Why doesn’t this game have a referral system that can give new players a cool thing to play with?
What I thought of was either using existing event squad selection or preferably, making a dedicated referral squad for each faction that one could be picked by the player when they use the link / code. That way anyone that uses it starts with a decent squad. This would be a great way to get engineers into the hands of new players immediately too. How it would work is that when you start an account via a referral link (and or use a referral code - 1 per account) , a pop up comes up on the first / next login prompts you to pick the faction you would like your engineer squad to be, note that the other 3 will be available in the silver chest that comes to the shop periodically for silver.
The code itself doesn’t even need to be complex … it could literally just be the veteran’s username in a question of “who referred you” during signup. If the field is filled in, you get the option on launch.
The veteran player doesn’t “need” anything in return immediately, but giving a gold share would be a great way to do it if you wanted. think 100 gold for every X spent by the new player referred. Cap it if needed.
A referral squad could have the following: (one for each Nation)
1 x War Hero Engineer (Has the 20% squad XP boost) - Make it so this engineer can use any weapon type.
5 x slots prefilled with standard engineer I’s
- Upgrades to build LMG, AA gun, AT Gun
- Upgrades to Add AT Gunner, Assaulter, Machine Gunner, Sniper, Radio Operator to squad
- Come with 3 Star BR 1 Rifles and 1 BR 1 SMG used by the Hero Engineer.
As mentioned, these squads would then be added to the silver chest for veterans to pull (and so you can pull the other 3).