I know this is kind of out there... Sometimes the NPC server gets turned off, and thus you're not able to attack NPCs during that time... Has this only happened once, or is this happening frequently? If this is the first time, and or, it's happened before or at random times, it -MAY- be the server, not you (may as it, it may not be as well)

Yes, would be more realistic.

But ... probably hard to implement?! So far I believe only complete meshes can be defined as solid or not. Might mean to split the whole tree into a solid branch mesh and a virtual leaves mesh?

If the game's engine works like the Unity engine, then yeah, you can only make 1 mesh either solid or not. However, you can split the meshes of the two things and make it work fine, either that or just put a collider around the tree manually in the desired 3D program that only covers the center of the tree. There's quite a few ways that it can be done, and I only named two (manual collider and splitting the mesh).

BTW, when I say collider, I mean a collision box. The collision box can be any shape as long as it isn't concave.

This'll be fun... >=3

... *1 hours later* Jeez, I have too many long-winded descriptions that I thought were just awesome...

Older version of quote in book (This is like... version 1.63, before I did some major revisions)

Knowing that he has to die to save everything he loves without even living to see the end result himself… and if his friends die in the process, he will be that much more upset when he dies to save the world…

Translated 10 times:

Recognizing the need to preserve all the dead did not see their end result will be positive ... In Golden City, he is more annoying friends, he died, Zhengjiushijie ...

Woah... Zhengjiushijie? Ok ok, now lets try the maximum :3

Golden area ... Death in elderly patients. Zhengjiushijye ...

Elderly patients, lol

I can only imagine how much chaos there would be if you could have 100,000+ Words on a book. O.o  Take my book for example (I loves it... Actually *grabs it from downstairs*) It has about 105,000, with about 650,000 characters. That, alone, is a good 750KB. Having an MMO store that, and then having to send that 750KB to every person that decides to read it? Chaos man... Chaos... (Of course, Kurora likes Chaos X3 Because it relates to war lol)

For us less than technically knowledgeable guys..

What is Multiple Intelligences theory? Does it apply to PS?

What is artificial intelligence as it applies to or may be planned to apply to PS?

Thanks for answers understandable by smart but uniformed elves... and others...

The Multiple Intelligence theory, AS IT APPLIES TO PS, Just more-so opens up the style of training. While some people learn by doing, others learn by watching. So in terms of the game, whenever you decide to train your character, the trainer may perform an animation (of the desired skill) or have you do a simple quest to prove your advancement in your skills. Otherwise, Multiple Intelligences doesn't really apply to PS as it's more of a person thing than a game thing (http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html --- A whole load of different intelligences and how people learn)

As for Artificial Intelligence, that's where the computer 'thinks' for itself, or at least gives the impression of thinking (Computers now, need to analyze its data and then give the impression of thought). Lets say you were attacking that weak and useless one-eyed rat. Instead of it attacking you until it dies, it would realize that it's nearly dead and try to run off. Or being the rat that it is, it would follow the walls of the sewers and try to escape harm before attacking. Another way to look at it, is instead of NPCs just calling you by race and not really having any feelings towards that race make the quests flat. Lets take Harnquist for example, lets say he absolutely HATES Kran, and therefore makes them do all of the hardest quests, yet he loves humans, so he'll give them easier ones (like getting him apples). Doing simple branching things such as that, gives these NPCs a little more life to them, and gives them the impression of intelligence (They're aware of what you are and react in that way). That's the simple gist of Artificial Intelligence, because it gets complicated as you start going into code and how programmers decide how to get those entities to react in certain ways.

If you really want a good idea of AI, play Oblivion and try to run up to a deer, they'll run away. So you need to attack them like you do in the real world, Bow and Arrow. But run up to a Bear or a Wolf, and they'll attack you for going into their territory.

I usually pick the characters that need to train in order to become better. That is, if I create a character on PS that I've already created in a story or something. So really, the only character I have now actually trains non-stop. Heck if I had the money and time she'd be the top level Axe-fighter XD. But even if I did use that character that was a master, I'd still be training him/her. Of course, I would have a reason to roleplay it as well. That, and I never -EVER- choose a perfect character to use or play as X3 I always write up a flaw(s) for my characters. Whether it be something as simple as... <*comes up with a quick sentence*>
"Although he demonstrated the power that he held in his hand, he quickly dropped the sword and fell to his knees. The strength that he had quickly faded, even when he wasn't finished with his battle." Flaw? Either not fit or doesn't have a lot of stamina :3 Of course, I would have to write more in order to get a better description, but I just wanted to do an example.

Or something as complicated as phobias, genetic disorders, or mental disorders.

Flaws are what make characters seem real ^^ Being perfect at everything just makes them feel fake, or they're a legend, or something that has been exaggerated in order to prove a point. Perfection makes a flawed character X3

that's not really a bot, that's a macro
a bot is a program that acts at the players stead based on more or less ellaborate logic.
e.g. in the case of mining a very basic approach would be to do just what you'd do as player: start digging, wait for the message about success/failure, react to it (by either moving and then digging or digging straight away)

as it's been already outlined you cannot really stop those bots without putting great nuisances on the player, instead I kinda like the idea of removing unsucessfulness, although it could work just like now on the server (kinda queue a new dig event if you were unsucessful). it'd make the bots sorta useless (as most of the logic is already done) and would make sense as already mentioned.

The more elaborate ones check on those things and react correctly, thus correlating it to AI. (I did mention the more advanced ones...) And with the mention of the "Capcha", it's actually the reason why you still get bots on forums. A person manually joins the forums, and then lets the bot loose (spamming advertisements and unwanted messages... You don't know how many sex-related topics I had to tackle in a kid's forum due to bots @.@

Though I think I stopped someone from just setting up a "bot" and leaving the computer (technically the guy probably just set his character to attack the monster and then left the computer), I reacted to the character attacking a creature, he wasn't going anywhere. I offered help, no answer, I killed it anyways (that's just how my character is >.>) No reaction, I offered him the loot, no reaction. Oh well, one person P.O.ed by the rude and crude that is Kurora X3

Interrupting bots is fun >.>

... if you want everyone to use magic... well sure then.

In the words of Kurora, "Magic is for whimps. Cheap tricks, all glamor; there's no real strength in Magic." X3