Version 1.0

[Mythryndel]

Will 1.0 trim the ego off a bunch of RP elitists? If so... where can I sign up to help get it here sooner?

[Waoknie]

It will.

[Xanthan]

I'm kind of sorry I asked now, but thanks to Floras for the interesting response.  I've been meaning to see if there's any readable books in the Death Realm yet.  Don't know if that is what you mean, but I will explore.  The settings team has indeed been visibly busy, and hats off to them for it.  Not to say others haven't been-- obviously they have.  Possibly settings, and graphics to support it, have the most daunting remaining tasks if the entire stalactite is to be portrayed.

[Dajoji]

Right-click on every bookshelf you see. You may find a new book where you least expect it.

[Under the moon]

Here is a list of things that have been told publicly over the years I have been here.

Code: near bugless features.

Performance: Smooth and optimized. Support for 1000 players.

Interface: Completely intuitive.

Art: All races finished. New cities and possible completion of the entire Dome and some of the surrounding Stone Labyrinths. New art styles. New graphics features utilizing the latest technology available to PS Devs. AKA, the cool stuff you see.

Characters: Vastly expanded options for looks and play styles.

Houses: Fully functional interior design.

Lore: Fully integrated story and history.

Quests: Improved AI and expanded versatility (means we can do more with them than just talk to NPCs). More quests than you can shake a stick at. A really big stick.

Story: Moving forward.

Economy: Balanced once all crafts and ways of gaining money are set. There is no point in doing it sooner.

Complete wipe of the database, including all characters.

Other things I can not recall now.

[Edig]

Xanthan, I hope you didn't take anyone's response too hard...

There really is alot of info out there for where the game is headed... Talk to the npc's rather than ask for quests...  if you ask the right things many npc's have lose tongues, many do not. Part of the fun is figuring which do and which don't.  Some people want all the answers up front, but I must admit that if I find a "spoiler" and use it, I don't feel the same about the accomplishment.  I feel robbed and let down. 

Many of us are willing to help out or point in the right directions, but try to rp it so it's not so obvious.

And to be honest, I don't know that I'd like to be a part of a game that doesn't invite "new people". (I really dislike the word noob) 
While it may be difficult to begin for some people we have all been "new people" at one time or another and I think some people forget that.
It's not really about the drama or the anger some feel, or the woe is me that others put out, but it is about some of those things in moderation (hopefully not all the time though, but if that's your character, then so be it, but you may not find people who want to rp with you).

A bad day is a bad day.  It happens.  A poor person can be happy and a rich person can be miserable (but seldom ever all the time).

Be patient.  There is a rainbow and it is a bumpy ride, but boy is it a fun ride.

Most of all, enjoy what's already there.  I find new things every time I'm in the game.  I found a cave the other day...  I explored rather than ran around aimlessly. 

Take a walk from Oja to Hydlaa.  Take the long way rather than the short way.  Write a book on the arena or study the weather patterns or come up with a new theory and pass it by the Devs...

Play a game of Clacker Tag: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=33529.0...

And best of all...  Role play.  That's what's best about the game; it's limitless because of the imagination.  If you find so-called RP Elites, well...  join them in their rp.  I have found that they are always willing to teach and very patient with "new people" willing to learn.  I've screwed up a few times and they've been very kind and patient with me and even gave me helpful hints for future reference.

Version 1.0 is a long, long way off.  Version .4.02 is ready for fun...

[Donari Tyndale]

I sometimes think that people who talk about RP elistists/nazis all the time wish they were as good  . 1.0 will never make RP elitists loose their attitude, because without them, PS would go down the drain.

[Mathy Stockington]

Wishing for version 1.0 means a total wipe of all characters. Maybe it is good that is far away. Though I like the idea of a wipe now that I think about it. A fresh start would be nice.

* Mathy Stockington thinks of a new character name and a whole new role play idea.

[Sangwa]

Here is a list of things that have been told publicly over the years I have been here.

Code: near bugless features.

Performance: Smooth and optimized. Support for 1000 players.

Interface: Completely intuitive.

Art: All races finished. New cities and possible completion of the entire Dome and some of the surrounding Stone Labyrinths. New art styles. New graphics features utilizing the latest technology available to PS Devs. AKA, the cool stuff you see.

Characters: Vastly expanded options for looks and play styles.

Houses: Fully functional interior design.

Lore: Fully integrated story and history.

Quests: Improved AI and expanded versatility (means we can do more with them than just talk to NPCs). More quests than you can shake a stick at. A really big stick.

Story: Moving forward.

Economy: Balanced once all crafts and ways of gaining money are set. There is no point in doing it sooner.

Complete wipe of the database, including all characters.

Other things I can not recall now.

Exactly what I meant.

[Dajoji]

I sometimes think that people who talk about RP elistists/nazis all the time wish they were as good  . 1.0 will never make RP elitists loose their attitude, because without them, PS would go down the drain.

Or not. It's worth the try anyways. Say, let's have them elitists loosen up from 0.5-0.7 and see what happens...

/unloose elitist on

[Quq Leque]

google google

http://www.crystalspace3d.org/downloads/conference_2006/planeshift_conf.pdf

[Crj]

This question comes up from time to time and usually there is no direct answer.
A few years ago someone(vengeance?) posted a long list of things thats they planned to implant and what direction PS would take. Sadly i couldn't find that post.
Some of the things mentioned there are completely opposite to what we have now.
One thing is remember was narrow street structure for the sake of performance. Hydlaa changed from MB to CB in exactly the opposite direction, giving wider views(and messing up proportion).
It seems to me that the goals change from year to year, so even if the developers gave you a list of what they want to achieve, the end result would be something different.
As for game levels, i don't think the world will ever be complete. The settings team is far ahead of the 3d department. Take Ojaveda for example. Akkaio is only a small part of it. At the rate its going now it would take years to complete even that(unless they focus just on Oja). Unless something has changed in the settings, now we can access only a small part of the first level.
Then there is always the obvious - improvement to all existing game mechanics, implantation of all skills e.t.c.

[Xordan]

Blackjack and hookers. That's the End Goal.

[Mathy Stockington]

* Mathy Stockington laughs Xordan.

[Eloras]

Blackjack and hookers. That's the End Goal.

Hehe your not looking - ive already played in a blackjack game (well with dice as theres no cards) and ive seen at least one of the ladies you mention

hint: get into the habit of reading characters descriptions as its informative and can save much embarassment i.e like when i was talking to a 3 y/o fenki thinking they were an adult 

On some of the points about RP mentioned yes i see what i think of as RP zealots who act just like their counterparts in any other human activity Mature RP'ers need to be sought out and ive rarely seen them in the obvious places.
It is the RP and settings that i find make PS so different to the 'run of the mill' mmo type games ive played before that are just levelling pipelines running from newbie town to boredomville. I suppose in PS that could be platinum<->arena->leave