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[–] Oveass 0 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.