I was just going to ask a few things... I'm familiar with this STYLE of gameplay, but a few things came up that I believe are important before I decide to get into this any further!
1: I heard from a friend about this RP style game a while back... Is it still an Econ based game, or is it combat based? I've read a lot of information on this game from your own forums, but opinions seem to be varied... What exactly is this game, and where would I fit into the big picture?
2: My friend, who told me about this game said it was a VERY complicated, political and economic based game, that could erupt into devastating conflict whenever combat was implemented... I guess from the size of the game, a new players survivability would be fairly low if combat WAS implemented... So I guess that's my question... Has it been applied yet, and is there any time-frame for it yet?
3: My friend played a long time ago, and she moved and lost track of the game in all the commotion, but she said that it was worth taking a look at, as a long term interest, if I found the game interesting enough to commit to. My question is, what about this game makes it so worth sticking with? Is it the community, the "politics", or the tantalizing temptation of the promise of conflict at some point in the future? What keeps you all playing?
4: What's the deal with all the families... Your wiki page describes them as Dynasties, but they seem to mostly be character re-rolls, from previous characters being killed? How do you play something for so long, and restart again after your character suddenly dies after achieving so much, and having to start over? Is that common? (( I guess that's another question, so just count that as my fifth and final query =] ))
PS: I haven't made a character yet, so I hope this post makes it on the board... I'll be sure to check for answers here as much as possible, and I hope that, sometime in the near future, I may be able to message you in game =]
1: I heard from a friend about this RP style game a while back... Is it still an Econ based game, or is it combat based? I've read a lot of information on this game from your own forums, but opinions seem to be varied... What exactly is this game, and where would I fit into the big picture?
2: My friend, who told me about this game said it was a VERY complicated, political and economic based game, that could erupt into devastating conflict whenever combat was implemented... I guess from the size of the game, a new players survivability would be fairly low if combat WAS implemented... So I guess that's my question... Has it been applied yet, and is there any time-frame for it yet?
3: My friend played a long time ago, and she moved and lost track of the game in all the commotion, but she said that it was worth taking a look at, as a long term interest, if I found the game interesting enough to commit to. My question is, what about this game makes it so worth sticking with? Is it the community, the "politics", or the tantalizing temptation of the promise of conflict at some point in the future? What keeps you all playing?
4: What's the deal with all the families... Your wiki page describes them as Dynasties, but they seem to mostly be character re-rolls, from previous characters being killed? How do you play something for so long, and restart again after your character suddenly dies after achieving so much, and having to start over? Is that common? (( I guess that's another question, so just count that as my fifth and final query =] ))
PS: I haven't made a character yet, so I hope this post makes it on the board... I'll be sure to check for answers here as much as possible, and I hope that, sometime in the near future, I may be able to message you in game =]