DARKCLAN CHANGES ?

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    Well hello there my beautiful people :)


    I'm currently re-making the guide for Darkfamclan aand i was looking to get some input from you guys! Im trying not to change things so drastically because Darkclan is amazing as it is, but maybe freshen things up to bring more people here?


    Anyways, for any of you the 100 fans out there, for some reason anytime i go to say commander, i think of that show and i was wondering if you guys wanted there to be any kind of theme change for darkclan? obviously i think it would be great to keep them militaristic as it is now, but maybe take some inspiration from that show?? I don't know - let me know if you have any suggestions!


    Aand, first thing i want to do is get a mass adoption going on, so if anyone wants to help with that (i.e. donating litters), that would be g rreat!


    maybe, if there is enough interest - some kind of change in territory, either a full out move or maybe we could discover some new landmarks or buildings??


    I've watched a couple of episodes of the show, but didn't finish so I'm not sure. What kind of thing would you add from it?


    The militaristic theme, I love it but it has issues... we should definitely act more on it, maybe act differently in terms of politics? be more withdrawn, prioritise ourselves rather than other groups. Also consider our values... do we prefer justice and proclans? or allying with others that have military power? maybe the opposite and fighting strong groups to show our own dominance? a kratocracy of some sort?


    For adoptions, I might throw in a nivata one. I feel like they're cursed at this point though v.v Landmarks - Darkclan has quite a lot I think, we'd just need to dig up some history and implement them more. I wouldn't mind a change in territory though if there's interest


    I'm sorry about writing so much, I got really excited when thinking up stuff again XD

    omg no your input is amazing! please write more loll


    yeah i was thinking along the lines of prioritizing themselves and being more diplomatic rather than try to solve all problems with fighting, however i don't want that to be confused with being pushovers. so maybe it would be a great idea for them to push for more battles trainings and what not.


    if everyone is leaning more towards moving territories any suggestions would be great lol

    dittoing lufa for most of it!


    with the adoption, i'd be happy to throw in astrid.


    the territory description in the guide right now is very vague, i feel, when it comes to the outside. pretty much all it says is that they are on a peninsula and that there are some islands, and that's it. so, if we are to keep the territory, we should definitely try to be more descriptive with not only the inside, but the outside, too. to be honest, i can't really remember any landmarks from before, so i can't really help with that area. however, i feel like a territory change would be appropriate, seeing as it seems to be mostly the same territory as it was when i did roleplay here actively in 2015. maybe it could still be a military base, but more so in a jungle (sorta like south america) so they'd be more secluded with any of their work or something?

    ooh forest sounds like a good idea.


    what about kind of like a soviet era base with the main hall/mess hall as well as some houses on the base??

    yes a territory change would be interesting! and yeah, i recall it's been the same since march was here in 2014 wow. i think the soviet base idea sounds cool!

    and yeah, the politics need to be refined and set straight here. clans will consider this very much when debating whether or not dc should be an ally to them (it's happened before where a clan has denied darkclan due to its unclear beliefs). it's "justice-seeking", but in what exact sense? like, 'an eye for an eye' justice, or are they against injustices (like pro-clans), such as the exiles? i think back in the day they used to have death marches and tons of raids, so dc used to be super aggressive but that may change.

    as for other things, i could make a thread on dealing with ally interactions? i know I've said this a bunch, but so far it's been only allies visiting us and we haven't done anything to interact with them for the longest time. also, marines & air force program! we should bring that back, maybe, since it was around a really long time ago! weekly training threads (battle, hunting, first aid, etc) would be good. another thing was the titles, such as corporal, that used to be popular around three years ago. weekly tasks would be nice to start up again, though i'm not extremely fond of them, i think they may be helpful for activity? maybe also a list of possible clanwide events that could happen would be interesting could also provide more activity.

    if some of these sound okay, i can start some of the threads soon?

    ^^^^^

    all of this

    especially with the marines & air force programs! i really enjoyed that aspect and would love to see it come back.


    also, a soviet base would be nice! maybe we could make a clanwide plot that causes them to move territories? i remember your character thinking about how dusty the place is, so maybe they could start to progressively get like sandstorms (since i assume they're near beaches) and tornadoes that ruin the territory, since it is supposed to be storm season anyways.

    omg amazing guys

    so like the airforce program the insignia used to do? where each (commander there, but i guess general here) would be incharge of that branch of military??


    and the sandstorm/hurricane idea would be a good way to push them out so that they can find a new territory. it could force them farther into the forests where they come across the soviet military base and call it home.


    yes to the ally thing march! maybe he and corey can split up a group of clans and get to each of them? i mean i dont know if 'justice seeking' fits them anymore, so maybe they'll just be advertised as a militaristic clan that prizes itself on taking care of its members as well as assisting allies when fighting against groups such as the exiles and the cartel (i guess thats where the motto could be more 'justice seeking' - like they fight for humanitarian rights and what not). SO maybe we can compile a list of clans that are enemies with places like the exiles and cartels and visit them? (the enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of deal)


    i'll try to get the mass adoption thread up tonight as well as the guide (though for now i might just use the old one)


    i love titles, always have. does anyone have any suggestions as to what we could change/implement our titles as??


    i guess we could get some weekly tasks up, but maybe prioritize a group event to get what allies we currently have to visit?? some kind of party or something.

    meh I kind of have a weird problem with the dc ranks atm

    like, there used to be majors before that commanded certain branches, which is now called generals?

    and then now i think the generals are called commanders instead? idk


    as for enemies and allies, here's a list

    potential allies

    meh i tried to make sure they didn't have each other as enemies, but i think we can be allies with some of them that are most aligned with darkclan

    as for titles, here maybe some? [btw, many are based off of real military medals, sorry if i get it all wrong!]

    titles/medals

    and YES we should totally have a party!!

    Okay!! Perfectly and those titles sound amazing! We can always add more later. I can hit up shadowclan, bloodclan and the rift if you wanna hit the rest??


    Update: the guide is up as well as the mass adoption and hp try-outs!!

    (Ahh I am super new so ignore my ideas if they don't fit with the clan!!)


    I always liked the idea of having kind of a balance with enemies and allies? I've noticed a lot of clans have a ton of allies and then only 2 or 3 enemies, or sometimes they're only enemies with the Exiles and that's it.

    A few clans that might work as enemies (to fit the above list of potential allies) might be: RiverClan, SunClan, HawkClan, ThunderClan, StormClan, and maybe SkyClan. We could even maybe do a no-neutral type deal, where it's kind of black and white either friends or enemies, though I don't know how easy that is to keep up with.


    If we need a specific reason/plot to make more enemies, we could always send characters to go request an alliance to clans but mess it up massively, or just go scouting to learn the ideals of different clans and heavily dislike a few.

    I feel like our only real enemies would be places like the Cartel and the Exiles since they stand for everything we are against, but maybe we add enemies based upon their actions that we see that are against our values?

    i'm still deciding whether or not to move jau here, but i was a member of darkclan way back in the day w/ bottleblonde and i'd love to see this place get active again!! i hope y'all don't mind if i drop some ideas/comments:


    - if the justice theme is being kept, i can see a strong alliance between darkclan and the knights of eden. both clans are justice-seeking, even if dc is much more militaristic than koe is; maybe dc can use koe's court / trial system in exchange for providing protection? orrrr on the flipside, a really bitter rivalry between the two could also work. maybe they disagree on how best to achieve justice, and that provides for some tension?

    - i like axion's ideas about making enemies a lot!!

    - idk if the territory thing's already been settled, but if not: i think a huge public fallout shelter would be super cool. we could base if off of abo elementary school, which was entirely underground & meant to serve as a shelter. otherwise, there's this one in texas, which was built underneath a power plant in a small town.

    - nitpicky but maybe trainees could be called cadets, and surgeon trainees could be called nurses? i feel like those just fit in with the theme a lil better. i think soldier > officer for a regular member because officer feels like the name of a semi-hp

    - maybe separate badges for the army/infantry, navy, and air force? similar to sunclan's guild badges. i could make them if needed as well


    Making badges would be hella appreciated. Also I love all your ideas! Especially about teaming w the koe, maybe sending rule breakers or maybe even prisoners of war to the koe to have their judicial system decide the punishments???


    And imma check out the video when I get off work

    before i fell asleep last night i made a few badges - i wasn't sure about the design so i just changed the colors on an old one i made and never used lmao. i couldn't find dc's old badge but i kinda remember what it looked like so i tried to go off w the gradient theme: x is the base gray one, with x for the army, x, for the navy, and x for the air force?? the moon is more of a placeholder than anything so if you have something you like better i can def fill it in or replace it!!

    also yas i love the koe things you mentioned :3c

    After some digging I managed to find the badge from when I was around - it was on the old guide, I couldn't find any more recent versions. this was the main badge, then I remember finding x and designing y at some point, but they weren't used. so yeah, this is just for reference if anyone finds it useful. the older version had your gradient, jaune, but I don't remember the exact design either ^^"

    edit: this is just the gradient without any designs, a and b were used at some point for divisions, I think? that's as far back as I can go...


    and I love the koe ideas! especially if they teamed up, i'd be interested to see how it went c:

    I love the badges but I feel like I'm a sucker for the original one lol


    Sorry guys I'm at work rn so this is mobile


    But thank you for all of your help!!

    Is there anything still be decided at the moment?


    Also, I thought I'd mention this here but is this a typo in the guide or...??


    "surgeon: highly-trusted members of the clan when it comes to medical knowledge, working hard to heal clanmates and host frequent herb trainings. equivalent in rank to lieutenants.

    βœͺ tba, played by tba

    surgeon trainee: a surgeon in training. a semi-high position that is mostly expected to shadow and learn from the surgeons that have completed their training.

    βœͺ tba, played by tba

    lieutenants: a semi-high position. members of the clan that are well on their way to becoming trusted high positions. act as a welcoming party for newcomers, and are responsible for helping with various tasks around the clan.

    βœͺ tba, played by tba"


    It states that Lieuts. are a semi-hp and that surgeon trainee is also a semi-hp and that makes sense, but then it states that a fully trained Surgeon is equivalent to the Lieuts., a semi-hp, meaning that medics in Darkclan can never be actual hps. Is that a typo and the Surgeons were supposed to be a high position and the Surgeon trainnes the ones equivalent to Lieutenants?