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Originally Posted by miltonyorkcastle  Maintaining the various servers is what I'm worried about. The cost, essentially.
But I would really prefer exactly what Skywatcher is suggesting. Say, 70% of server space for the general populace who pays and just wants to explore/hackandslash, with no approval process or GM questing of any kind, and very little GM monitoring. The other 30% is reserved for those few who are willing to possibly pay a monetary fee and still go through all the approval processes and general RP req's we currently maintain. The advantage then would be the GM run quests and the ability to have a tangible affect on the world (not to mention the generally huge, open-ended possibilities of an RP environment).
For some reason I kind of think the MMO team has already mentioned implementing something like this, but to what extent, perhaps, is the question. |
This is the direction we're heading. One world where anything goes, not as monitored, free for all. One world where roleplay is center stage. Your characters must be approved, they must fit the lore of the world. Roleplay will be actively monitored, quests will be ran much more often on center stage then on the free for all.
Anything that happens on Layonara 'Prime' will effect the free for all shard. For example, some players on Prime do a quest that caves in a copper mine. We update and the players on the free for all are no longer able to get to the copper.
This will encourage the drive to get your player accepted to center stage, to be able to make differences and be the one responsible for the world changes. Understanding your actions have an impact on the state of the world.
This is our intentions, but as you immediately stated, costs are our concern and if we can't sustain both servers we'll have to find a happy middle ground.
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On Eight Bit's point, I really don't understand why a lot of folks think just because you pay for something you should get things exactly as you want and with no work whatsoever. Try to get membership at a country club, its more then just forking over the money.