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An upgrade for the groups server that allows them to run research tasks on it, could cost like 10 million HPD one-off

Why? Groups can work together to develop software, but this will make their group server a target, more group warfare, more teamwork, and generally I like it  :7:

So yes  :arrow: :please: :update:

Yes if you can use your faction ability when you start the research on the group server.

How about personal faction abilities are removed and instead you have group faction abilities.

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What about your own research projects?

Maybe it could use your personal AbP percentage, then the leader would sort of be forced to invest ability points into research for the good of the group... Could see some diversity within groups, some specialising in malware, research etc.

Also, does ability bonus in malware have no affect on the attack process times?

What ever your group has, you get to use.  Let's say that the group has a 20% Unhide that is also what you get as well (as long as you are part of that group).

The downside, of course, is that the cost to increase the group ability is higher... (5 x current?)

Upside, is that newer members would get benefit of group ability and the group would start working towards a common goal.

That's be too much pressure on the already limit faction mission supply that is consistantly sleeper dout by the same players. The issue is it only takes 4 players to do every mission in the factions... I don't think collective ability would work really, unless there was some sort of seperate group ability that you could by and had a special feature or somethign X_x

Like:
Group Research 10,000,000 HPD
Unlocks ability for the leader to start research on the group server, can be sped up by runtime bonus %

Or something...

Somethign new and snazzy is needed I think we're in agreement

for sure

This will also increase the usefulness of the GS. Right now it has only one practical purpose: a repository server. With the recent baron update, they aren't practical as baron servers anymore.