The CDI threads on character progression have reached an impressive length. Here are some summaries to help you navigate through the threads.
The CDI on character progression started out as one thread. But after a couple of pages, it was decided that we would focus on vertical progression first, and then make a seperate thread on horizontal progression. And so we did.
Ah yes, apparently it is the ‘vertical’ bit that has been added in the url as it was renamed that is causing the trouble. That will take some rewriting later on. (Renaming a thread apparently has this downside, something to keep in mind for the future)
Housing would have to be my boiled down choice. I realize that it might be considered in most games to be a waste of time to implement, but if done right, could branch out to be so much more. Crafting and finding blueprints/trophies among treasure troves would add so much depth to the game without adding anything vertical to it. If these housing areas, could be visited (outside unless made public) by all it could turn into a way to make the housing areas much more social and may even promote block parties.
The way housing is implemented currently (home instance) may be a lovely way to give us mining nodes, but does nothing to add personality to our characters. If you want to expand on the personalities of your characters, other than vanity gear this would, to me, be the best way to go about it.
We are nearing the end of this CDI, so make sure you read that proposal and mention anything that appears to be missing or wrong. Before the thread gets stickied.
These CDIs cannot continue to be in forum format. It is impossible to sift through 30 pages of posts to see if your idea has already been posted. They should use some kind of proposal system with voting and comments.
Edit: maybe use reddit make a subreddit for each topic
Well, the quickest way to check is to scan Bezagron & Guhracie’s summaries. But if that takes too much time. – Take a look at Chris’s proposal, pretty much all of the thread comes together in that post.
And feel free to just add your own ideas if you are in doubt of wether it has been posted before or not. Getting it out there is better than keeping it to yourself in fear of repeating the ideas of another player.
A CDI – evaluation topic is going to start after this one, be sure to mention the reddit idea there.
