Here are some changes, that in my opinion, would take this game to a whole different level. Age of Conan with Eve Online rules.

* Make the map a lot bigger than it is , put it all on one server and remove instances.

* Divide the world up into different security zones. For example, areas that are 1.0 - .6 security are ruled by the different factions and their military enforces the law. Areas with security levels of .4 - .1 would only have faction military sentries in key locations such as villages and spawn points,etc.. Areas with 0.0 security would be lawless regions where anything goes.

* Allow guilds to go to war with each other, thus allowing pvp anywhere at anytime between warring guilds.

* Allow guilds to conquer and control diff areas of the o.o lawless regions.

* Make the crafting system a lot more in depth. Spread out the resources needed for crafting throughout the world. Certain resources only available in certain areas,etc .. and the more valuable the resource the more dangerous and lawless the region.

* implement a full pvp loot system. If you get defeated in battle, your body should be ripe for the picking.

In my opinion, this game has so much potential but is nothing more than a grind for levels and gear , and it can be so much more! I am sure there are other people with a lot more ideas, lets get this thread going. Flamers and WoW-bears don't even bother.

My 2 cents.
Rob

It's great to hear ideas but many of those you propose are not done simply because Funcom does not know how to do these things.  Graphically you are paying for the detail with those smallish instance zones which throws the first idea right out of the window.  And the crafting idea looks like it could be feasible but if they haven't figured on this after more than a year what possible reason would they have for doing so now?

Again nice post with some good ideas that if ever implimented could make this an interesting game but all things this company is hardly capable of.  One thought though is the last line I don't play WOW and am obviously not trying to flame but your post seems excellent til you get to what regardless of your intentions is just flame bait and not needed to accomplish your goals.

The official forums are nothing but ideas  to fix this game because the game is shallow so there is not a great deal of information to discuss and talking about what is broken like sieges can get you banned.

Yeah Funcom just can't afford to fix the game, instead of polishing AoC and adding enough content to make it competitive.....Funcom decided to spend their money on an expansion.  It was a bad decision as people will not come back and pay to beta test another piece of garbage from Funcom.

But Funcom should be investing in TSW because there are not enough AoC players left to justify putting more money into it.  They lost 34 million from AOC so if they spent 5-7 million on making the game good they would lose another 5-7 million.  However if they would have done this stuff at release instead of the expansion servers would not be dead empty.

Finally,  IMO Funcom's biggest failure is they are short-term focused,,,,,they were all about making the sale and pushing boxes of AOC even when they know AOC was buggy, unfinished, had little content, but when it came to the long-term, they were not about to put much money into AOC to keep people and they would rather make another buggy, broken, content lite expansion instead of making the original game better.

Here's another idea.

*Give pets an actual purpose other than just looking pretty. For example, if you have a dog, it increases your chances of spotting hidden enemies,etc..

I started this thread in order to brainstorm with others about ideas that could make this game better. Its well known that Funcom has lost a ton of money and this game is headed down the drain, but thats not the intention of the thread. So, lets not discuss what Funcom shoulda woulda coulda, but instead, shares suggestions and ideas on the game, even if they probally will never come through.

Sounds like Mortal online..

Originally posted by Papadam

Sounds like Mortal online..

I'll have to check that one out.

they should start by kicking the employees who take hard core psychedelic drugs all day instead of working and hire some people who know a little bit about MMORPGs

my 2 cents