Zentetsuken wrote:I like the idea of some grand experimental change just for shits, but I don't think dropping player progression in favour of community progression is the way to go here.
If PVP was still a thing, why do you think that alts and bots would be less used? Wouldn't it maybe even be more necessary to make bots or alts for combat situations if your character is so much more disposable. Consider the shubla-boat scenario or all the non-menial-labour type things that bots are used for (checking spots for animal spawns, natural resources, players). I feel like these bots are more harmful to the game then a bot that mines or farms and your idea doesn't address them at all.
Also, this whole idea really takes away from the hermit experience. You've completely negated them in endgame and made the need to be in a large group even more desirable, or possibly even totally necessary.
BIG IDEA = GOOD
THIS IDEA = BAD
The watch bots were slowly nerfed this world, but people quick made roaming bots + road watching bots.
While making our bots we noticed the angler watching bot was unable to find anglers. it seems if the bot had under 20 str, any angler they discovered first would instantly despawn.
How did we find that out? Well using our world 13 bot that just spawns in then logs off, it didn't work. so we used the roaming one. it didn't work.
So we created a new one that check roads, it started spotting anglers everywhere; teleport the bot to the angler spot to keep the angler loaded~ poof angler.
alright so instead keep angler bot watching but have a main come kill the angler - bam suddenly working angler watching bot.
Not sure how to fix watch bots~ but I've let Jorb know about our watch bots before to fix things. I don't think he really cared to much this world.
I don't think the idea itself would stop hermit gameplay; I think it's more that anyone can join into a community and help progress it or a single person can progress their own stuff theirselves- I think the endgame expression in my post might have been a bit of misleading and unwarranted as it was only shoved into the post to "add an endgame" but not even one I think would even be good.
what I really need to do is sit down for a few hours and really writeup along boring read on how systems would work and the progression of such systems in the current state of the game - me being lazy at this point seems to be getting me in trouble