September 2007
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Damion Schubert
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Aurel Mihai
- [DESIGN] Where massive? John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Where massive? Damion Schubert
- [DESIGN] Where massive? Aurel Mihai
- [DESIGN] Where massive? Richard A. Bartle
- [DESIGN] Where massive? Damion Schubert
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Michael Hartman
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Roger Hicks
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Christopher Lloyd
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Damion Schubert
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Michael Hartman
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Damion Schubert
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Michael Hartman
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore andMMOs) Mike Sellers
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) Vincent Archer
- Activity Duration in MMOs (was: [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs) John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Character Growth Models (Was: Removing the almighty experience point...) Ian Hess
- [BIZ] Community-building books Mike Rozak
- [MEDIA] Intel Purchases Game Tools Firm Havok Mike Rozak
- [MEDIA] Intel Purchases Game Tools Firm Havok Jon Mayo
- [MEDIA] Intel Purchases Game Tools Firm Havok Peter Keeler
- [DESIGN] Factor of 16 Mike Rozak
- [DESIGN] Factor of 16 Aurel Mihai
- [DESIGN] Factor of 16 Michael Hartman
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content cruise
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Lachek Butalek
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Darryl Woodford
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content cruise
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content cruise
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Damion Schubert
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Player skill vs. Character Skill [was: Player-generated content] cruise
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content John Buehler
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Caliban Darklock
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content cruise
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Tom Hudson
On 9/24/07, cruise <cruise@casual-tempest.net> wrote:
> Depends on how much control the player's are given, I guess. The more
> control they have, the better quests and the more fun it'll be - but the
> greater the potential for abuse, and not just of the legal kind.
EVE-Online had player generated quests of two types: hauling stuff and
PvP. (I believe some of this has changed since I was playing
actively.)
Some people make their money hauling stuff for players who have huge
logistics needs and would rather spend cash than spend time in an
industrial moving things themselves. It isn't an entry-level quest,
though, since you usually have to have enough collateral to cover the
value of what you're shipping, and so what you can earn for any
particular haul is usually only a small fraction of what you already
have. There's also a fair amount of scamming: haul this item to this
system and we'll pay well - only it's a lawless system with a bunch of
pirates camping on the gate, and if you realize the trap and turn
back, you've forfeited your collateral.
Unfortunately, bounties are even worse in the EVE model: when a pirate
gets a big bounty on their head, and doesn't want to keep it for
bragging rights, they just transfer to a clone without any cybernetic
implants, climb into a cheap spaceship, and let a friend blow them up
to collect the bounty.
Tom
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Tom Hudson
- [DESIGN] Player-generated content Matt Chatterley
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace cruise
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Caliban Darklock
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Ammon Lauritzen
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace cruise
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Bristle
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Shannon Sullivan
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Dave Scheffer
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Raph Koster
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Morris Cox
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Matt Chatterley
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Dana V. Baldwin
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Matt Chatterley
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Morris Cox
- [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace Vincent Archer
- [DESIGN] Spore and MMOs Michael Hartman