bands not groups....

[Pigdogius]

Ah, I think you misunderstood. My idea is to be able to sacrifice your own exp to level your friends who are not online at the same rate. So a band would be like a party but even when they are offline they get exp from your efforts and you get less exp to make up the difference.

I have thought of mercenaries too like you said very diablo 2. Also not a bad idea. but doesnt seem as cool as leveling your offline firends without having to bot them.

[Runeblade]

Oh, hmm well you got me there .

[John Adams]

Actually, I had been sketching out some ideas regarding this from games like EQ2 and Vanguard - where I believe they offer "fellowships" or something of the sort. I cannot promise anything would happen anytime soon, but I see it as totally feasible (as a custom add-on). Simply join a 6-man "band", and as the members online gain xp, a portion could go to the offline member(s).

I know how to shove the xp into player data, the part I was investigating is how to make the server comprehend there are "grouped players offline"... since that is not how it functions now.

Totally doable, imo. But like I said, not anytime soon unless someone picks up the project (like Magoth did with his Bots).

Great idea though.

[Ueguvil]

Shards of Dalaya has this so I'm sure it's doable, but it would probably be a bit of work.

[John Adams]

I would kill for their server code...