The serious sig-loot discussion

[greatdane]

So, we had signatures on SZ. You'd get a signature from anyone you killed within your level range. Mostly people just collected them, but the intention was that they could be spent on summon corpse potions. It never really took off, but it could be made into an awesome system here that doesn't have to feel artificial or conflict with general gameplay.

On SZ, there was a signature for each deity. Kill someone whose religion was Mithaniel Marr and you'd loot a Signature of Mithaniel Marr, or whatever. There were lesser and greater iirc, to prevent low-level characters from getting the same rewards as high-levels. The deity part isn't necessary here, there could just be lesser/plain/greater signatures for levels 1-24, 25-45 and 46+.

That would be great for this server. Instead of just summon corpse potions, signatures could be used as currency for any number of balanced conveniences such as:

Summon corpse potions, of course
Quality arrows
Crystallized pumice
Food with +5/10 all resists
Potions of Traveler Boots buff
Whatever you can come up with that fits the pattern of "useful but not gamebreaking in any way".

People can spend sigs on these minor benefits or keep them as trophies to tally their kills.

Who doesn't miss calling "sigged"?

Work on this system could start after the server launches. It wouldn't have to be in right at launch and nobody wants to wait an extra two weeks, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't add another fun aspect to PvP.