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Greetings, mates!
So, as I re-acquaint myself with Planeshift, and worm my way back into activity with the loyal community, I've decided that my first main project is to take a much more active part in an idea that's been floating around behind the scenes.
Reviving the Player Economy!
(Wait, what!?)
Hear me out.
I realize that our community, in its current state, is too small to see a fully functioning economy in action. However, there's the potential for a grand scale RP (and functional economy) here that could be started off small and built on over time as the community grows (again).
So then, what I'm posting here about is pretty simple: Those of us brainstorming behind the scenes want people who are interested in being gatherers/suppliers, and we want people who are interested in being merchants (buy from suppliers, resell to customers). There's also probably room for people who want to be involved in the politics and bureaucracy of the long term plot weaving, considering the idea involves an honest mercantile association(*) aspect as well as an ulterior motives/"black market" aspect.
I'm personally voting for the Syndicate and Asmo (brilliant player and leader that he is) to be in the thick of the power-center of it all, and the guild that handles the nitty-gritty details (especially regarding ulterior motives
). The actual execution and participation of the mercantile aspect is proposed to be cross-guild, though.
So far, I have brainstormed this:
Grand Scale Idea for a multilayered, cross-guild Mercantile Association ( * = -subject to change- ) & Syndicate Black Market RP idea. Mercantile Association is a full scale and outwardly legitimate operation run in part by both honest parties and people with ulterior motives, with the latter using the former to keep from being caught in doing "x".
Mercantile Association* handles Code of Ethics, Licensure, and records keeping ~ purchase/sales history for registered merchants; association* taxes; wholesale > resale price differences/taxes; registry and records for suppliers (i.e gatherers and middle-men), as well as quantities delivered versus costs to the association*; etc. >Fill in other relevant responsibilities as brainstormed.<
Syndicate, which dabbles in anything involving power and money, would be at the heart if it all, doing what they do best while keeping their noses seemingly clean by hiding in the perfect place of all... in plain sight.
And certain select merchants would be part of the Black Market ring... which could be set up in a number of different ways. One idea is to have a secret location (probably one that could be moved easily). Another idea is to have no real location at all, but being spread out among said select merchants as a process of taking orders from people who could show a “legitimate customer” mark or something to that effect... and making special deliveries later.
So!
Post your replies and I am looking forward to what people have to say.
