Starbuckx Report post Posted January 28, 2012 As the SWTOR servers are down I started thinking about the sort of game I'd want to play. Here are some of my thoughts but what do people think? and what would they look for. Please note this is from brainstorming and ideas not thought through. Lore/setting Anything! Swords or lasers I guess there should be some logical theme, for background and setting. PvP Points recorded for levels to give titles/Ranks but give no reward other than status. Give cosmetic items and sets of gear and different ranks. Levels are infinate, and linear in point requirements. Aim for 10 hours of gameplay for each level for the average player. Kills/Deaths/Killingblows/Highest Hit/Highest Heal/Level (Recorded at player, Team, Alliance level) In game state board. Warhammer had this? LFG system like Rift but for pvp. Team leader selects archtypes he wants eg dps/heal/support/tank. Openworld Zone/s No factions/Alliance between Teams Mechanism to promote fighting and increase levels faster by winning. War Zones No reason not to group queue so no need for group only queues. Ranked matches with ladders are optional. Ladder ranks give titles perosnal and team titles. Arena's No reason not to group queue so no need for group only queues. Ranked matches with ladders are optional. Ladder ranks give titles Tournament's Daily tournaments and maybe qualification into weekly and monthly events with player and guild titles and cosmetic rewards. 1v1, 5v5 10v10 People can watch the matches in game without impacting performance...or have some method to view the game. Monthly matches maybe just finals are recorded and posted on Youtube or some forum for people to watch out of game. Races & Character Customisation Different races are for looks only, no restrictions on classes Clothes/weapons are cosmetic only. Characters should be varied and rich. Items can only be made through crafting Crafting Items are developed by individual crafters, maybe like second life? Creatively is allowed....these can be traded with other players, maybe for crafting points and crafting points tracked with a ladder so show the most popular (famous) crafters. No levels and restrictions on what you can make. maybe base items can be provided as templates that can be modified with colour mats etc. Classes Classless system. Any player can choose 1-3 skillsets with a fixed set of abilities and points to spend across the skill sets to make any they like stronger. General principles: Tank Skill set: 50% Dmg Reduction DPS skill set: 50% Dmg Increase Healing: 50% Healing Effectiveness Support: Random support skills like Crowd controls. Buffs: Every skill set has a group buff. Expanded points system. All players have x number of points to spend in other trees to unlock extra abilities or buff stats, like DaoC/Warhammer system. Should be generic across skill sets and respec able at any time for no cost. Out of scope No PvE Zones No quests No money No NPC's No Vendors, apart from a AH to trade crafted items for points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tildor Report post Posted January 28, 2012 - An open world without restrictions - Limited hunting grounds, so people will fight over dominion - An upgradeable housing system (houses form towns->form cities->form countries) - With each upgrade there will be options to build, a town can build player driven stores, in a city NPC will establish themselves and countries can build mighty castles which can be sieged. -Death has a meaning i.e. experience loss/item loss - Griefing should be possible but with a risk - One single forum that can be used ingame and out of the game for added drama and politics - Tournaments with prizes to win - no restrictions on gaining experience, pvp, pve, crafting, you should gain experience in the manner you want to play in the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raynolf Report post Posted January 29, 2012 -open world, no lame insances, no warfronts for pvp or any other shit. -no pvp level. Farming pvp points it's the dumbest thing ever. -sieges, open raids and the chance for a guild to have power and influence (drama and politics). All conquered through pvp. I think I just don't want anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Makrill Report post Posted January 30, 2012 I could write 10 pages here, but i would have to make a real design document out of it first so it's structured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
