Interesting read to say the least.
For a while now LS updates have kept me boggled. In my eyes its not a living story, its static and scripted. For a 2 week period you have to kill x of y, eat x of y and so on. But nothing actually changes in the world. If Tyria was actually a “living” world it would change and evolve.
For example..
Queensdale – one day the Western Divinitys Reach dam collapses flooding the nearby villages. New events trigger as survivors struggle to find temporary shelter from nearby settlements. Then theres the process of disaster control and after that refugees can migrate back to their native settlement and start rebuilding. This should have a relatively long timespan, say 6 months with weekly updates with minor changes each week.
What this gives us is a real “living” world that would be fun to rediscover as time passes. You take a break for a month log back in to good old Queensdale and what do you see? The flood is gone and people are rebuilding their homes and farmlands.
I know that this is insane how much development time something like this would take but by all means this COULD be the new level of MMO’s out there.
Same principle could be added to one time events like flame and frost. Once the event is over the world would still have the impact from it visible. Like Personel carrier wreckages that skritt would tear appart over time or some that get covered in ice and rediscovered later etc.
Microtransactions would still be welcome, i’d pay 10€ for a skin or service that i like. Would i pay 10€ to RNG for some ticket that i might get? Unlikely.
So You, reading this, tell me what what you think .. do i sound crazy? Or is this something that you would like to see?
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