Ranking

[Roscanov]

this game have Ranking player/Guilds? if yes give me the link to see

[Karyuu]

It doesn't :}

[Roscanov]

and PvP player vs player tournaments? how we know who is the best?

[Karyuu]

By watching, by listening, by experiencing. This isn't a PvP game - it's an RPG. We want as little artificial numbers and ranks as possible.

[peeg]

PlaneShift isn't about pure PvP-fights, it's about roleplaying!
The strongest player (highest skills/stats) isn't the best always, you know?

Well, anyway. There are player driven tournaments sometimes.

[Roscanov]

ok i understand so this is what? i know is a RPG but what is the objective in the game is live your life in the game for fun?

[Karyuu]

The objective of the game is to roleplay - to act as your character would, in the world of Yliakum and beyond. But your character can want to be the best warrior, or the best ranger, or mage, or maybe just the best cook. You can do anything you want - ultimately, as right now the game is still in its very early beginning.

This is a post from Talad:

A mmorpg is made of many things, and surely one is the "aim" of the game. Each of us (players) can have different aims, like socializing, roleplaying, checking what new technology (fog, shaders, etc...) PlaneShift can run on your PC, etc...

But these are goals of the player, not the ones of the character.

About the aim of your character here are a number of points:

- We discussed the "aim" many times in the past and come up with a number of points. We have plans for providing a lot of inspiration for your characters to have something to do in the world of PlaneShift. We care about the problem, but it's still a bit early to enable it fully
- A character can search fame and popularity by creating new powerful guilds that will increase in wealth and members, creating powerful alliances with NPC-managed guilds and merchants and with other guilds
- A guild or group can explore the Stone Labyrinth trying to find if there is a world "outside" the walls of Yliakum
- The hydlaa city and other main cities have to fight for the incoming invasions from the Labyrinths. New creatures, new techniques, new tunnels are dig to attack the city and no one is safe without brave heroes to defend the cities. (In the future you can expect to find cities conquered by evil NPCs)
- A char can decide to become expert in many different areas, like a certain way of magic, or about the death realm, or about ancient lore and create a shop/activity about it
- Many high social positions will be available to expert players, like vigesimi, octarchs, guild masters, etc... reaching that position will be hard but doable.
- The game will have a main plot unfolding. I cannot say much about it atm, but surely it will be a big "goal" for all the characters.  Some major quests that will expand the game and will change it permanently.
- We want to introduce many abilities for characters to change/edit the world, with jobs, creating new items, or building new houses.

As you may see there will be plenty of goals or aim for your character, we just need these new features to be created. Those are surely not ready yet.

[Roscanov]

ok thx i understand and is not for that i dont like the game is only a simple questions thx

[zhai]

Keep in mind that RP requires interaction between players. The community behind PS is great, so if you're good at RPing you are going to have fun. And yes, you can always challenge other players to duel or participate in tournies but, again, it's a lot more fun when you have a RP purpose behind it (check the dwarven wars for an example).

Besides, developing your char through powerleveling or item hunts only doesn't make you the "strongest", especially considering that our chars can be wiped any time now. But if your char has a personality, that will survive any wipe and other players will remember who you are. that makes you stronger that all those PLevers out there, which in the same terms become the weakest of all.