I've been thinking about the game and when Home gave up his Godhood for the Med'Ja, and wondered, what happened to Home? Can another player now claim the God of Agriculture, Plants and Beasts? Would it not be better if Home remained Home, played by Cutsprocket, but maybe in the form of a Hero Mortal/DemiGod? Since we've been considering allowing Gods to play the races, with 1 post per 2 days, it seems a little unfair to the Gods who totally renounced Godhood to play their races lost all Godlike perks.
I've mentioned in a few of the Sticky-Posts that new players who claim a preexisting race should be able to create a custom Hero for that race, with maybe DemiGod status (Or some other special blessing from the Gods, as suggested by Oveass). So, why not also allow Lessor Gods to denounce Godhood, become Demigods, and Champion their own races? (With some grand story associated with the transition)
A few other questions: Can Pome create his own metallic weaponry, or are all metallurgic advancements put on hold until Roxxarum returns from the Void? Do fruits not naturally ferment without the approval of Zille? If Oveass leaves the game, does the universe fall into chaos? Can individuals of a particular race swim in the Ocean if they want to, or would Tempest find this insulting and immediately drown them? When the game gets to heros v heros and armies v armies (if it comes to that), how will the outcome of battles be determined?
Things are heating up, moves are being made, if players don't start claiming races before the Age of Civilization, or during the Clash of the Gods, actions could get drastic.
Before I start writing, I'm looking for some kind of consensus on gameplay or at least ideas.
And for the love of Yuna, let's get SavageGods on v/all or v/whatever for exposure to attract some players.
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[–] Oveass 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I agree, we either need more players or we should allow everyone more freedom in playing god/race. With too few Gods some actions seem... empty. I can't really go call on the sun to help heath in Roxxarums forge, so that Roxxarum can go forge me some super awesome stuff because both the goddess of the sun (only created a sun) and Roxxarum (currently occupied but clearly a player) are AFK. I also had ideas for creatures that would need to be made/blessed by the god of time, but he's also AFK. Like the god of noodles did more stuff than the god of time. And god of time is an insanely strong domain.
That's why I proposed to actively seek the gods that only had their creation post and PM them to see if they'd be playing still. Then vacate those gods for new players. This would bring back into play gods with interesting and often crucial domains.
The gods are mainly screwing all of the mortals over continuously, because the gods have a very broad scope they usually shouldn't care about what happens to the lives beneath them. This is why people playing Races are so important, they provide the real magic in this world through storytelling, like Char'Li who refused the offers of a God. Koniguldon who is sieging mt Greb from all the horrors in the hope to find more precious ore.
God's have limited ability to tell these stories, as Meranath did by focussing his attention on 1 Holnareem champion.
We need both parts, the global influence and the stories that follow from it. We need both to be played so people have a chance to interact. Without Pome telling about the Thorac or the Saen both would become a forgotten mystery. Do you know what the Illithid or the Sophons are? What do the Naga do or care about? We dont know because no one has written about them yet. We need interaction.
When the Flora want to sell their wares, and the only active races are Med'Ja and Holnareem. That would be a pretty empty market. Now thanks to the Shryke, Saen and Thorac we have a reasonably big network of trade with good supply lines and stock. That wouldn't be the case if me and GrandPrismatic hadn't taken the liberty of progressing these races.
Tldr: we need interaction. We need it between gods and we need it between races. Ideally everything has it's own unique controller, no conflicts of interest. But when we are few players and many races/gods then I think the option should be there to play a limited version of god/race alongside being a race/god for sake of interactivity of Gaea.