Audoucet wrote: "I don't want to play this game, change it now, I am a software developer and I played WoW, I know better than you what you want" <= Victimise all you want, that's no discussion, that's water-hammering the forums until one have what one wants, with for only argument "But I want it !". You have a nasty habit of putting words in people's mouths and building straw-men.
Audoucet wrote:
The main point of contention seems to be that you view it as 'consequences for being a psychopath' while others are viewing the handling of reputation (and by extension alignment) as 'consequences for non-consensual PvP' -- which they see as providing a chilling effect on certain styles of play necessary to keep to the stated goal of meaningful PvP and emergent gameplay. Consensual PvP is not the same as meaningful PvP, it's just a subset of it.
I'm more than a little curious to see how the reputation system and force-locking people out of character advancement is going to go. Because from what I'm seeing, the reputation and alignment system seem to be heavily geared towards forcing people to play a certain way. While this is all well and good, it seems like it could also be better served by just locking everyone down to only being able to PvP in stringent circumstances. Why allow for open PvP while (to me) over-harshly punishing random attacks? It feels a lot like they want to have the experience of emergent open PvP games, while also stripping away the very freedoms that make these possible. I can't predict exactly how this will go, but my current impressions are 'not well'.
CBDunkerson wrote:
Interesting, I had completely forgotten about that backer level. That would actually be quite awesome, having some amenities while we're in NPC territory.
Welcome all newcomers to the Freevale settlement. We're growing, and we'll continue to grow. I actually really like the Tavern idea. A tavern in our Chaotic settlement would be a good draw for people. And it would give everyone a little home away from home. That's fully stocked with liquor. And food. So, better than home.
As a member of Blunt Logic as well, I'm throwing my hat in for the 'get a bunch of companies together and make a shared settlement' thing. Given the way that this is likely to play out, merging small Companies into a single big settlement seems to be the way to go to secure a piece of land for the small guys. Additionally, I do like the idea of each company/member bringing something different to Freevale and shaping how the settlement as a whole forms. It could lead to something truly unique being born. So come on down to Freevale and help make something... interesting. |