As someone who has had a recent Merchant PC, I'll throw this in for thought: - Being a Merchant and thus being a crafter type generally means that you have something naturally to entertain yourself with bursts of time when you can't actively find others - hunting for metrics-loaded rare items, gathe...

Thus, limiting this and putting into a system where you do not have an unlimited supply makes that demand grow in terms of both sides needing ways to make an income, which feeds to a healthier game system around the in-game economy. Hmm, one difficulty is that there is an unlimited supply for a lot...

I know Knights was the example at hand, but there are other roles being highly sought to be filled. I was not seeking to place blame on any situation but besmirch the idea that only oldbies who "can afford it" should be whom we seek for roles. Versus say an RPXP starting bonus for taking a role that...

Why not hit up the wealthy gentry for a set of steel armour or horses for your knights? Can be done in friendly fundraiser way, or more aggressive fashion. I'm not disagreeing with those ideas, but ... given that with this change the person who are likely to have the most money will likely be cyans...

Also, should Guilds still be paying people (as per IC boards etc) from the money gotten from city metrics or is the expectation now that people's basic asset is meant to represent their job? Because if they are - at a certain point, do Guilds then start considering turning off applications if/when t...

Tossing a gold coin to beggars willy-nilly should feel impinged upon, because that can imbalance the freeman struggle for money. But thematically aren't people supposed to be helping the poor etc? How does that part of theme continue if it becomes all but impossible for people to do? You could make...

You'll be at Excellent if it's a public flagged room, not all RP can take place realistically in public rooms.

The only difference is that now they will have to spend it in chargen by filling all the asset slots and maybe amassing some substantial amount of silver through purchase wealth and then, as a result, even they have to manage their money, not just "top-up" whenever short, with result that silver is...

Some concepts are expensive, and if you can't afford to front XP for them, well, play a different concept. We have apps open for roles that the game desperately needs to fulfill IC niches in order for the game world to feel more proper with theme. We allow people to app in to certain concepts. Thos...

How is anyone going to able to afford a shop to be a Merchant?