Yet another MMORPG idea

Wixner · 2006-01-31T07:35:08

First of all: This is not a "how-do-i-create-a-mmorpg" topic so holster your flamethrower. Second of all: I am no MMORPG expert - in fact, the only MMORGP I've played seriously so far is World of Warcraft. Until today, every MMORPG game has had the exactly same basic design: slaying monsters in the world is a very cheap way to gain new equipment and items. As in this World of Warcraft comic: http://www.worldofwar.net/comics/heroesofwow/chapter8/index.php, some monsters even got a very powerful weapon. This fact popped two questions in my head: why didn't the monster use that item in it's fight against you and how did the monster aquire such an item? In my opinion, there are two possible ways for the monster to aquire those items: State of the Art (tm) AI or human interaction. My idea here is human interaction, but you have to wait for the update because I have to go to work now. I'll update the thread as soon as I can.