The downside is it punishes mercs and players who had to change alliance e.g. because their leader stopped playing without promoting anyone else or their alliance became mostly inactive.
But it’s offtopic tbh, there’s already a whole thread about trading between alliance members:
As an alliance leader, a lot of my members are annoyed that they have heroes who are fully leveled up but they can’t assend them. However, other members in my alliance have the items that are needed and they can’t use them because they don’t have the same heroes or aren’t at a level the items can be used. I am currently in the same situation. Quests haven’t given me any of the ascension items I needed either. Now, I love spending my hard earned money on your game but what’s the point if you can’…
And this one about trading in general:
Many in the forum have made posts requesting the feature to trade items between players. This thread has collected the posts of the requests and ideas players have had regarding this idea. Please continue to add your thoughts on this subject here!
-=-=-=-=-=-
Here’s an excerpt from the Ask Me Anything with Tim, the Lead Designer , written up by myself.
And another excerpt from the list of things Small Giant is considering for future development:
4 Likes