We know that many of you just want to focus on playing Group Ironman with your friends, and we don't want you to have to worry about maintaining Group Prestige. New players added to the group after formation will not have Individual Prestige.Individual Prestige is only lost if you join a group other than the one you started with.Losing Individual Prestige has gameplay consequences: it means that you are subject to the wealth and item restrictions as we outlined in the blog.It is highlighted in-game via a star icon that shows next to all original group members.This system is vital to combat illicit activities. Individual Prestige determines whether or not wealth and item transfer restrictions are applied to an individual group member. Group Prestige is only lost if a new member joins your group, or if someone within the group opts to do certain PvM activities with someone outside of your group.You can still trade freely between other Prestige group members even if Group Prestige is lost.Losing Group Prestige has no in-game impact other than losing the cosmetic star next to your group name in-game and on the HiScores.Prestige groups will also be shown on the Group Ironman HiScores alongside non-Prestige groups.It is highlighted in-game via a star icon that shows next to the group's name.Group Prestige is a purely cosmetic indication that your group consists of the original members, and that you've not engaged in certain PvM activities with other players outside of your group. To clarify, there are two different forms of Prestige: We've seen your feedback regarding the Prestige System, as well as your thoughts about its perceived complexity. Try to be courteous with your group members, everyone - no lobster thievery! It will be accessible from your regular Bank via a new button on the Bank interface, which is only visible to Group Ironmen and Hardcore Group Ironmen. Our wonderful engine team has made a breakthrough and we are delighted to confirm that we will be able to offer the Shared Storage functionality at launch!ĭo note that only one player at a time will be able to use Shared Storage.
We know that you were looking forward to Shared Storage, and we have good news! Should Group Ironman pass the polls, we anticipate it will be ready to release on October 6th! Shared Storage We want to see you all enjoying Group Ironman as much as you want to get your hands on it - it's certainly been a long time coming! But rest assured, as with other updates, we’ll continue to make adjustments and improvements with your feedback in mind. We hope you understand the reasoning behind our approach. We're continuously learning from past mistakes, taking into account what works well for players and what doesn't. They will be something players are accustomed to from the start of their Group Ironman journey. Rather than have to address potential issues in the future, we’re building them into the overall Group Ironman design from day one. In addition to all these benefits, our approach also ensures that meaningful content choices (such as Individual Prestige, which aims to hinder illicit activities) are present from release. Those who want a very hard-core experience.Those who would prefer to be more competitive.Currently, each design decision we’ve made has been taken on the basis that we know the following groups of players exist, and we want to accommodate them:
Our main priority is the long-term health and success of the mode. We’re also adopting a similar polling strategy as we did with those updates, too. In the past we’ve polled Ironman, UIM and Hardcore Ironman, so it’s only right that we poll Group Ironman. Why is it a single poll question? Why haven't we split the poll up into more bits? Why are we polling it all? Quite a few questions have been asked about Group Ironman.