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Idea: Clan Cup as RS3's DMM?

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Lisaa
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(Pasting from my reddit post the other day, so forgive the casual nature of it)

Could the Jagex Clan Cup be RS3's Version of DeadMan Mode?

So I was doing some thinking earlier (usually that's very dangerous for me)....

Years back, Jagex used to host the Clan Cup. It was pretty standard, clans would enter, compete in their respective field, and the winning clan would get their own custom logo in the cloak customizations, get their recruitment thread stickied, their name on the plaque (no not the teeth type of plaque, the big golden sign) and something about signed concept art. Anyway, it used to be a big deal, especially the PvP tournament.

For the last few years, Jagex left it up to the community to manage, and Jagex would just toss out rewards when people said who won. Naturally the player-run Clan Cups weren't as well run and attendance suffered as a result. Personally, I think the people who organized the player-run Clan Cups did an amazing job with the tools given, and the only ways to improve it would've been to require more Jmod involvement.

Last October, Jagex decided to try to have something like OSRS's DMM for RS3. We all knew it and hated it as Dimension of the Damned - so horrible it was never repeated. Anyway, that event didn't go so well, in no small part due to the fact that it had no real meaning to the community.

So, where is this annoying wall of text leading to? Well....
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12-Apr-2018 03:00:39 - Last edited on 12-Apr-2018 03:03:18 by Lisaa

Lisaa
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I'd like to propose Jagex reinstate the Clan Cup Tournament, and use it as RS3's version of DeadMan Mode. A separate server could be added called the "Clan Cup" server, which has global PvP. Everybody would start fresh as a level 3, but clans could "import" themselves in advance (post on a thread, Jmod adds their clan to the Cup server?) so their members are automatically in their clan when the Clan Cup server goes live. Clans will need to work together to train up, get gear, kill competition, hoard resources, etc.... until the Clan Cup Finale.

Honestly, not sure how the Finale could work, but I have 2 ideas I kinda like:

1) Standard "Last clan standing" fight. The map area gets gradually smaller (Egads, poisonous gas?! Where's the creativity?!) until players are forced into the center. People can fight or try to survive the gas for as long as possible. The last clan remaining wins. Basically how DMM finals work, but hopefully without the DDoSing.

2) Lodestones are disabled and converted into capture points. Clans get 1 point, per lodestone, per minute they control a lodestone. At the end of "X"-many hours of the Finale, the clan with the most points wins. This creates more strategy than option 1, as clans will need to raid other lodestones to try to take control of them, while also defending their own lodestones if they have any.

So, rewards?

Jagex could continue the previous rewards (custom clan logo, concept art, name on clan plaque, etc...) while also introducing new rewards. For example, cosmetic clan armor for all the clan members, color changes based on the cloak colors. They could also, of course, have a large cash reward like what DMM does, split between the clanmates who participated in the Finale. Finally, a custom "Clan title" for all their clan members, the title being "[name], of [clan name]" in a title color of their choosing.

Let me know what you think =D
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12-Apr-2018 03:01:06 - Last edited on 12-Apr-2018 03:02:47 by Lisaa

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Personally, I think any form of a Clan Cup could never be done in a truly fair way. Winning a clan cup isn't really an achievement, unless all clans are included, on equal footing.

Clans are too diverse, in member count and interests especially. Smaller and casual clans really don't stand much of a chance competing against the larger and goal oriented clans.

I'm not saying clan cups should never be done, just that my clan has no interest in them the way they've been done in the recent past.

12-Apr-2018 15:06:42

Archaeox
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This is one of the best suggestions I've seen for a long, long time.

No doubt people will want to haggle over some of the details, but still - excellent idea, well presented, deserves to succeed :)
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13-Apr-2018 06:53:58

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If there were a lot of PvP clans - sure. But last cups were disapointments because there were only few clans who'd put in effort to compete (plus combat was shit, has it been updated yet?). OSRS PvP is quite straightforward which is why DMM is very popular (despite all the ddossing and Jagex not taking proper action), anyone can have a chance to compete with another because of RNG. The graphics are simple as well so it's fun to watch on a stream. I really don't see RS3 in it's current form being suitable for a tournament like that. If this suggestion is to get PvP and clan competition more active, then an event isn't going to solve anything. It might increase short-term activity, but once it ends the activity-boost will work out immediately.
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14-Apr-2018 20:00:23

Ceecs
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I like the idea! Maybe the skilling competitions can also be hosted on a seperate server. Ceecs - leader of Ceecs Clan
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15-Apr-2018 14:00:38

Darth Malkor

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Fully disagreed.

Being one of the few largest remaining F2P warring clans, we've been in several of the clan cups in the past winning consistently but the last few clan cups have been a real disappointment. The current state of PvP for clans is quite distasteful. We boycotted the last tournament because of it.

If anything, Jagex needs to improve the state of PvP to generate enough interest before even considering something like this.
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