[Rufus]

I wrote this idea out for Daniel before the Squads were released. It's not exactly detailed and could use some revising as I typed it out in RC. Bare in mind that I have never actually played Zone either.

Let's say that each dropship only has one exit. Most of them have a couple of different exits, but there should only be one launch to planet selection. There should be another launch pad however. Why? Well, there will be a space ship that orbits the 'Zone' galaxy. The space ship belongs to the, well, for now lets say the squad council.

Every two weeks the ship will take dock in a random planet. Inside the ship will be features such as a squad leaderboard, ways of making squads, etc. The squad leaderboard does not include everyone's stats however. For the two weeks that the ship is docked onto the planet (and on the planet selection screen, is orbiting the planet) the stats for THAT PLANET will be used as the squad stats. The stats will depend on some very-complex-algorithym-I-have-no-idea-about, but it'll depend on the type of planet gameplay dynamics. That way, the squads are being judged on their ability to step up to the challenge.

The first Saturday of the first week will be a tourney dedicated to squads, and the winning squad will get a-hell-of-a-lot of points. This will be a reoccurring event, something to look forward to. The squad with the most points at the end of the week (Sunday) will get access to a special shop or something? Something like that was suggested on the forums. At the end of the two weeks, the ship moves on and docks/orbits another planet. The current leaderboard is reset, the overall leaderboard receives the points that the squads obtained, and the process starts over in a new planet.

My idea is trying to show skills of the players on various planets within their newly made social groups. It also includes squad-only events, tourneys, etc. Gets people using different planets. Every 2 weeks the planet changes, but every 1 week a big event will come up with the opportunity for major squad points.