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Originally Posted by Supaman771
Do it right f**king now (game play requirements):
-Stop changing our font on log-in.
-Stop changing our GUI window preferences whenever we use internal windows.
-Make players '/save' automatically at specific points (changing respawn, logging off, changing islands?). Nobody should have to deal with this feature on their own.
-Put speed back; randomly capping it when people already have past that cap is pure retardation. This is a huge negative; especially when every item has Speed+ and the map is ****ing huge. You want people to leave trade not promote standing still.
-Have players always on Kingdom Tag as default... guilds/staff/stuff would override this for RP purposes, but if you want Kingdoms to mean something then a player shouldn't be a member of the Zormite kingdom and not be recognizable/representing whenever they're online. Outlaws should be easily recognized to be recruited and whatnot.
Do it soon (simple improvements):
-Make Kingdoms/unique guilds have recognizable AP colors. There is no more trial/notrial/vip difference... use this simple system for something constructive. ETs should be easily differentiated from Samurai and Forest alike (especially when they're not bmode).
-Add a day/night/creature spawn timer of some sort... could be as simple as a changing sun/moon icon so players know the difference between bomys and reapers without having to kill them and wait.
-Overhead HP display needs numerical values and/or incremental dashes of some sort.
-Elemental/attack-type effects need to be visible on players in some way when applied and for the duration. Could be as simple as an over-head icon. 'Poisoned!' when they get hit, tint them green for the duration. This is all up for debate but it is simple as pie to do and since PvM/PvP is supposed to be the entire goal of the server, having zero distinction actually makes me feel disgusted. Overall PvM/P clarity with these ideas.
-Message Log needs to be traverse-able with mouse scroll or contained in its own window with a scroll-bar. Seriously; it's 2015... we're getting spammed with messages every-time we touch something or someone logs on/dies/respawns/sends a message/prays from 2003... let us filter and view this.
All the above should be doable within 24-48 hours honestly. Most of it is pre-existing points of reference that are just not clarified/visible to players.
Long Term Do-Age (stuff to work on):
-Kingdom competition. Give rewards for the most RP every month; make some more events for kingdoms (kingdom spar; make a water level with boat spawners, etc.) give kingdoms a reason to promote/add players and war each-other... add objectives (Samurais have captured a golden Dustarian chicken, will they go to war to reclaim the sacred egg-layer?? +5000rp if dusty gets it back (but goes to war!), -5000rp if they refuse). I don't know... just do something, get a Kingdom Admin.
-Dungeons/Monsters.. obviously. Make more HH's with different creatures/rewards. Add caves with different level creatures, I'm sure you could randomize some of the regular dungeon/labyrinth monsters to be less boring. Any monkey can make levels, and having messed with the creatures b4, there's no reason someone can't make a new dungeon in a matter of a couple work-hours (a few days of graal-time). Not everything needs to be super special effects and scripted up like the Crypt (which in-itself isn't even that complex).
-Gear/Items... this is kinda simple and most people do this first; I mean it takes from 2-30 mins to make a item depending if you need on-player animations for it or not. But it's not all just newplz.. someone could go make 40 different recolored ring/scroll icons in an hour and make this stuff more recognizable and professional.
-Scores/Points/Collectables... really add some systems or competition that people can work on after experience. Right now, once a player reaches level 110 (and 107 in like 2/6 categories) they've effectively completed the game. There needs to be a reason for players to keep logging on and to compete against each other; besides just collecting items.
I'll probably post more later if any progress actually gets made, this is tl;dr.
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Are these demands or suggestions? I hear a lot of STOPS!
However your not even clear on your objectives enough.
-Is the font always changed every time you log in? Even after you change it? (or is it annoy because it changes your default graal font until you reconnect?
-"Stop changing our GUI window preference..?" What preferences are being changed, what GUIs are even you even speaking about.
-Players data is saved automatically, the /save function is just a extra precaution for you in-case the DB is somehow corrupted. Maybe we can possible change it so when a player is logged out its automatically saved, oppose to forcing the /save command on them.
-Put speed back; Uhm nah, although that most of you disagree I think a speed cap is for the overall betterment of the server. How it was before was like the entire server had staff boots. By balancing/capping the speed it brings other interesting objects forced into play, mounts etc.
-"Have players always on Kingdom Tag as default...". This isn't Era... Wearing a Kingdom tag should be that players preference. I don't think forcing the tag on the player will achieve us anything.
-"Make Kingdoms/unique guilds have recognizable AP colors". This is heading into a better direction then your previous "demands". Although i feel manipulating AP colors is sooo graal1992. Maybe we should start adding Unique kingdom icons above or below the player representing there kingdoms. This also allows them to be recognized 24/7 plus have the ability to not be bonded by a tag 24/7.
No comment on the long term goals as there to far ahead.
My suggestion
-work on gear Organization
-Try to create different tier types of gear.
-try to make gear purchasable from vendors, with certain marks rewarded from dungeons in that area.
-Add Item Levels to all Items, So that way you would be required to reach a certain item level before you can purchase the next tier.
~Kingdoms~
We just need to do something with kingdoms.. With a server named Kingdoms, we don't involve the kingdoms that much. I feel this needs to change. Maybe add weekly auto events that allow kingdoms to enter each lands and vandalize burn them to possible set war with another kingdom, gaining kingdom honor points that can be used to enchant your gear weapons.