Communal Grounds Server
+1 THIS IF YOU LIKE THE IDEA...
People like the persist as their characters even when they are not in combat or something - hence why MMO's are so popular. Crpg has added so much onto MB but to take it one step further and to bring more RPG and persistance to crpg, I think it would be great to have a special server which people could log into when they are not in a siege/battle/other server and "hang out" in a persistant environment. It could be a medieval town that players can walk though and experience things and just "mill around".
** Things that could be done here include a market, a training area, a duels area, an inn, a church, etc. **
(All combat would be disabled on this server, except special exceptions which I explain below) This includes kicking possibly and perhaps even no collision so no one can block doors, etc other troll stuff
The Market
This could be a collection of buildings/tents etc that exhibit the same wares that the website offers. Players could SEE the items before them on tables/racks, etc, and purchase them from the shops (this would sync with the crpg website of course).
Perhaps players could even try out various weapons/armor in nearby designated areas to see if they like them before purchasing.
Training Areas
This would be an area near the market where players could test out new weapons or ones they are looking to buy, or just practice their skills on dummies. A duel arena could be off of this area where dueling is enabled. A jousting area would be available with dummies for cav to practice couching, archery area for archers, etc.
The Inn
Fact is, people like the mill around online even when they aren't in the middle of combat or something - hence why MMO's are so popular. Much of this is the desire to just persist as their character and hang out with others. The Inn would be that - a place to hang out and such . Unfortunately MB has no sitting mechanic, but thats ok everyone can stand. This would be all about the environment and the modeling - beer and ale and fireplaces and such - of course none of it could be interacted with but thats ok. Its all for the effect. People could just talk here - compare builds, talk about each others moms', recruit for clans, etc etc.
The Church
No, no rosaries. This would be all legislative stuff - records, etc. Here you could do much of the same things that the website allows you to do such as - changing your name, respeccing, assigning points to your build, retiring, etc. If these things are not possible in this way - it could just be a nice RP thing to have in the town - what medieval town didnt have a church?
War Room? (STRAT MAP) - perhaps there could be a room (a tent or maybe inside the keep near this village) where there is a big map layed out on a table and when you "F" on it or something it opens up a window with an updated status of the Strategus map? Battle schedules could be listed here as well....who knows?
OTHER - other ideas are welcome!
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Some or much of this could be hard to code in...but I think even with some of the basic elements of this - this could be a really cool thing to add more persistance to CRPG and keep people around more even if they just feel like taking a 15 min break from combat.
Thoughts?
EDIT - I could see there being a minimal tick (4 exp/2 gold per minute) if people found that necessary, but personally I would vote NOT to have a tick at all.
