i have been back at my RWBY co-op only/asymmetric 4v1 moba idea again and here are a few elements
Starting cast would be at least 20 characters, Teams RWBY JNPR CVFY SNNN as well as Cinder/Penny/Ilia/Emerald
Items would be divided into 4 types each with it’s own slot so offense items go in the offense slot mobility items go in the mobility slot ect, Items have multiple upgrades that you choose from at each tier with the final stats being decided based on all your choices, none of them have active effects instead having passives with ccooldowns,
Players have a deck of 30 cards for each character, at the start of each match they draw 5 and choose 3 to play, the remaning 2 are shuffled back in decks are renewed either when all the cards have been played(In other words every 10 matches) or at daily resets,
Cards can provide a variety of effects, from boosting your stats to improving your minion waves with stronger units like Spider Droids or Paladins,
You can edit a deck at any time, but it won’t update until the current version is renewed(either by playing all matches or daily reset) when you gain new cards you also gain a free reset token that can reset one deck to ensure you can get it into play faster,
For Cosmetics You can unlock both Costumes and Skins, Costumes are defined as a model change so something like Ruby’s Volume 1 outfit vs Her Volume 4-6 outfit are costumes, Skins are pallet swaps unique to each costume, example Weiss Atlas Gear/Yellow Beauty would be Weiss wearing her atlas Gear recolored in Yang’s colors, you need to own a Costume to use Skins for it,
Cards/Cosmetics require tickets given out after matches, based on performance, once enough are gathered a roulette spins and gives you one cosmetic and one card, this way you aren’t dividing your efforts between improving your wardrobe and your power,
Also if you get an item for a character you don’t own you can choose to mulligan it and reroll, or keep it for when you can use it,
You can’t buy Tickets or Cards with real money, but can buy individual costumes/skins,
By default team RWBY would be unlocked with a free rotation of 4 other characters available, if you own a character on free rotation you will get access to a costume/skin combo you don’t own for the duration, if you own all characters on free rotation a random character you don’t own will be made available, if you own all characters and costumes/skins then you get access to special otherwise unavailable skins for all the characters in free rotation
Characters can be unlocked by purchase with real world money, or by spending EXP on them, Free EXP is gained by playing characters you own, but you also gain EXP towards unlocking a Character by playing them during Free Rotation
The maps would have 3 lanes and a jungle, but only 4 players, it avoids the classic carry focused design instead trying to make sure the whole team feels important or at least able to get work done
Jungler’s job is to collect buffs for their laners, and keep camps cleared as if they go to long without being cleared they will spawn extras who will head for the lanes, in addition to helping to gank enemies,
the AI/5th player lacks heroes instead having mini bosses like Beowolf Alphas and Beringels as it’s rough equivalents, unlike in other Mobas killing these is actually important to focus on once in a while because otherwise you can end up with 2 or more in one lane,
The AI/possibly the 5th player can also activate a few different events to try and mix things up, this includes turning minions on the heroes, unleashing extra grimm into a lane ect, when pushed to the brink it can unleash a single desperation event, like summoning a Wyvern to attack a lane or the like,