Goal for Lychgate

Nothing to report yet on my new logo page, having some problems still with the icons hopping around like little bunny rabbits. Pretty sure I know how to remedy it, just have to make the time to do it. But as always paying jobs come before any hobby work!!

Anyways, my primary goal for lychgate is PvE, not PvP. Almost all games that i've played concentrate more on PvP than anything else (except for graphics). Me, i'd rather have more of a real story-line and some real character buildup / skill base.

For example, one of the things that really made Ultima Online was the fact that it had a large skill-base and PoH (Player Owned Housing). Their biggest problem was also PoH ... the world seems quite large untill you figure in a hundred thousand players all trying to build their new houses on top of each other. 

My ideas for remedying this? ...

• Super large maps / play area.
  
  The Biggest problem with this idea, beyond the obvious server-storage issues, is movement time. This is easy to remedy though by allowing a more intriquite teleport and gateing system. Also allowing players to build transportation networks (roads, ships, ect.) to increase travel speed.
  
  
• Housing Decay.
  
  Yes, in real life if you don't properly maintain your house it will fall right on top of your head! Players who are inactive or just never visit their house will find that have decayed. While they will not dissapear entirely for quite some time, other players can take over the property and fix it up!
  
  
• Housing Prices.
  
  Prices for player housing in most of these games are way too cheap. Plus if you are within the bounderies of a kingdom you will have taxes to pay if the current king (emporer, mayor, whatever) deems it so. To offset these prices a rental system should be put in place as well. 
  
  
• PvE (Player vs Environment)
  
  Built your house right on top of a goblin village? You may find the goblins attacking your new house then! If you build a house / town / anything, you will have to defend it, this is not a human-friendly environment untill you make it so.
  
  
• PvP (Player vs Player)
  
  If you are part of a town that participates in PvP then your house and town can be attacked by other players as well as "monsters".
  
  
• Dynamic Construction
  
  You are not limited to a prefabricated anything. Build up your house one room at a time or all at once. Don't forget to put a roof on it if you have wood floors though as that will increase the decay rate of your home. When you purchase rights to build within a kingdom, you actualy purchase a piece of land to build on, so if you wish you can build a stone wall around your entire lot.
  
  

That's it for now, have to head out for the day!

-M