I also agree with this idea but with a change. Instead of having there be a list of gold applied next to the item how about if it were something like this:

Left click to buy Giants 6000

Right click to vote even spread among team. Then like a vote box comes up. Something like we have seen in Left 4 Dead? Like if the hosts wants to change a map then a box comes up asking everyone yes or no. Just my opinion.

Absolutely agree with the "Who bought what" idea. When your in the lobby everyone has a color. When an item is purchased it gets a ring around it and darkens. Maybe that ring that goes around it can be the players "color". Meh. my 2 cents. Anyway great ideas Deepjay

I had a simillar thought and love the idea.
Perhaps a percentage ring around the icon for the upgrade that fills up as your purchase to give a clear indication at a glance as to where the team is - incase you have multiple team members part paying multiple upgrades. Also, taking the remaining cost into consideration in the tool tip for the upgrade would be helpful.
I'd kind of like to see a system where if you have 123 gold, and you click to buy an upgrade that is 1800, the price is lowered to 1,677, rather than buying in pre-determined blocks. Just my preference, though - I'd be happy with either system.

I don't like the voting idea though, no offense, as in the middle of combat if someone decided we needed priests when I don't agree that we do, it'll be an annoyance to click no and then try and explain why, where as if he can just click and use his own money to part-purchase the upgrade this allows him to make his decisions and if I agree I can purchase the rest of that when I get back to the Citadel, if not I can purchase or part-purchase another upgrade.

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Anyway, as it says in MY post , lets say you want Giants; you've only got 2k gold.  You can just click on the "Giants" button, and it puts the 2k into that slot.  Or a shared team bank of some sort (you can put any amount you want in it). OR, a setting where half of what everyone gets goes into a team bank (stops "ball hogs" in their tracks, and you can use your half on whatever you want).  These are just options/settings, they could be turned on/off at will.

Yeah i read your post after I had made mine, while what you are talking about is a little different to the way I would implement it, it's essentially working towards the same ends. I think we all agree it'd be nice to share the costs of these expensive citadel upgrades - or find some user-friendly intuitive way to allow players to 'pay them off' - lay-by if you will

Haha, well, I'm teaching myself to program so I can make a particular program for Demigod - which I hope to link to a mod eventually. It's all very hush hush right now... which means I probably shouldn't be posting it on here

Darn, didn't see this thread soon enough. I'll just post here what I wanted to post as new thread a few minutes ago:

Improving Teamwork: Citadel Upgrades

Citadell upgrades can easily turn the tide in a match but it is hard to purchase them at the right time at the moment and to plan ahead if you are not on VoIP.

1. You can't see which citadell upgrades are already purchased if you are not in your base.

You can't tell if one of your teammates has already purchased the gold or building health upgrade unless you run back to the citadell. Sometimes I go back to purchase a crucial upgrade only to find that it has already been purchased and maybe you don't have enough gold to purchase the next logical upgrade.

It would be very helpful if you could display the citadel upgrades at any time to plan ahead and get the upgrades for gold, catapults and giants as soon as possible.

2. You just lack a few coins to buy the upgrade you really want.

Your teammates and you have enough gold to buy giants if you would throw your gold together but you can't buy them just yet? You could sell some gear or drop something for a teammate to sell but another solution might be easier and more player friendly. Why not buy half now and half later? (upgrades in image are chosen arbitrary)

Instead of purchasing the whole upgrade at once you could just buy half of it and your team can pay the rest. Of course the upgrade only becomes active after it has been purchased 100%.

3. Suggest a strategy.

You could suggest the next upgrade to your team this way too. Maybe there is a newbie player in your team and he is not sure which upgrade to buy next. If he sees the half-purchased giants upgrade...

I really like the idea of being able to pull up a window showing current citadel upgrades, without having to trek back to your base. It really interrupts the flow of the game when I have to stop battling and go back to the base just to see what citadel upgrades have been purchased.

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Balance and more importantly momentum balance go right out the window when you can pool gold on cit upgrades, imo.  (Leaving aside that you can achieve the same thing anyway with a 20% markdown and a couple more steps)

I dont know, I somewhat disagree with it making upgrades easier. Why is that neccessarily a bad thing? People are inheritantly selfish and it is often left on the backs of 1 or 2 individuals to basically carry the team in regards to citadel upgrades, even when you ask them.

I tested this theory the other day and late game as we were getting pushed into our base couldnt believe no-one had shelled out a penny beyond the one tower health upgrade. That's it, nada. We had enemy catapultsaurus coming at us yet no-one had the nounce even when asked to shell cash into upgrades.

At the very least you need to be able to see the upgrades from anywhere on the map, and you need to see WHO bought them so they get some credit and recognition. I think showing who bought them will go a long long way towards encouraging people to buy them even if no kind of pooling method is implemented.

A tax on pooling - i like that idea.

Could we get the announcer to berate the selfish? like LUGH has not purchased any citadel Upgrades after someone else does ?