I know this was already discussed as a possibility in passing in region chat but I figured it wouldn't hurt to have an open discussion as well to bounce ideas back and forth.

I've wanted a safer way to do loaner teams/loaner gear for some time now, mostly as a way to help players who might be struggling with battles due to either gear or team set up.

This might seem like overkill but personally due to the nature of the teams I'd be lending out (fully maxed with all abilities max ranked and minimum +3 primordial gear in each slot) it hurts to even think about how easy it would be to lose all of the time and grinding that went into preparing those teams to an accident, either the pet being accidentally sold to a player or even gear being dusted/sold somehow.


Sooooo~ things I'm pondering on how this would work so far...

Pets that are being Loaned:

I don't know if it would be more beneficial to have the pets technically stay in the owner's stable that way they can't be accidentally released on the return (say by not having enough stable space and forgetting about them. xD ) They might have an icon on them like when they're on missions, once again maybe a lock with a "Pet is on loan until xx/xx date/time". They can't be bred/sold/etc.

Meanwhile, a player borrowing a loaned pet might have a "On Loan" tab from the inventory/party menu that they can access to equip the pets/equipment.


Gear that is being Loaned:

Gear that is being loaned by itself would have a "lock" icon so that it can't be accidentally dusted or sold and might have a timer on it for how long a player has the gear for use before it returns to the proper player.

Gear that is being loaned with pets is locked onto the pets that the gear is being loaned with.

Gear returns to the owner when the time limit is up. If there's not enough room in inventory, the gear goes to the trade box.

Thoughts?

As someone who has loaned out pets and equips before, I'd love a system like this that makes it easier and less stressful to do so.