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Originally posted by gandreas:
And if you think about it, this sort of thing fits reasonably well within the Cythera world - after all, there are all the different families to ally yourself with (unless, of course, you are a mage, in which case you must be loyal to Alaric and the rest of the Mages only).
Then there are members of the Ratcatchers guild, or perhaps you could just be a bandit - perhaps allied with one of several different bands of outlaws.
There are all sorts of social/political organizations there that could translate well to an online game.
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Certainly the world will have to be changed, to prevent the single superior weapon that everybody wants, but these sorts of things are the result of having a plot revolve around a single player (becuase then that player can go out and get unique weapons like that - they are special, singularly unique individuals). In an online version, people would just be like other ordinary people (though with the ability to rise above a humble origin).
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Well, I've attempted to play every fantasy game I can get my hands on out there, and many of the really good ideas I've seen from them could be implemented into this new one (like shared experience). I did think about the allies part, but in a different way. In many fantasy RPGs, you usually have a group of people following your main character around (Baldur's Gate, Blades of Exile) and it would be an idea to make it possible for those people to be other players online. I wasn't thinking about the ratcatchers guild and all those, but rather a band of mercenaries (which if you look at it the right way, could be simillar to the ratcather's guild) doing jobs for others. Freemages would also work well, as you would be serving Alaric by working together to solve problems in the land. (that I did think of)
Well, you may also want to include many other midieval weapons that are rarely used in games. Horses would be nice to figure out how to add in, or at least let the character run, as walking from one end of a large island (I'm assuming it would be bigger than Cythera was, as with multiple people playing you'd need more things and cities for them to do. The current sized island would get rather crowded) to the other end of the island can get really tiring, especially if its over twice the size of the current Cythera island.
I'm also recieving a request from somebody that you'd add in seige weaponry too, like maybe a Trebuchet, etc. This would allow you to do quests like "Help the citizens of
wherever from falling victim to the evil tyrant
whoever" or raids from bandits. It would open up many possibilities.
Of course, if you do implement all this, you're looking at a couple years of work (at least)...that is, if you decide to make a new game.
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