Thread: Kinship Revamp Proposal

Yes, please introduce some new kinship stuff.

Just a shortcut from the helpscreen to the kinship page would be helpful. Now you can access the kinpage from the help screen by finding a link to my.lotro.com under the FAQ section and then logging in and after that click on kinship.

Why not just a quick link?

There seems to be mass agreement of these ideas. Kinships are in definete need of a revamp.
A year after this thread was created I still have hope that kinships and housing will have an overall.
Please devs, implement some of these ideas or come up with some of your own.

Hello everyone!

The community should have a say in the development of this game. I can´t quite understand why nothing is happening even if there is such a uproar about the Kinship Revamp... Would be nice to get at least a statement, something official we can rely on after all this time!

more like turbine doesnt have enought time playing with class changes and new areas. So maybe after RoR they'll get some free time to do something with kin system


/signed

have there been anny feedback so far? hoped it to be in one of the big updates but didn't found the change.

Gawsh dangit Turbine, consider this! I would pay $$$ for this!!! Kinships have no reason except to group up and kill stuff together; and this gives the perfect opening of optional gains.

I love the banner idea.

If turbine doesnt fix something with the present kinship system there is a major issue with them. as a leader in a kinship and a tribe on monster play. i feel that i understand how to run a kin, but i think that if turbine implimented you suggestions it would be a way better way to play the game. good job...turi out!

I agree the improved kinship system has the potential to improve player retention by allowing for better grouping. Turbine could we at least get some kind of feed back on this revamp?

impressive. The thing i want to point out with an idea like this, is it only enriches the game. and it seems some fine artwork has already been laid out.

Originally Posted by Galuhad

Today this thread celebrates its first birthday. Thanks to everyone who's commented so far.

With over 500 replies, this has become the second largest thread in the suggestions board. More importantly, not one of those replies has been in opposition to this proposal. So to the devs I ask this, how much closer are we to realising an update to the kinship system?

You know, I think that's just pathetic. It simply shows how reluctant Turbine are to put forward this idea. Even after a year in this thread, I think it shows that perhaps all our protests against Turbine's Guild System were in vain.

Originally Posted by Mephistophelis

I think it shows that perhaps all our protests against Turbine's Guild System were in vain.

I don't know, if anything they are probably aware that this is something we want. Getting the resources to put it together is probably another matter. I hope that we will see it one day in the not too distant future, who knows. A dev confirmation one way or the other would be nice.

seriously, why isn't this implemented yet ? nothing but a good idea here, so what are you waiting for Turbine!

Originally Posted by Galuhad

I don't know, if anything they are probably aware that this is something we want. Getting the resources to put it together is probably another matter. I hope that we will see it one day in the not too distant future, who knows. A dev confirmation one way or the other would be nice.

I understand Galuhad, and I remember you suggested this years ago. You and I need to talk.

Originally Posted by Mephistophelis

I understand Galuhad, and I remember you suggested this years ago. You and I need to talk.

Oh? Feel free to PM me if you wish

Thanks all for making this the most replied to suggestion on the forums

Wohoooo From late night drunken replys to long term consideration, this is by far my favorite thread,

Grtz mate xD

Sign´d .. BIG Time ! .. What I love about MMO´s that they are Massive Multiplayer Online. And to honest current Kinship panel / house / options for leaders are rubbish. I am sorry Turbine but CCP (EvE-Online) made this top priority in 2007 .. and they have been updating it ever since.

So pretty please at least talk about it in your meeting´s . Too be honest this is a shout out from LotrO players.

As a kinship leader i'd like to see this changes aswell. We need more fun in a kinship. Something that keep the players hooked and are willing to sacrifice some of their time for.

I was also thinking that perhaps since RoR is comming out in the fall, we're getting further and further away from our homesteads. Perhaps the Dev team could think of a new homestead in Rohan. Since we're also getting new furniture items I think that Turbine could allow us to have a second kinship house. But the price tag on this would be way higher and the area could be only reached by a lvl 70 player. Would be a great addition so we can show of all our coolest furniture and perhaps gain 1 new chest.

Regards, Athrod

What a fantastic thread this is! I would certainly love to see these changes in the game, throughout my time playing there has not been any revamp for kinships and I think its about time it was taken up a notch. I especially like the alliance panel idea, it would be far more organized than having to make up chat channels to each alliance you have. On the whole this thread is amazing and I really, really hope these ideas are put forward. Houses in Rhovannion would certainly be a good, alongside current character and kinhouses one might have in Eriador. What I would like as a piece of yard furniture is a stable, where you can slot some of your own horses that you dont mind leaving behind on your travels .

Good show, Giles. :>

Nothing to add except to say this is one of the best posts I've ever seen in a gaming forum, and I hope Turbine notices it and implements your suggested improvements.

love it, want it, you should get paid.

gives kinship a purpose other than getting nice crafted stuff and having some good conversation to drone out the glff

My friend, u did a grat work in this post, turbine need more people like you ^^

Not only do I think the original post was amazing, the graphical content superb and the overall concept and idea a work of pure genius.. I also truly believe that Turbine should consider giving this person a job.

Of course, I would also wish that Turbine Dev's took the time to read through these suggestions more often and take note of the amount of people in favour of ideas like this. The number of positive comments in this thread should surely make this a viable project for them to work on and half of the work has already been done for them.

All it would take would be for one of the Dev's to make a print-out of the original post, make numerous copies and then take them to their next board meeting and say, "Check this out for a great idea... our playerbase and paying customers all seem to want it."

I am a Kin Leader myself and would just love to see more functionality in my kinship options. All we have at the moment is pure basic control with very limited scope for anything other than being able to communicate with each other via kin chat.

I may be relatively new to the game, (played almost 1 year), and also new to posting in the forums, (2 or 3 posts max) but I am a fully paid VIP who also likes to top up his TP's now and then with extra purchases. So from a paying customers point of view, I would really like to see these kind of changes to Kinships.

Originally Posted by ME! :D

have there been anny feedback so far? hoped it to be in one of the big updates but didn't found the change.

I want feedback! xD

Moving it up. This really needs to happen. Turbine, you said you're listening to our suggestions. This guy has done quite a bit of your work for you! Please, please get with him, make this happen! Please!

:-)

posting again just to say that this is the best idea I've ever seen, and one that everyone can benefit from, even the lone wolves on a server might have a reason to join a kin now.

(And by doing so they will actually get into groups more and not just be a solo player through playing with a kin)

This is amazing! /signed

/signed

lalalalala

I love the layout you have designed and I agree with all your proposed changes. I seriously hope the designers consider this

wow, just wow.
+ rep

this is a finshed concept that you could give to a developer and he/she could start working on it right away, very professionel. I'm impressed, even more that you did it in your free time, others get payed for less detailed and not so well written concepts ...

One year later and still nobody picked up this idea?

Give kinships some <3 pls

Turbine, you'd make a lot of us really happy if you did some kinship revamping

Kinships are such a major boon of playing a MMORPG, they absolutely deserve love

I can just emphasize how great these proposed changes/expansions would fit into the current game. They wouldn't change it, the would improve it. Kins are a big, maybe the biggest motivation for many to play a MMORPG. I often recognized, that my willingness to log in rose and fell with the state of my kin. Hopefully, these changes would (re-) animate already existing kins and help younger ones to assert themselves.

Turbine please implement this!

Originally Posted by Zombielord

One year later and still nobody picked up this idea?

Give kinships some <3 pls

Somebody from Turbine, Sapiance maybe?, had stated in a thread that these suggestions had been read and Turbine was looking into it. That was some time ago and I haven't seen anything else on it. Hopefully, Turbine can work some improvements to the Kin system and implement those changes soon.

Even though a couple of these ideas may be a little Op or out of Reach, the majority of them are important and I think that they should be implamented.
-Gwaithol
/signed

Hopefully...these implements get done...

1000x /signed!

Very well worked out and nicely presented.. as has been stated before this would be such an improvement to the whole kinship feeling!

I sure hope some of these improvements will be made anytime soon..

Dear Lotro Devs at Turbine...

Foremost,
Happy 5th Anniversary.



For what it's worth, and just so you know, if there is a top ten list of what we (your beloved and loyal fan base) would most desire. This would rank high up on the list, probably number one on the list...

So the best anniversary gift we could ever have is the total upgrade of the kin and housing system.

The ginormous amounts of views and replies (549 Replies, 38,487 Views) on this post alone speaks for itself...

Many are also willing to even purchase such updates from the lotrostore itself.

This would really make us happy...

Yours Truly,
We, the people...

http://www.ddo.com/buildyourguild

Please do something like this for LOTRO too.

This ideas are very good.
I can imagine unique kinship houses. Lots of ancient castles are in Middle-Earth, maybe we can rebuild old ones or just bulid and improve a new one in multiple areas on the map.