing up the economics and developing a map or two (or altering existing maps such as the base maps in the Operations).  Yes, 90% of players wouldn't join clans, however having clan activities would draw in more players and increase the participation level of many current players.  Many clan players will spend a considerable amount of time (and money) on the game, increasing profit and server population.  And that 90%?  Many of them play 5-10 battles per week, your 10% in Clans will play 100+ per week.  

 

I was under the belief that the original clan combat had been junked due to poor feedback among community members, where have you read about planned clan activity?  Would love to read that.   Having said all of this, this post was just to throw out an idea to create discussion and hopefully interest in clan play.