Among the very many wonderful features the EVE client affords the intrepid capsuleer is the shareholder component of the corporation interface. This part of the interface has seen the dawn of the ages and little development since.
It is time to make better use of this feature, even though in its current form it serves little to no use, the proclivities of certain capsuleers curtailing its potential.
Consider:
- each type of activity within a corporation or alliance carries a token
- there is no fixed amount of types of tokens, we do not know what kind of activity will be important to a corporation / alliance that is not covered by the templates offered in the interface
- a token can be assigned to a pilot [it can also be revoked, in some cases the reasons will be blindingly obvious] or a corporation within an alliance
- each pilot can have more than one kind of token when they engage in more activities that benefit the corporation / alliance
- when the executor alliance assigns a token to a corporation, the corporation can assign a child token of that token to its eligible pilots
- each corporation can have more than one token assigned to it
- the corporation can either issue alliance-level tokens and/or their own to pilots in the corporation
- pilots will receive EVEmail to indicate they have been awarded a token, this will see a graphic representation in their toon’s character sheet
When the time comes to award groups of pilots in recognition of a job well done, the following occurs:
- the executor [either alliance or corporation] assigns an ISK amount to a group of pilots that are holders of one or more tokens
- the ISK is distributed equally to all token holders
- the executor will be able to provide a message to all recipients indicating what the reward is for
- an email will be sent to recipients so they can have their own record of when that money came in and for what reason
- the pilots’ wallet will have a tab in which a log is displayed indicating at what time they received a reward and what the size of the reward was
- if the executor is an alliance, it can award every pilot in a corporation or send ISK to certain groups of pilots within that corporation
- a log will be generated to document the event [which corporation was awarded how much ISK, for which type of pilot, which pilots received how much ISK when and for what reason]
- executors will be able to export logs of awards to a csv file using the new add on for Microsof Excel
Benefits:
- alliances / corporations / pilots will be able to distribute and receive rewards for activities
- the modified interface for shares within a corporation will now be put to good and active use
- adequate reporting will provide clarity to all pilots, corporations and alliances of where monies are distributed and for which reason
- greater ease of use to distribute rewards [maybe group medals could be awarded likewise?], incentivising rewarding pilots contributing to the success of the corporation / alliance
- CCP will find a way to make this interface both gorgeous and functional, incentivising its use to reward pilots for their contributions
- a deeper immersion into the inner workings of alliances / corporations
Costs:
- a rework of the shareholder interface within the corporation
- a potential for misunderstandings if improperly implemented / used
