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Originally Posted by konidias
It's really a shame that so many people see things in black or white. How many servers have you played online that had an npc character as a king? My guess is ZERO. Then why are you so confident when you say that my idea won't work? Is it because you're afraid of the unknown?
In my opinion there are some people that don't like my npc king idea simply because they want themselves or their friends to be in power. My idea is going to put several people out of power. Which I guess is a turn off to those several people.
When I started my revision I thought about kingdoms and at first I didn't even want them at all. Because they are such a large project and they aren't NEEDED for roleplaying. But then I figured it would be better to have them anyway... But then I began to think about the problems that would arise from this:
1. Who leads each kingdom? Do you just draw names out of hat? Do they get voted in through a popularity contest? Do they get the position because they are friends with staff?
2. Will this person do a good job? Will they be active? What happens if they are inactive? What happens if they are corrupt?
3. How can any RP events be taken seriously when they are normally just thought up at the spur of the moment? How can two kingdoms really go to war? Do both kings just say "I HAET U!!11" and then send their armies in to attack?
The old kingdoms lacked balance. They lacked structure. They lacked consistency. There was corruption, there was inactivity. There was favoritism.
I don't really think anyone here is totally grasping my concept of an npc king. I think most people are just automatically assuming that it means the king will be useless and you will go and talk to him and he will assign you chores and you do them and level up and it's all very robotic. But that is not the case.
I want a successful server and I want to feel confident that it will succeed. Putting my server into the hands of different people and letting them play king does not seem wise. I will be waiting on the sidelines to say "I told you so" when a kingdom on Lance's server collapses due to corruption, inactivity, or lack of members.
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Thank you, Koni. Thank you for spitting in my face, and Vermain's, and Ghost Pirate's. Because surely under their administration, favoratism and idiocy ran rampant. Player-kings can work with the proper players. And I assure you, the roster currently in progress IS good.