Team bonus

[Zwelgje]

You get a team lvl when you are for a longer period of time with the same members.

How about if you team up with prof X you get a specific team boost, resist etc. Combinations can be made by the already present Artil, Support, Infant, Control en Extrem subclasses.

If you team atleast 3 of those types you get bonus x add a forth you get bonus X and abit extra and if you have all 5 types in team you get the max team buff aura?

[Animalz]

Must say that's a interesting idea. :-)
But it works just like a buff/aura no? If you team a crat the whole team gets the AAD boost..
And a few classes uses combinations of symbs.. not a full set of one :-) How would that work out?

[Psikie]

Could be done by class, such as...
Enfo in team all members get +1 bod dev per hour cumilative up to +5 after 5hrs teamed.
MP all players get additional -1% nano cost
NT all players get +1 nano delta
Doc all players get +1 heal delta
Fix +1 ncu
Advy +10 run speed
Trad +1 comp lit
Agent +10 concealment
keeper +1 aad
shade +1 aao

these 2 might be OP?
ma +1 crit maybe +1 all evades instead
crat +1 xp maybe +1 to all resistances instead

[Esssch]

MP all players get additional -1% nano cost
Agent +10 concealment

Those would definitely fix any problems getting teams for either of those professions.

[Psikie]

Not really meant to be game changing or ground breaking just a little something extra.

But if those player balance changes ever go through that nano cost might make a huge difference for MP's.

[Gimpynoob]

And if you go afk the game automatically removes you from team?

[Brofist]

Could be done by class, such as...
Enfo in team all members get +1 bod dev per hour cumilative up to +5 after 5hrs teamed.
MP all players get additional -1% nano cost
NT all players get +1 nano delta
Doc all players get +1 heal delta
Fix +1 ncu
Advy +10 run speed
Trad +1 comp lit
Agent +10 concealment
keeper +1 aad
shade +1 aao

these 2 might be OP?
ma +1 crit maybe +1 all evades instead
crat +1 xp maybe +1 to all resistances instead

One of these things is not like the other. Also you forgot someone.

[Esssch]

One of these things is not like the other. Also you forgot someone.

I think he was implying they would all stack up 5 times, he just didn't feel like typing it out each time.

And don't worry, engis can have +tradeskills

[xeonax]

to be honest, all these 'game-mod-suggestions' seems most subjective. It might not seem like a "big deal" but fortunately / unfortunately AO consists of 30% greenies, 60% regulars and 10% hardcores. It's an entertaining proposal, but I think something like this would just push the unbalance-bar in the wrong direction.

[Brofist]

I think he was implying they would all stack up 5 times, he just didn't feel like typing it out each time.

And don't worry, engis can have +tradeskills

I was more referring to the fact that they were all useful in combat except traders + comp lit (agents conceal is honestly pushing it, but I guess technically it is useful).

[Psikie]

I was more referring to the fact that they were all useful in combat except traders + comp lit (agents conceal is honestly pushing it, but I guess technically it is useful).

Was mid-lunch brainstorming, but i forgot both...

Engi +10 ac
Sol +1 dd

Trad I didnt want to overlap team/umbral wrangles, but it was just a quick idea not a long thought out suggestion.

[Dbdoctorr]

All i can foresee if everyone having a trader alt logged in 24/7 teamed with all their alts for the comp lit buff for twinking purposes. Might just be a well-intended mechanic that is used to help afk-ers.

The whole idea though has potential... I like the idea of the different SL Prof classes perhaps having different bonuses (sup, ext, ctrl, etc)

[Traderjill]

Interesting concept, without getting into particulars, I'd suggest that any modification be % based somehow.. that way it scales properly based on player level and continues to be some sort of teaming motivation regardless of level.

[ultion]

I like the idea but I fear doc/crat/soldier would get uber bonuses and the rest would still be on /lft.

[Esssch]

The wanted professions should get a negative effect instead of a positive, to help negate how wanted they are. The AO I know and love has trade-offs.

[unksoldr]

Team level, what does it do? Many have no idea, or thought it had to do with loot. So, here goes. Team level effects how well your team fights, the higher your team level the better you hit, the better your nano's land, the better you dodge, etc. Higher team levels increase this effect. It's not all that noticeable but the effect is there.

[Difs]

Team level, what does it do? Many have no idea, or thought it had to do with loot. So, here goes. Team level effects how well your team fights, the higher your team level the better you hit, the better your nano's land, the better you dodge, etc. Higher team levels increase this effect. It's not all that noticeable but the effect is there.

Quote from almighty AO Book (page 73):

Team level
Teams that stay together for a long period of time get more coordinated, and
fight better together. With time their team level increases, and they gain a
small bonus to offensive and defensive skills.
The team level starts at 1, and can be no higher than 5. Getting your team
level to 5 takes several hours though, and each time a member of the team
leaves (or is kicked out), the team level decreases by 1.

[RedWatr]

yeah, we used to have team bonuses. I tested them with another adv a few years back, iirc, we found no bonuses, and no improvements to anything. we didn't quantify or test the effect it has on experience bonuses tho.