[Draenin]

I'd kinda like to see more roles on a modern server like this.

On servers like Era, Graal Ghetto, and so on, there have been feeble attempts to incorporate other roles into the game, like collecting trash or picking flowers or little odd jobs like that.

But where are all the jobs that actually allow a city to function in real life?


I'd like to see the option of doing things like joining a police force to arrest people when they've committed crimes. Or joining a group of firefighters that get bonuses for putting out fires or something. Or allow people to sell things other than weapons, like food that has to be made out of ingredients that other people farm. And in order to do make that work, make it possible for people to starve. If you do things just right, you can make people playing on the server actually depend on each other somewhat for help in different situations.

Just think about the real world, and what kinds of people are in it, and what they do, and what you could let players do that they could do in real life. Let them be construction workers that have hammers and demolition equipment. Or medics, who get bonuses for saving the lives of others. Allow players to become brokers on the stock market, or realtors that can sell housing to others. Even something as simple as needing someone to be online to open a shop at a certain time of day is both realistic and engaging to a player audience if you can find creative ways to give players incentives for doing tasks. Even if they're menial.

There's so much untapped potential in modern servers because they're all just simple GTA clones.

You might think I'm crazy, but think about the possibility of a modern server as a kind of 'Sim' game instead. It could work.