libraries

[Axioma]

Yeah i remember the monkey now. I always loved terry pratchett. I still think libraries are a very important part in a roleplaying game. As background and history is everything: so are books. I\'m in favor of libraries. And corruption should be handled by punishing the corrupt players by other players, not gods or something, i don\'t like it when gods come aroudn and interfere all the time, makes me feel like a lightning bolt could paint my hair black any time...^_^

In favor of harsh punishments on corruption, except for mayors, as they are in politics. ^_^ In favor of rebellions against corrput mayors.

[lostprophet]

I like the idea of everything being put in the library, like spells, recipes, maps, plans and all sorts. No-one would have a map available at the start, but by exploring the computer would write one for them, which they could sell to the library. Then, new players could check the library for maps of areas they wish to explore. The developers could release new spells, recipes and so on but not tell anybody, just wait for them to be discovered. Then, everyone would come to the library every so often to update their knowledge.

[tygerwilde]

question is man, do the devs of this game want for there to be a place that anyone can go and find information about how to do the quests, to find maps for any dungeon. Do the devs want that information to be readily available for anyone to view?

some devs don\'t mind, the turbine crew are ok with maggie the jackcat.

on the other hand, I\'ve read that the DAoC crew was unhappy with any fansites popping up and handing out information about where to find certain monsters, how to do the quests, anything like that. not like there\'s a lot they can do about it, seeing the number of them that appeared.

[Xalthar]

They also have HUGE guides like the ones for DAoC for Anarchy, and those guides are REALLY useful...
they could of course be considered cheating, but since everybody is using them, I consider them a useful tool that are part of the game...

[lostprophet]

How to do quests wouldn\'t be put in, and maybe not dungeon maps, maybe they couldn\'t be sold, but spells and recipes would be good, and once you went to the library to read it you could look at it anytime you liked.

[Niber]

This is a really cool idea you developers should have in mind!

I remember myself when playing BG2 I read almost every book.

What if the PS books can have a meening,,, lets say I design a small dungeon and that there\'s a hidden secret there that nobody knows of,, and one day one of the players trade a mug for a book titled \"The niber dungeon secret\" and the player remember that he has been there, so he solves every riddle in the book and finds the fabolous treasher!!

I\'m not sure I agree that a player can writh his own book,, Why would that be intresting to read? even if I would be intresting in a fantasy story I would read a real book about not sit in front of Planeshift and read a whole story in a small dialogbox..

[Moogie]

Originally posted by Niber
I\'m not sure I agree that a player can writh his own book,, Why would that be intresting to read? even if I would be intresting in a fantasy story I would read a real book about not sit in front of Planeshift and read a whole story in a small dialogbox..

I second that. Also it would mean a heap of server webspace containing an awful lot of books that will probably never be read/contain duplicate information (I.E. we\'ll end up with 20 or so books telling us the same thing, just written by different players).

[Caldazar]

I think that the books should have some sort of limit, concerning their thickness . I just want to be able to write in other players books saying \"Hello.\", \"Thank you for helping me out the other day.\" or \"If y0 eva steel ma phat lewt agen Im PH y0!!1!\"