All Posts by Zane_Xander

Yes, I am the New guy on this Site I have been bouncing around here looking at the current news on mmorpg's. I coming off a long addiction to UO of 6+yrs,  What a nice ride it was -while it lasted!

Many other players here are also coming of a game they love for so long  because,  there old game is either dieing or gone. what a horde of folks now looking for a different game and Finding nothing they are wanting to take the place of there addiction; me included. I also predict a flood of  customers to online because, of  high energy prices in the world.  So in short, that means extra money coming online. ( Hint*Hint* developers/publishers)

Reason why the games we want aren't out in my humble Opinion:

Copy rights and Product Protection:  First Problem 

Exploiting and Hacking: Second Problem

Cost of  Production: Third problem

Complacent and Focus: Fourth Problem

CUSTOMER SERVICE!!  If you Have 500,000 customer you best learn to answer phones with real people! I cant think of one single thing that leads to loss of customers more than No customer service!

At the very lease have Customer service on some sort of 24/7 chat with quallified personal. If I treaded my customers like Ive been treated  when it comes to customer support I wouldnt have any customers..that subject blows me away.

In short; Most of you guys that visit here daily -share in these themes. But, what can you do when Entrepreneurs cant compete when there is clearly a customer base of ready buyers sitting on the money...

Earth Reborn 2061:

The year 2036 Earth is on a collision course with Asteroid Apophis. Apophis is said to strike the Planet on April 13, 2036. Official have warned of Global cataclysmic consequences. Odds of surviving is 20% at best! Take Shelter Before it impacts!

In year 2036 Asteroid Apophis Slams into the northern Artic Ocean. Two thirds of all life is gone!  All of Earth's infrastructure is gone or at the very least Hidden within the now lush jungles and forest. Fires and acid rain has destroyed anything man made .. With maybe a few remains of some cities left for the plunder.

Ash filled the skies that covered the earth for 5 years has since Cleared. The temperatures have been climbing for 15 yrs. Fresh pure oxygen is abundance. Earth Has increased its last known land masses. Oceans are smaller with large lakes and rivers. Earth has become even more fertile than before. Earth is now extremely over grown; very primitive in nature. Its Now 2061 and Earth has been Reborn. New and even better than before; Now it is left up to you to restore culture as you once knew it or do you?

Yes, there seems to be survivors, A handful from the space lab and people that fled to old mines and underground structures. Additional there were people that choose to seek shelter in the labs under the oceans. < possible mutants >  < also Possible mutant animals to hunt for resources, although not eatable>     

A few twinkles of hope still remain for mankind, a couple hard drives on the space lab and the Labs underground. Preserving this knowledge is paramount for mankind or is it?

< Do people decide to use the technology? Can they even find it? >

< What good will it do for the survivors; without tools and the ability to use such knowledge? >

Maybe in the future of the of the game players may be in more of a position to use such technology. Keep in mind that players born will have certain skill that was instilled from the recent past or handed down. There will be many skills to choose from. These skills will improve fairly quick but will have only little production increases compaired to a full trained players. The biggest thing is not to miss out on the opportunity by not having enough skill or no skill at all. Seeing as this is a slow moving story line there should a bustle of work being performed. This why we must limit players from just roaming the lands just to discover the land maps too soon. Which mean lots of detail and the importance of having one shard and a 3 toon limit.

In today’s world there are much more important thing to worry about like finding food and building new infrastructure. Although primitive - Very important to be careful what type of skill you choose before entering the world, pick a carpenter you have a roof over you head, but how about food.. it is paramount that you stay alive. Your toon will need to eat  a fair amount along with pets/npc's  that are under user command.

Exploring should be the thing to do but the ability to map out will be difficult, although certain structures and paths/roads will be seen when approached, so be careful you might attract someone or Group that isn’t friendly and/or greedy. It will very important to make friends and forge trust between other players. Which means there will be a need for ingame leaders and officials, kings, rulers, clans the list goes on… sheww someone doesn’t pull weight in camp? Umm they might get the boot…Talk about virtual reality~

Structures should  be craftable on a ever changing land scape: Changes ingame should develop slow enough for dev to keep up. 

You may play a solitary life for  months and never see the first person/player.

Additionally-

If you die, you can be reborn but who can say you even get dropped back in anywhere near the same place. You keep knowledge and skills, but that’s about it unless you can get back to what you have made. so in this case there is squatters rights, beside if your even luckily enoughfor someone to come by there path, they are an instant friend or foe - wont be any guessing or wondering.

so,  Perma death is at play, should you die  good luck trying to find your home/ work.

Very High risk in PKing new players

Note: it should take 10 yrs in rl to totally rebuild earth!

It should take rl years just to build, populate and make rude world maps which should at best be 25% complete in the 1 or 2 years. Of course this also depends on the number players. Which should have strict rules on how many account you can own..

Uncovering Knowledge: The more one plays; the smarter your character can become and knowledge is the main key how smart can you become with limited ability and tools to learn.

Smarts vs. Strength will also effect how you survive for first week.. You will really need to stay focused at the goals at hand.