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Umar
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I've heard rumours about these, is it actually happening? The clan update was implemented in April 2011, so it is almost exactly 5 years old now. Would it be possible to make clan 'loyalty' capes to show ones loyalty to a clan for 5 years?

I think it would work the same way as a loyalty crown for people that have been members for 5+ years, and 5/10 year capes for people with old accounts. These capes would be for people who stayed in the same clan for 5 years with no exceptions.

Thoughts/ideas?

22-Apr-2016 09:27:31

Vera

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Umar said :
These capes would be for people who stayed in the same clan for 5 years with no exceptions.
I feel like that'd be unhealthy. Runescape seems to have a lot of people who are in it for the exclusives or the titles--take a look at Community Helpers, for example, which outwardly is just a title without any other improved visibility on the forums/in-game. Or in-game titles that cost 10M gp o.0 Or darks capes, etc.

As such, I feel like introducing clan loyalty capes might result in folks sticking around in clans that aren't a good fit for them, and even more so, who they aren't good fits for, in the pursuit of these capes. "Just one more year, I've already been here for 4!"

However--I think embellishments to clan capes for clans older than 5 years would be a nifty idea, but I think that should be clan-based and not clannie based. It should be a brief nod toward the clan's age, and not something super flashy that'll all of a sudden have a bunch of people normally not wearing the clan cape to start wearing them, since clan age shouldn't be a deciding factor for someone choosing between 2 clans :P (Historical success and track record, however, can be.)
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22-Apr-2016 09:40:09 - Last edited on 22-Apr-2016 09:43:01 by Vera

Umar
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People already do that because of clan xp. I have friends that are stuck in dead clans because they don't want to lose 3 or 4 billion clan xp. This xp is completely lost once you leave your clan, even if you rejoin the same clan again.

I don't think the clan capes would change much... Maybe the current problem is only relevant to people with high exp, and the other one would also affect the so called noobs. But besides that, it's the exact same thing, isn't it?

22-Apr-2016 10:00:38

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Vera said :
However--I think embellishments to clan capes for clans older than 5 years would be a nifty idea, but I think that should be clan-based and not clannie based. It should be a brief nod toward the clan's age, and not something super flashy that'll all of a sudden have a bunch of people normally not wearing the clan cape to start wearing them, since clan age shouldn't be a deciding factor for someone choosing between 2 clans :P (Historical success and track record, however, can be.)


Agreed, clan-based capes would be better than individual capes.


I would also love to see a 10 year clan cape ^_^
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22-Apr-2016 10:12:57

Ceecs
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Archaeox said :
The question is: does the game remember when you joined a clan or not?

If it doesn't, this will never happen.


It would be nice to know this info isntead of a cape. I do like the cape idea but not really needed in my opinion as
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already said there are already so many capes.

I know Runeclan does remember those days but goes up till u create a page on it (and sometimes bugged for people who namechange often).
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22-Apr-2016 16:51:38

Tok3d
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Archaeox said :
The question is: does the game remember when you joined a clan or not?

If it doesn't, this will never happen.


This is the golden question, when a clan leader deranks themselves or leaves the clan it is given to the deputy owner who was that rank the longest I believe? If true, maybe it tracks other ranks too. But if somebody has been in a clan for that long I would assume they would be in a leadership position so they would have already been rewarded for their loyalty.

22-Apr-2016 17:39:41

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I do feel as though we need some sort of "speciality cape" for clans (Maybe a retro Skillcape model recolored to a clan's cloak, with a hood), but I can't think of a good way to implement it. @Lisaa_RS - Followed by @Runescape
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22-Apr-2016 17:54:35

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