Thanks for the compliment!  
Feel free to hang around there or to visit our out of game equivalent at: http://camp.explorersguild.org/

And welcome back to Planeshift!

If there has to be a wipe, I just hope the devs carefully prepare for it so they take maximum advantage of it. I especially hope that, before they wipe, they have clear plans on how to balance the game and accordingly redesign or tweak the main systems: leveling, questing, crafting, and money influx through looting and mining  This may sound obvious, but so far 'balancing' has been rather ad hoc.

Thanks Ligh! To be honest, I don't really play PS any more. Lack of time and a decent computer. Maybe things will change in time... but not any time soon. In the mean while, I'm still "around".

[this is a sad news... you don't feel like trying to revitalize it with your character, Zanzibar?]

Quote from: ThomPhoenix on May 10, 2009, 03:03:00 pm

Number 2: The code supports it. It's "simply" a matter of adding necessary art. (If there's an artist out there who feels compelled, do help!)

Ahem. >.>

*me points in his general direction*

If you think you can help, you can apply here.
Good luck!

ABBA - Take a chance on me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuB8xWeA59I

Be sure to stock up early on necessary daily supplies as you never know when your city could be locked down and everything like stores shut down. Get food, water, and toiletries.

Even if the outbreak reaches pandemic proportions, they won't lock down entire cities, because it won't help. They might close schools, airports and stadiums, but vital parts of the economy like power plants, water utilities and supermarkets will keep running, no matter what. I don't think stocking up is necessary. If you want to do something, you can wash your hands more often; flu is most often transmitted via the hands (hand shakes, arm rails, door knobs, etc.). If you live outside Mexico, I wouldn't worry too much about it at this moment though.

Another problem is that only about 1% (my guess) of the players has the skills to contribute to the game as a dev. Theoretically you could reward people for posting (non-duplicate) bugs to the bugtracker, but handing out and managing these rewards also costs time, so I doubt if it will speed up the development of the game.

Motivation is a strong point... if you reward the efforts of someone he will be happier and will work better. This is the first and main point of an enterprise director/boss who wants to be successful.

Very true, but the devs are already in a position that if they wished so they could spawn as much tria and items as they would like, set all their stats to the maximum level and walk around like a super hero. But they never do because it is rather pointless. The only way we now can reward them is by giving them smileys at the forums:    . Well, maybe they accept other forms of rewards too...

By the way, long long ago and for a short period of time PS advertised special in game positions for devs:

As a contributor you will benefit of many advantages in the game: you can have special character with a defined social position in Yliakum society, free magical items or weapons, a permanent house and more...