System and method for providing virtual items to users of a virtual space

A method for providing modified benefits to one or more users by virtue of the one or more users being included in an affiliation of a discrete group of users within an online game, wherein the affiliation is associated with a first affiliation-specific virtual item, wherein the first affiliation-specific virtual item is usable within the online game by members of the affiliation, the method to be performed using one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:

• obtaining information regarding provision of at least one of resources, currency, and/or one or more virtual items to modify a first value of a first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item;
• and
• subsequent to the provision, modifying the first value of the first benefit metric of the first affiliation-specific virtual item.