A variation of what was available in Vanguard where when you came across a rare harvesting node you would shout in the crafting channel for people to come and group harvest it. I did that quite a bit in that game.
In my Vanguard guild we also did harvesting groups and different people would harvest their respective harvest in the area, then when somebody got an ultra rare (rares are too common) everyone grouped up for maximum yield.
P.s.: Thats by the way my username. Adamatine was the Tier 5 Ultra Rare Metal. Hunted quite a bit for that in my time.
My issue, is if they are going to have mining nodes like that, why not involve others that need nodes like that? Why not have harversters all group up together and mine the node and all reap rewards (increasing original persons yield). This way people of like mind are grouping together for fun on what they all have a shared interest in doing.
Why involve people that have no interest in it, to watch or participate (or protect LOL) in someones boring mine a rock dream.
This is a huge problem I see with many designers. They are always trying to force people to participate into someone elses activity. No matter how much they sweeten the pot, the player is going to resent being forced they have to be involved but go along with it for the rewards.
They should just focus on bringing like minded players together into a shared activity.
Dont ask me to participate in my wifes book club, and I wont ask her to participate in my outdoor sports club.
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Why involve people that have no interest in it, to watch or participate (or protect LOL) in someones boring mine a rock dream.
This is a huge problem I see with many designers. They are always trying to force people to participate into someone elses activity. No matter how much they sweeten the pot, the player is going to resent being forced they have to be involved but go along with it for the rewards.
They should just focus on bringing like minded players together into a shared activity.
Dont ask me to participate in my wifes book club, and I wont ask her to participate in my outdoor sports club.