Undoubtably(sp?) the players and ex players of EverQuest are the answer to making the game more fun, and continuosly exciting. Unlike SOE's method of pumping out expansions to keep itself above water.
Exactly what I had in mind was guild halls that you could defend, specifically ones that would have an influence in the area.
Just an idea...
Think of a large guild hall in the Faydarks, possibly a Keep, but not too big that it would look very out of place in the woods, and there could be many different models of Guild Halls. Wether this would be permantly placed for RP reasons, or not, is debatable.
Now, hopefully a guild that followed Tunare, or possibly Karana, would take control of that Keep, and basically take control of the Faydarks, keeping peace in the zones, and evil out in times of need.
If by chance another guild wished to take control of the Faydark's, they would do so by starting a guild war, I suppose after a certain amount of time, some event occured(maybe capturing the flag or something), the Keep would be turned over to another guild.
If this was in fact an evil guild, then the land would be in peril, orcs would probably get a more agressive, skeletons would begin to grow in numbers, and so on.
In the name of RP, and regaining a safe area for young elves to grow up, a dwarven guild from butcherblock may join in on the fight to restore peace.
I think something this has A LOT of potential...
But sadly, in order to do so, a VERY good server would be needed, and possibly around 200 players registered on the server.
Also time would be an issue, but after a while, such events could take place, and RP would take up where blind action once stood. For this time you would kill for your believes, wants, or your life, and those to come after you.
Just an idea...
Aside from my, possibly, crazy dreams, if you have the power to run a legit server, then with what skills I could provide, I shall, and will, help. Even if just to make sure things are running fine, a volounteer GM, as long as I could play along too =P.
Honestly though, if a server were to implement the guild halls, some new skills that would liven up the game, change around the classes a bit to fit what they should be, and the amount of people playing not to mention(i.e. less people playing there will be less groups, so nerf and changing something may be needed). the migrational codes, constant GM intervention with events, and a good player community of people that you would have a connection to everyone with(I would know one person, who would know so many people, who would know so many people, and in the end, its a real community).
Maybe just dreams, but promising ones I think, If all I can do is provide ideas for such a server, then I shall, just ask. But I REALLY want to be part of such an event.
Enough said for now.
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