Quote from: g4q34g4qg47ww on December 17, 2017, 12:16:48 PM

Quote from: CrazyLoaf on December 17, 2017, 10:32:32 AM

Quote from: g4q34g4qg47ww on December 17, 2017, 08:45:16 AM

Quote from: CrazyLoaf on December 17, 2017, 01:08:17 AM

can we actually get a fucking plan going?

I have some thoughts, some of them are contradictory. But the good news is the game is fun and the site is just a front end to an sql database, so solutions are not impossible.

HIGH

Any thoughts/suggestions?

I don't think those are bad ideas and want to consider it more. I think working out priorities is super important. In my opinion priority number 1 should be attracting new players and getting the current ones playing again. Tied for number 1 is getting $$$ to the pissed off people who want to strangle kings to death and throw them into an abyss. I think we need to be careful having the game set up in a way that new people checking it out might have an impression that Old Money runs shit, and everyone else is a peasant with no chance. As far as I can tell the only way anyone is going to get a penny back is to have a game that people who have nothing to do with the project right now will enjoy. I think its more important for the game to be fun to new people than for existing players for that reason though I do not think the two are mutually exclusive. But people might be turned off if there are closed off clubs that can vote and control everything, and they could never be apart of it without spending $millions on shares. Concerning the abandoned accounts and assets of HM, it's difficult to decide when an account is abandoned, I definitely went 6 months without signing in. Sell HM assets to pay debts I suppose but don't really know the details too well. But in my opinion basically the whole center of the universe HM aspect really took away from the enjoyment of the game, having been just a peasant myself, and rather than spread around HM's power to a group, it would be a more enjoyable experience to new players to just remove power completely. if there were literally no power in the game. Just economy, investing, quests, realestate, maybe war stuff but I don't see violence being as big of a draw for this game given the target audience as much Ultima-looking digital world investing. Really the best and only viable target audience is the new blood that is flooding into the crypto currency scene. They are interested in trading, investing type stuff. They feel a bit of awe and fascination but also very strong loathing when it comes to whales, and like the idea of no one being in control.

Yes, agree. #1 priority is actually getting a spreadsheet style game up worth playing.

I am not sure if fooling with debts is a #2 priority. Figure out the debt values overall, issue CKD, and go from there

Overall, gameplay-wise, I think a complete refresh back to the middle ages (or earlier) is required. We have a lot of useless/pointless items (even outside of the "collectibles" category, like coins) that need to be done away with.

What I would consider is keep land, gold, and other major assets in the refresh, and for everything else that isn't utilized, it becomes "relic points" or something of that nature.

In terms of getting "new blood" in the game, we do have HM's 25%-50% of, say, CKO that could be given/sold to new players. There is a lot that can be done with all of HM's assets.

I do like the idea of no "power" in the game and would be interested in hearing more. Yes, if this could just be an Ultima-style sandbox, it would be very interesting.

Come on community, let's keep this discussion going.