PlaneShift
Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Terro on July 28, 2003, 11:50:16 pm
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since we have a feline and lizard like race why not a wolf race?... maybe some type of werewolf? just thought id throw it out there :) :)
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we should have a gopher race that digs everywhere and messes up peoples yards. then people would be all, \"darn you gopher race! stop messin up our yards!\" Then the developers would say, \"a gopher race just isnt Planeshift\" and they\'d remove it like they removed that werewolf race they never had.
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I think there\'s already enough races :), but I agree with you werewolf is pretty cool, something like gnoll.
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a werewolf race would be cool but i think they should just have that race for npcs and monsters
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acually instead of new races we need to just refine the current ones - the devs have always said that Planeshift will be a unique and original experience but at the moment the typical rpg caracteclases: dwarves, elves, etc etc... need to be looked into and changed... some non humanoid races would be nice
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IMHO when I log on to a fantasy RPG I expect to see elves, dwarfs, orcs and humans.
I liked the two dwarf classes, but I was not impressed with the elf classes. You should have high elves, and wood elves, and dark elves. I realize it is not original, but they are expected now.
Please change the names as well. I sound geeky enough now when I tell people that I play MMRPGs. If I tell people I play a demorian (SP?) on Planeshift they will think I am some kind of devil worshiper.
If you want to make the game original. Include classes like Orcs, Centars, Treeants, or gosts. Werewolves would also be good. Mole men might be good too.
Heck, forget race all together as a class. Just let people pick and choose diferent skin colors, eyes, ears, body sizes, hair, and faces. You could make your avtar look like what ever mythological creature you wanted.
Well that is my two cents worth
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First, of all there wouldn\'t be many wood elves seeing as their are no woods...I think it has something to do with being....underground and all.
Second, why should the names of the races be changed just so you don\'t sound like an idiot? If it\'s that important to you don\'t tell people.
Third, do you know what it would take in order to allow players to edit what their character looks like? It would either be very primitive, (ie. just editing colors, etc.) or it would end up taking forever to code.
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Originally posted by derwoodly
Please change the names as well. I sound geeky enough now when I tell people that I play MMRPGs. If I tell people I play a demorian (SP?) on Planeshift they will think I am some kind of devil worshiper.
How does it concern us that people think you are a geek?? And what on earth is wrong with worshipping the devil?? :P
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It all depends on how you worship the devil. my wifes step father put needles through her breasts as a means of contacting the dark one. this was when she was a teenage girl...
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Re: Aender
It would be too difficult, have you taken a look at the current skins for races? Sure they would need to change around a bit of programing, and trow the plot right out the window, but it could be done for anouther game.
Hey, I thought Iwas a wood elf! I better check that race list again....
Re: Xalthar
Why\'d you have to open that can of worms? :P
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well.. If people are really stupid enough to get agitated about such, by all means, let them!
I\'ll just sit back and defend my point of view. But hopefully this forum hasn\'t got anyone too entagled by religious views upon the world..
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Originally posted by AendarCallenlasse
First, of all there wouldn\'t be many wood elves seeing as their are no woods...I think it has something to do with being....underground and all.
Gee those houses seem awfully wooden though ;). We are underground but there is still sunlight from the crystal and a self-contained eco-system, plants DO grow, I mean there are trees in the town after all.
Originally posted by Drilixer
acually instead of new races we need to just refine the current ones - the devs have always said that Planeshift will be a unique and original experience but at the moment the typical rpg caracteclases: dwarves, elves, etc etc... need to be looked into and changed... some non humanoid races would be nice
Klyros, Enkidukai, Kran, Ynwnn, and Diaboli all aren\'t exactly human looking... If you mean something other than bipeds with two arms, that is a no-go, coz\' they would have to have their own unique equipment type. The Klyros are the farthest off and their wings restrict them to light armour types. And I\'m guessing the environment interaction code for all races is going to stay virtually the same (maybe let the dwarves into those low caves without ducking though :) ). And about werewolves, it\'s from a diseas called lycanthropy, which is theoretically something a player could be infected with, and they transform at nightime. Only some races could get it though... but it would be cool if Enkidukai were one, Weretigers!
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Originally posted by derwoodly
IMHO when I log on to a fantasy RPG I expect to see elves, dwarfs, orcs and humans.
I liked the two dwarf classes, but I was not impressed with the elf classes. You should have high elves, and wood elves, and dark elves. I realize it is not original, but they are expected now.
Please change the names as well. I sound geeky enough now when I tell people that I play MMRPGs. If I tell people I play a demorian (SP?) on Planeshift they will think I am some kind of devil worshiper.
If you want to make the game original. Include classes like Orcs, Centars, Treeants, or gosts. Werewolves would also be good. Mole men might be good too.
Heck, forget race all together as a class. Just let people pick and choose diferent skin colors, eyes, ears, body sizes, hair, and faces. You could make your avtar look like what ever mythological creature you wanted.
Well that is my two cents worth
hmm I think its kind of late to ask the dev\'s to change their whole backstory and all just to keep you from looking geeky. Myself I love to be termed geeky. I consider the term Geek to be a badge of honor.
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I think, Derwoodly, that could be possibly the worst idea ever on this forum. :-)
Congratulations. :-)
Seriously, if anything we will take more familarity out of the races, not put more in.
- Venge
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Originally posted by derwoodly
If you want to make the game original. Include classes like Orcs, Centars, Treeants, or gosts. Werewolves would also be good. Mole men might be good too.
Heck, forget race all together as a class. Just let people pick and choose diferent skin colors, eyes, ears, body sizes, hair, and faces. You could make your avtar look like what ever mythological creature you wanted.
Well that is my two cents worth
oh dear god... how did i miss THAT post! I\'m afraid you just don\'t understand tyhe concept of originality derwoodly... there is absolutely nothing original about those creatures. You are asking us to make Planeshift unoriginal... and as for no races at all - that would slaughter an entire level of gameplay in one quick blow
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Gee those houses seem awfully wooden though . We are underground but there is still sunlight from the crystal and a self-contained eco-system, plants DO grow, I mean there are trees in the town after all.
I know that, but there is a big difference between having controlled patchs of foliage and trees and having a race who\'s entire way of life is dependent on the woodlands.[/COLOR]
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The houses are wooden, there must be a forest somewhere, I don\'t think they made them out of scattered trees. Doesn\'t matter though I\'m not for wood elves or anything, just saying it\'s possible.
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I don\'t see why there couldn\'t be forests in the top level.. The crystals radiation seems powerful enough to make trees grow in the city, so it wouldn\'t make sense that a forest couldn\'t exist :P
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I don\'t know about Planeshift Biologie, but if people breathe oxygen, and oxygen is created by plants via photosynthesis, then there must be some forests somewhere...
But maybe Planeshift people don\'t need oxygen afterall, they might be photosynthetic beings themselves, who need only the azure sunshine... Have you ever seen anyone eating in PS ? :-P
edit : I forgot to talk about races... I think they\'re just fine the way they are. It\'s almost impossible to make a truly new race that does not look like elves, dwarves, demons, or humans and still look cool (any non-humanoid race would most likely look ridiculous or weird, and people wouldn\'t want to play as those strange creatures).
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Originally posted by BlueScreenJunky
edit : I forgot to talk about races... I think they\'re just fine the way they are. It\'s almost impossible to make a truly new race that does not look like elves, dwarves, demons, or humans and still look cool (any non-humanoid race would most likely look ridiculous or weird, and people wouldn\'t want to play as those strange creatures).
there are dragons in Horizons, and everyone wants to play that race.
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hehe seems like half the server here is Endukai - hey Vengeance is there any way you devs could tell us the % of each race on the server right now?
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Yeah but it wouldn\'t be too accurate since there\'s what four playable races?
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true - but the endukai surge is somewhat annoying... yeah as if the rogue character worked... actualy unless if the devs figure something really weird for the rogues to do... I doubt many people will play them since thievery is the most amusing aspect of that kind of char.
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If you were wondering about the race stats those are found here:
http://planeshift.fragnetics.com/players.php
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I wish that rogues, which I will definately be, would have permanent invisibilty when not fighting during a night. No matter, a rogue is just an ideal, I don\'t thing it should even be a class anymore cause what\'s the point?
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Race Males Females
Stonebreaker 4910 208
Enkidukai 12359 3134
haha look at how badly the female dwarves are outnumbered!!! Yliakum is the world\'s wildest midget sausage party ;)
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LOL!! :D I think I\'ll stay out from those \"All-dwarven\" taverns :P who knows what those \"almost-all-male\" arrangements are all about :P
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Veng wrote:
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I think, Derwoodly, that could be possibly the worst idea ever on this forum. :-)
Congratulations. :-)
Seriously, if anything we will take more familarity out of the races, not put more in.
- Venge
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Let me throw a little criticism back at ya.
The game story seems like it is still in development just like the game. If your trying for a completely orginal game concept I dont think you are there. You have Humans, Dwarves and Elves just like all the rest of the fantacy roll playing games. Not that there is anything wrong with that. The middle earth genre has sold millions of copies of games, books and movies. But I don\'t have to tell you all about it, you have decided to make a game loosely based on it. You should not be afraid to copy what is already a good idea.
To the rest of the posters who think the names are just fine the way they are you should get out of the house and actually try and pronounce the names to your family and friends. That is unless you are a troll and have no family or friends.
I like the idea that this game will be playable on a Linux platform, but in its present state other games are going to kick its arse.
Good luck to yah, and God bless you, even the ones who are worshiping the Devil.
Darin
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There is quite a bit of originality in the world, first of all the very concept of it\'s existance, being the giant stalactite and all. You mention the Dwarves, Humans, and Elves, but if you looked close youl\'d see the there are two races in each section of those, and the other human and elven race seem fairly original to me. And of course there are the 5 other races in the game (Kran, Diaboli, Enkidukai, Klyros, Ynwnn), well Ynwnn are just a combinant race, but still. It\'s the best idea to have the familiar races and some original ones, since there will always be people who don\'t want to try something new, so you have the boring stereotypical races for them, and the nifty stuff for everyone else!
Oh and about pronoucing the races, aside from Ynwnn, I don\'t see what\'s so difficult about any of them...
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Seeing as I am on the developing team in the background/setting dept., all I can say is that I haven\'t heard anything yet about altering any of the existing races. Could be a possibility, but it won\'t become apparent until, well, it does.
As a side-note: mole-men?! What the heck.
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I believe new races is stupid, and since when could anyone play as a werewolf thats idiotic Considering that when you usually play a game such as this you are the good guy and considering that werewolves only appetite is for blood you wanna play a race that runs about killing endlessly because its hungry, Its just a stupid idea.
On the other hand A few more Choices in character Customization wouldnt be bad, 4 choices on each isnt that great... Give Choices for Accessories such as Pericings appearing on your char, Tatoos, so on and so forth, Also the coding on it couldnt be as hard as some think otherwise So many Game Devs wouldnt have wasted time doing it.
Give More hair Colors, Along with Hair Styles, Give the ability to set eyes to a certain degree.. To set them to an angry.. rolled back or happy look? the ability to make your character Fat or thin or muscular, that would only take a bit of resizing a model You cant tell me that is hard Im not stupid Ive worked with Softimage and Microstation J before its rather simple, Then you might think about at a later date Lip resizing for those people who think big lips are Sexy lol, okay thats going a bit too far.
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Well, i dont know about all of this stuff with customization. But if you just manage to add in different hair styles that would be great. Also... once there are item drops, and i hope the items will have textures so it changes your characters appearence. Also, maybe some 3D polygons for geometric armor, if the game gets that advanced... but once everyone has different equipment things will look different.
~Dan
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Originally posted by derwoodly
Good luck to yah, and God bless you, even the ones who are worshiping the Devil.
Darin
Darin no reason to get moody - your idea sucked
(and dude is your real name realy Darin - what were your parents smoking when they named you that? :P )