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I'll take the left road, labled MySpace.		7.6%	[ 40 ]
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Post: 11744866_1 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:37:48 +0000
Posted: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:37:48 +0000

Hi, i'm the mule of the BST (Battle Suggestion Thread) and today, i'd like to ask you all a huge favour.

Maybe you know, maybe you don't, but the last couple of days, a handful of high-level Gaians that beleive in the Admins have complained about the lack of information and features that are actually relevant to Gaia's theme; Roleplaying.

So we at the BST think that we need to rake in more suggestions, that are much more relevant to Gaia, than "Mur Wepunz" and "Sumting liek Runescape".

For this, we ask a few simple questions:
What RPG features, that are Non-Battle, do you think Gaia should have?
What current features that Gaia currently has, do you see as RPGish.
Do you want Gaia to be more like MySpace, or more like an RPG, if so, why?

Remember that Gaia isn't Profiles, Towns and Avatars, it's a combination of all of those things, and the Battle/Quest/Thingabob that gaia will become system should also be a part of that.

Thanks for your time.

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Post: 11744866_2 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:39:14 +0000
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I have nothing to do with the development of Gaia, and have no connection to the Admins nor Gaia Online Interactive.

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Post: 11744866_3 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:43:24 +0000
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Roleplaying did play a part of gaia in the past, but recently that has declined. it's really more about the forum ideas, storyline, and games.

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Post: 11744866_4 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:49:52 +0000
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Post: 11744866_5 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:51:32 +0000
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High level Gaians?
I do believe we're all equals, here.

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Post: 11744866_6 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:54:08 +0000
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*pokes all the users and mods who have the password to NOWAR*

What RPG features, that are Non-Battle, do you think Gaia should have?

A dice centered roleplaying forum with mutiple options like what kind of dice can be used, setting automatic HP limits to each player that can be viewed at the top of the forum, similar to a D&D game but based on a forum structure, and etc. More unique features added to the forums to enhance the experience of an RPG.

What current features that Gaia currently has, do you see as RPGish.

If you mean Barton Town and Gaia Commerce, then that is represenatative of a low standard of RPG. With the forums as they are, it's boring with no unique features to enhance the RP. No standard RPG uniforms available, no standard RPG armor available, no array of standard RPG weapons available, and no hint by Gaia to make these available.

Do you want Gaia to be more like MySpace, or more like an RPG, if so, why?

Gaia should stick with being an online anime roleplaying community like it was made out to be when the four admins got together and decided to make this site work.

I'd have to say that yes, feature enhancements are necessary to attract other new users who would like to use those features. But having said that, half of the community on Gaia is about RPG and the features that surround it. New users now won't know that this site was once an RPG site but has moved on to other features similar to MySpace and Neopets. It might be purely for commercial reasons but to make this site unique, the gradual release of RPG items and features should be a priority.

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Post: 11744866_7 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:58:15 +0000
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High level Gaians?
I do believe we're all equals, here.

I think it was meant in terms of what other people think about a lot of these users. I've seen the threads in the SF. Old users pretty much known back in the old Q&F, I suppose you could say. At least, that's how I know most of them since I'm also a former Q&Fer.

Anyway, I am still looking forward to the quest system. Razumi needs a pair of wings. xd

Wouldn't want Gaia like MySpace. Don't go on that site. My cousins do. I'm fine with how it is in terms that I can talk to my friends in threads and the guilds for now.

I remember how I RPed more in the past. Now I'm all over the place. M'heh. Ah well. Times change. o_o

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Post: 11744866_8 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:02:09 +0000
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I want gaia to be more like an RPG. Myspace currently owns the myspace market I'm afraid. xd

I also think that the items you wear should affect your stats, and you should be able to upgrade them so people whos avatars never change can still get good at the battle system. Maybe you could have a seperate battle/forum avatar? That'd be cool. 3nodding

I also think they should re-render all the items in 3-d. Using the current avatars just wouldn't cut it in my opinion. gonk

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Post: 11744866_9 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:04:33 +0000
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I'd really hate to see Gaia become MySpace, I stay on Gaia because I want to see the Battle System, and I was drawn here because of the fantasy theme.

Gaia has some of the best community features I've seen , and I really don't think we need to do anything more than that, we have enough community features.

We need the fantasy theme to come back, in somthing like clothing, a mini-game, anything to remind the population that Gaia was based on a fantasy theme, because I'm starting to forget that myself.

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I think we need to balance the community features of Gaia with the RPG aspect of Gaia, so first they need to bring the RPG part of Gaia up to level with the Community side of things, then I guess the combined path would be more reasonable.

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Post: 11744866_10 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:04:57 +0000
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no 3D would ruin it! I like pixel art! >< plus it would delay the battle system..you know how long it would take to remodel everything? forever.

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Post: 11744866_11 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:05:56 +0000
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no 3D would ruin it! I like pixel art! >< plus it would delay the battle system..you know how long it would take to remodel everything? forever.

No, I mean 3-d with pre-rendered sprites. It would speed up gameplay and make the graphics better. 3nodding

And gaia can hire a crew of people for re-modeling. It wouldn't take that long at all if they knew what they were doing.

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Post: 11744866_12 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:17:44 +0000
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Oh, gosh. I agree with those who say that they wouldn't want Gaia to be more Myspace-like. I mean, being able to meet people is great, but I meet people by posting on the forums. If I wanted something like Myspace, I'd go to myspace.

I was kind of drawn to the site because I'd heard that there was a role-playing aspect to it, but it seems like it's been pushed to the side. It would be nice if we could interact with the storyline in someway other than forum references being stuck into the plot, but I'm not sure how difficult that would be.
I also think that re-introducing fantasy elements would be nice.
...I'm honestly not sure if I'm really making sense or not, but...just offering my thoughts.

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Post: 11744866_13 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:22:00 +0000
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no 3D would ruin it! I like pixel art! >< plus it would delay the battle system..you know how long it would take to remodel everything? forever.

it's true: Instead of having to redraw the same item however many times (one picture per stance has got to be limiting, at least psychologically) you'd create the item once and rotate it using some form of server-side drawing api. I know they use something similar to that now (except in 2d obviously) so it shouldn't be that big of a change (except, of course, for that actual rendering of all the items gonk ). I don't know if it'd make it prettier, our avatars are really cool looking and might lose some of the finer detail in the conversion to 3d.

OT: Clearly the best way to go is down the middle, that way you don't alienate the forumers plus you keep all the RPGers happy too.
I'd like to see more quest type stuff, obviously, even if it just NPC's telling you to go to other NPCs and deliver an item, and Stats that we could fiddle with would be rad. I'd also like to see it intergrated into the forums (stat displays or avatar effects/guild crests/etc.).

I see the quest system working in a similar to events with NPCs handing out stuff after certain prerequisites have been completed, so in effect, we already have a basic quest system in place, we just need to refine it. It'd be nice if guilds could make quests too, but I suppose there is'nt really a need for a system to be put in place as it'd be pretty freeform anyway.

EDIT: and also, I don't know if we really need to amp the fantasy aspect of Gaia, it's sort of going in a steam-punkish direction anyway, and making it purely fantasy would limit what the creators could do. Plus, there's a million fantasy RPs out there, it'd be a total snore-fest.

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Post: 11744866_14 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:27:09 +0000
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lvl 5 only, leeches will be banned...

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Post: 11744866_15 created on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:30:16 +0000
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