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So, on latest devstream, there were some details about mayoral system.
It confirmed that it will be 1 person per city, not council or something (like it was in Rising Force Online for example), and elections/competition for mayor would be held only once per month.
This really concerns me, as I know too well how these systems WILL fail if implemented in that way, based on my experiences in MMOs of the past:
1) A month is A LOT. One person getting basically free reign over territory and its taxes for entire month is big. Ye, it sounds cool on paper, but in fact it means for a month the node will be completely at the mercy of 1 (one) person.
2) ...So if something goes wrong, for a month ONE person will have all the fun, while all others people in the node will suffer. Do I really need to explain how bad this will be for population (people just plain leaving game because of this)
Trading possible fun and great RMT option for 1 (one) person for frustration and disspointment of hundreds, possibly thousands other players on node? Do you really wanna go that way, Interpid?
The possible solutions I see:
1) Instead of one singular mayor, let players elect/compete for a council. Same rules as mayoral election, but instead of one, like top 5 or top 11 best gets elected. So if mayor leaves game/misbehaves/etc other council members can block his decisions by majority voting against it and/or act in his stead.
This would mean that even if elected major immediately go RMTh is acc, or just do nothing but afk and collect exorbitant tax, or intentionally grief people living on node by abusing his powers - there is still council to do keep things more or less organized until the next election or competition.
2) Simply reduce mayoral term to 1 or 2 weeks. Better to 1. In most games major events that shape the world and politics, such as sieges/elections and the like, are held either weekly or bi-weekly. This allow for more dynamic world, so even if at some times something goes wrong, next week the landscape and personalities change. One or even two weeks of afk major would still do much harm, but will not be critical or make people leave game. One month? Sure will.
This is one thing that really keeps concerning me much about the game as of now. Combat can be fixed, story & quests can be improved. But this system, giving 1 (one) person insane powers and income for an entire month at the expense of everyone else on the node, if implemented this way, will eventually be this game's doom.
It confirmed that it will be 1 person per city, not council or something (like it was in Rising Force Online for example), and elections/competition for mayor would be held only once per month.
This really concerns me, as I know too well how these systems WILL fail if implemented in that way, based on my experiences in MMOs of the past:
1) A month is A LOT. One person getting basically free reign over territory and its taxes for entire month is big. Ye, it sounds cool on paper, but in fact it means for a month the node will be completely at the mercy of 1 (one) person.
2) ...So if something goes wrong, for a month ONE person will have all the fun, while all others people in the node will suffer. Do I really need to explain how bad this will be for population (people just plain leaving game because of this)
Trading possible fun and great RMT option for 1 (one) person for frustration and disspointment of hundreds, possibly thousands other players on node? Do you really wanna go that way, Interpid?
The possible solutions I see:
1) Instead of one singular mayor, let players elect/compete for a council. Same rules as mayoral election, but instead of one, like top 5 or top 11 best gets elected. So if mayor leaves game/misbehaves/etc other council members can block his decisions by majority voting against it and/or act in his stead.
This would mean that even if elected major immediately go RMTh is acc, or just do nothing but afk and collect exorbitant tax, or intentionally grief people living on node by abusing his powers - there is still council to do keep things more or less organized until the next election or competition.
2) Simply reduce mayoral term to 1 or 2 weeks. Better to 1. In most games major events that shape the world and politics, such as sieges/elections and the like, are held either weekly or bi-weekly. This allow for more dynamic world, so even if at some times something goes wrong, next week the landscape and personalities change. One or even two weeks of afk major would still do much harm, but will not be critical or make people leave game. One month? Sure will.
This is one thing that really keeps concerning me much about the game as of now. Combat can be fixed, story & quests can be improved. But this system, giving 1 (one) person insane powers and income for an entire month at the expense of everyone else on the node, if implemented this way, will eventually be this game's doom.