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Staff just say the word and I'll run this system myself.
Okay we've dabbled in the potential of NPCS before, offering them as possible improvements to Magic Council and what not. But I'm here for way more evil purposes.
At present Invasions have been axed and PvP has been defunded(as in you don't get rewards for beating up other players anymore). So now despite there being plenty of dark mages and plenty of legal mages to do battle, none are. PvP just isn't encouraged by the site, and that's totally fine by me.
We don't have PvP, a lot of people don't like PvP, but I still want to be able to go and bust up some non-perfectly generic bad guys. So I'd like to open up a registry of NPC antagonists.
The list would contain all the site's official named non-job NPC baddies, their name, a short description, their magic, rank and any group they are affiliated with. Later I'd also add a history section to show threads that villain has been a part of.
Then in that same thread players would be able to "check out," these villains to use them as antagonists in different threads. They could be used as replacements for generic job bosses, they could be special random encounters, if you're a GM you could rent out a whole dark guild to fight for a guild event. Event staff could check out some villains to be henchmen for the next big event. Then when the thread is complete, ended, whatever you just go back to the registry post that you are finished with a link to the thread and the antagonist is now free to be checked out by other players.
Clarity Note: NPCs would be controlled by the player who checked them out, just like a normal enemy.
You could also choose to capture or kill these enemies and they can gain the jailed or deceased status. That way you can actually feel like beating that baddie did something, its one fewer villains on the street. Jailed enemies could then be sprung by player Dark Mages, and then that villain owes that dark mage a favor and could help them out in a later job.
A dark mage renting out a villain as back up would work similarly as a legal renting them out as enemies. Just do the jail break thread, post a link to the thread in the registry and bam that NPC is now in your debt and will help you in a job or two.
Now that's enough about how it'd work. Any more detail there would be getting a bit nitty gritty. We can get into nitty gritty of check-out apps, jail break rules, killing rules and what not as soon as this is approved at least conceptually.
Let's look at why we would do this.
First is as the title suggests: For the love of continuity.
-There's a finite number of crooks in the world, it stands to reason you'll run into the same one more than once.
-The world just feels more real when we can have a functioning list of Rune Knight's Most Wanted
-Wizard Saints and Rising Stars could actually pull together a list of baddies they've beat down for their applications.
-Players can recount more interesting job stories when they can NAME the villain that they defeated and people will RECOGNIZE that name as a powerful villain.
-Players who like a certain villain can check them out multiple times to have rivalries and rematches.
-Villains could then evolve too. After that 5th Fairy Tail mage throws him in jail, he'll probably develop a heck of a grudge and could reappear in FT Events to get revenge. After Elyx humiliates a prominent big bad, a great story could be made of that villain hunting down Iza to hit Elyx where it hurts.
Second is the enhancement of combat.
-Players are more likely to enjoy a fight with a named enemy then a mindless mook.
-People may actually let their characters lose a fight if they are going against a famous crook.
-With predetermined magics and abilities NPC villains are just more interesting to fight then mass produced job enemies.
Third and maybe most important is the community building.
-NPC villains will develop reputations, a collective impression on the community. The cbox would become filled with conversations of, "Oh that villain was a right pain the rear!" "I loved fighting that guy! I beat him like this! How'd you do it?" "So which of these villains do you think would win in a fight?"
-Just as the NPC villains would develop reputations, so would the players who beat them up. "Did you hear Ultra Magnus beat up THAT guy?! He must be pretty cool." "Mash and Bitter teamed up to bring down HIM? What a tag team!"
-The stories that could be told. We could recount our favorite battles and other people in the cbox would actually be able to appreciate how tough that bad guy was because they've fought him too.
-Also just the feeling that there is an active battle of good vs evil going on would be great for ambience.
Also thing that I thought up while I was typing this. While yes I'd always be making new NPCs to keep the scene fresh, players could suggest villains as well. Maybe even their own personal plot NPCs. Zack's quest to defeat the Sky Emperor would be a lot more meaningful if the Sky Emperor was actively attacking people in threads making the world a worse place. Demon slayers would be much more inclined to slay their demons if said demon was running around blowing up cities.
Of course special permissions and what not would be required for this that and the other. But that's details.
Last thing. I suppose an alternate version could be created to include NPC heroes for villains to wage war against. But I feel that raises questions come event time, "Well if there is this big tough Hero NPC who is always running to help people in need. Why isn't he helping fight Acnologia?" when the only explanation is that no one wants an NPC to kill steal an event boss. Villains are easier because they fill the role of elite minions and their absence can be explained IC pretty well in that, "Not all villains participate in all crimes ever." Also it isn't really needed as villains fight villains all the time, as they could be competitors or have a conflict of evil interests. Dark mages can still get plenty of use out of this system.
Generally, conceptually, big picture-ally, what'd you think?
Okay we've dabbled in the potential of NPCS before, offering them as possible improvements to Magic Council and what not. But I'm here for way more evil purposes.
At present Invasions have been axed and PvP has been defunded(as in you don't get rewards for beating up other players anymore). So now despite there being plenty of dark mages and plenty of legal mages to do battle, none are. PvP just isn't encouraged by the site, and that's totally fine by me.
We don't have PvP, a lot of people don't like PvP, but I still want to be able to go and bust up some non-perfectly generic bad guys. So I'd like to open up a registry of NPC antagonists.
The list would contain all the site's official named non-job NPC baddies, their name, a short description, their magic, rank and any group they are affiliated with. Later I'd also add a history section to show threads that villain has been a part of.
Then in that same thread players would be able to "check out," these villains to use them as antagonists in different threads. They could be used as replacements for generic job bosses, they could be special random encounters, if you're a GM you could rent out a whole dark guild to fight for a guild event. Event staff could check out some villains to be henchmen for the next big event. Then when the thread is complete, ended, whatever you just go back to the registry post that you are finished with a link to the thread and the antagonist is now free to be checked out by other players.
Clarity Note: NPCs would be controlled by the player who checked them out, just like a normal enemy.
You could also choose to capture or kill these enemies and they can gain the jailed or deceased status. That way you can actually feel like beating that baddie did something, its one fewer villains on the street. Jailed enemies could then be sprung by player Dark Mages, and then that villain owes that dark mage a favor and could help them out in a later job.
A dark mage renting out a villain as back up would work similarly as a legal renting them out as enemies. Just do the jail break thread, post a link to the thread in the registry and bam that NPC is now in your debt and will help you in a job or two.
Now that's enough about how it'd work. Any more detail there would be getting a bit nitty gritty. We can get into nitty gritty of check-out apps, jail break rules, killing rules and what not as soon as this is approved at least conceptually.
Let's look at why we would do this.
First is as the title suggests: For the love of continuity.
-There's a finite number of crooks in the world, it stands to reason you'll run into the same one more than once.
-The world just feels more real when we can have a functioning list of Rune Knight's Most Wanted
-Wizard Saints and Rising Stars could actually pull together a list of baddies they've beat down for their applications.
-Players can recount more interesting job stories when they can NAME the villain that they defeated and people will RECOGNIZE that name as a powerful villain.
-Players who like a certain villain can check them out multiple times to have rivalries and rematches.
-Villains could then evolve too. After that 5th Fairy Tail mage throws him in jail, he'll probably develop a heck of a grudge and could reappear in FT Events to get revenge. After Elyx humiliates a prominent big bad, a great story could be made of that villain hunting down Iza to hit Elyx where it hurts.
Second is the enhancement of combat.
-Players are more likely to enjoy a fight with a named enemy then a mindless mook.
-People may actually let their characters lose a fight if they are going against a famous crook.
-With predetermined magics and abilities NPC villains are just more interesting to fight then mass produced job enemies.
Third and maybe most important is the community building.
-NPC villains will develop reputations, a collective impression on the community. The cbox would become filled with conversations of, "Oh that villain was a right pain the rear!" "I loved fighting that guy! I beat him like this! How'd you do it?" "So which of these villains do you think would win in a fight?"
-Just as the NPC villains would develop reputations, so would the players who beat them up. "Did you hear Ultra Magnus beat up THAT guy?! He must be pretty cool." "Mash and Bitter teamed up to bring down HIM? What a tag team!"
-The stories that could be told. We could recount our favorite battles and other people in the cbox would actually be able to appreciate how tough that bad guy was because they've fought him too.
-Also just the feeling that there is an active battle of good vs evil going on would be great for ambience.
Also thing that I thought up while I was typing this. While yes I'd always be making new NPCs to keep the scene fresh, players could suggest villains as well. Maybe even their own personal plot NPCs. Zack's quest to defeat the Sky Emperor would be a lot more meaningful if the Sky Emperor was actively attacking people in threads making the world a worse place. Demon slayers would be much more inclined to slay their demons if said demon was running around blowing up cities.
Of course special permissions and what not would be required for this that and the other. But that's details.
Last thing. I suppose an alternate version could be created to include NPC heroes for villains to wage war against. But I feel that raises questions come event time, "Well if there is this big tough Hero NPC who is always running to help people in need. Why isn't he helping fight Acnologia?" when the only explanation is that no one wants an NPC to kill steal an event boss. Villains are easier because they fill the role of elite minions and their absence can be explained IC pretty well in that, "Not all villains participate in all crimes ever." Also it isn't really needed as villains fight villains all the time, as they could be competitors or have a conflict of evil interests. Dark mages can still get plenty of use out of this system.
Generally, conceptually, big picture-ally, what'd you think?
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