Since there is so much discussion about rpgs and everyone seems to know about what would make them better, I thought it would be neat for everyone to put fourth their ideas and we could collate them into the ultimate RPG idea. Here are some general areas (please add more if you have ideas for them) Combat System Skill/Experience system Enviroment Interaction Rewards System Quest System NPC Interaction MOB AI Experience System Economic System Party Roles PvP For starters I think Ideally it would be an MMPORG And would Combine the Interactive Fighting of Virtual Fighter 4 with out all the fancy button pushing and I really like the skill system used in Diablo 1.10 although Im not totally sold on it

Here's a few more...

Astronomical system
- Planetary rotation, length of day/night
- Day/night effects (light, temperature, etc)
- Moon orbits, eclipses
- Cometary and planetary orbits
- Periodic meteor showers, meteorite collisions

Weather system
- Climate and effects on creatures/plants
- Storms/quakes/eruptions/fires and other natural disasters
- Clouds, haze, fog, smog, etc effects
- Mirage/illusions
- Unnatural phenomena

Movement
- Ground based (creep, crawl, roll, walk, jog, sprint, leap, etc)
- Aerial based (hover, glide, dive, etc)
- Vehicles/mounts (wheeled, legged, winged, trailers/trains)
- Magical/Technological (gating, warping, rifting, etc)

Perception
- Vision (Infra, Ultra, Normal, etc)
- Detection (traps, scents, sounds, tracks, aura, faction, etc)
- Verbal Communication (whisper, speak, shout, page, etc)
- Nonverbal communication (emotes, pheromones, psychic, etc)

Ecological system

Edit: Oh and I'm not sure about ideal being MMORPG... I think multiplayer is ideal, but probably a group of the same friends meeting online to advance through a series of adventures. Being able to pick up where you left off is nice and MMORPGs tend to go on without you.

[edited by - 5010 on December 23, 2003 6:03:11 PM]

You said ideally it would be an MMORPG, but can you program an MMORPG, or are you aspiring too high? By asking for so many opinions, it makes you sound like you can''t come up with anything on your own, which isn''t something you want people to think.

I''m not planning on making this game at all. I thought it would be an interesting thought experiment to see all the features that people would come up with and what do I care what people think of my game design skills?

i always thought it would be neat if you could burn stuff down. i don''t mean lighting a single bush on fire, and having it burn for a bit, and then reverting back to normal state. i mean, lighting a forest fire (or a village fire) and watching the whole thing burn to the ground.

of course nobody should do this... but it would be neat if you could.

Thanks for your insight into your pyromaniacal fantasies.

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Original post by krez
i always thought it would be neat if you could burn stuff down. i don''t mean lighting a single bush on fire, and having it burn for a bit, and then reverting back to normal state. i mean, lighting a forest fire (or a village fire) and watching the whole thing burn to the ground.

of course nobody should do this... but it would be neat if you could.

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Why don''t you burn down the school, Trash?



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Some of the detail there like different time lengths for night and day seem like they wouldnt add a lot of immersion to me or would loose there luster very quickly. That being said

Love the Idea of random weather events

New Category

Environment


Again right on with different types of movement and different perception types although I see these being integrated with the combat system


Combat System

Skill/Experience system

Enviroment

Enviroment Interaction

Rewards System

Quest System

NPC Interaction

MOB AI

Experience System

Economic System

Party Roles

PvP



Too lazy right now to categorize the suggestions. Ill do it soon

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Original post by orionx103
Thanks for your insight into your pyromaniacal fantasies.

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thanks for yet another useless post in this thread. do you have any more negativity to spew on people who actually want to discuss game design, or did you grow up yet?

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Original post by I Like Bread
Why don't you burn down the school, Trash?

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why don't you STFU, and go back to the lounge where you belong?

anyway, asshole comments aside, it would have some interesting implications for gameplay. one could conceivably torch the guardhouse, leaving a village defenseless. one could burn down a rival guild's fortress. one could start a forest fire, and loot the nearby village while everyone is trying to stop the fire.

one could also start a camp fire (for warmth+5, light+5, and using the cooking skill on a recently killed were-deer), and accidentally start a fire in the grove.



[edited by - krez on December 24, 2003 11:06:55 AM]

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i always thought it would be neat if you could burn stuff down.

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I completely agree. In fact, a large scale fire could become an integral part of an epic story.

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Some of the detail there like different time lengths for night and day seem like they wouldnt add a lot of immersion to me or would loose there luster very quickly.

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I think it would add a lot both in sci-fi and fantasy where multiple worlds are involved. Imagine traveling to a slow world where days are long and become extremely hot and nights get extremely cold. Imagine a quick world where the suns, moons, and stars rotate across the sky every 20 minutes or so, casting shifting shadows that obscure and reveal different aspects of the landscape as you travel. What strange creatures inhabit these worlds?