The RPG that is Gaia

A Forked Path is before you:

I'll take the left road, labled MySpace.	7.6%	[ 40 ]
I'll take the road to the right, for Ragnarok Online lies there.	14.1%	[ 74 ]
I'll take the middle road, for it is Gaia, a wholeness of them both	78.3%	[ 411 ]
Total Votes:			[ 525 ]

[SykoSilver]

Marina_j2

I like that Gaia has a fantasy/modern setting instead of a fantasy/medival one. I think that helps set it apart from many RPGs (for when it does head that direction).

Actually, Gaia is supposed to be medieval, modern, and futuristic; all at the same time. xd I talked with LOcke about it a long time ago at Fanime '04. He said that the Gaia intro story would explain this.

[Rhi]

Ah~. I really wanted to respond to this this morning, but I was at school and couldn't really think about it. So, anyway.. here we are.

What RPG features, that are Non-Battle, do you think Gaia should have?
As of right now.. and I know the admins are probably vying for new features to develop to help improve the site and all that.. but when it comes down to it-- I love everything exactly how it is. I'm generally really resistance to change anyway. It's just in my nature, really.. but even aside from that: I am really happy with everything right now. Admittedly, I would like to see Roleplaying and RPGing become a more prominent feature-- I don't RP often, but when I have time I would like to. <3

I guess dice and such, too, but only slightly-- turn based things.

What current features that Gaia currently has, do you see as RPGish.
To some extent towns is RPG-ish, at least in basics. I mean, the idea of walking around in a town and having a house for your avatar does really suit the theme. Aside from that, there is the plot-- how users can interact with the plot, how we can watch it develop and attend parties with the NPCs. It's more of an interactive story than a roleplaying game, but it can still, very easily.. switch between those two modes.

Do you want Gaia to be more like MySpace, or more like an RPG, if so, why?
I don't want Gaia to be more like MySpace-- that is what MySpace is FOR! I think having the benefits of having our personalized profiles.. having the ability to change our avatars and even having journals all point to RPG, but not in a way that "LOL YOU MUST BATTUL TO FULLY EXPERIENCE THE GREATNESS OF GAIA ONLINE", but more in the sense that while you CAN roleplay or you CAN work within the Gaian World or continuity you can still relax and use your profile or journal to describe your real life.

I think, in the end.. I'd rather be able to do both, but at the same time pushing the site toward the side of being a RPG. That way, you know.. you can enjoy the site casually and just use it for being a forum if you're not interesting in RPGs and all that.

[was that clear..?]



I don't know what is in plan FOR the RPG, if it's in a format similar to towns or if it's completely different, I don't care. I play RO a little bit and I like things like that. <3 I'd love to see Gaia go in that direction, but without ignoring the part of the community that doesn't want to be forced to engage in that type of thing.. I think it'll be alright no matter how things go.

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[Cosmic Remnant]

To the top! domokun

[Mikle]

this thread needs some more loving

[Strideo]

I would like to see some random occurances in towns (other than glitches). Perhaps finding a unique creature or caracter?

[Mikle]

Yeah I think this is it for this thread.

Thanks everyone for the feedback! heart

[N.O.W.A.R.]

Mikle

Yeah I think this is it for this thread.

Thanks everyone for the feedback! heart

((sidenote: you are still allowed to post if you have great views on gaia or whatever, however, I'll be linking Darknrgy to this thread, hopefully he will read this over. Anyway, thanks a kazillion times for the great input. Cya around))

[Miqe]

Gaia was originally created from the same ideas as Ragnarok.
In essence Gaia = Ragnarok in superforummodeoncrack.
The whole profiles / MySpace thing is the replacement for the old personals (confirmed).
EDIT: Gaia = Ragnarok + MySpace in superforummode, on crack.

[Moomoo the Duke]

First off, I must mention that there IS a suggestion forum. I understand that this is discussion, but it is something that could easily go there as well.

Okay, now for the point:

Personally, I don't want Gaia to be like MySpace. I don't want Gaia to be like ANYTHING, but I especially don't want it to be like the super-spam-sending-hard-to-figure-out blog system that MySpace is, unless MySpace has changed since I saw it. Which it probably has.

I don't want it to be like an RPG either. I mean, sure, quests would be fun. Battles would be a load of fun. But this is where I come to roleplay and chat, not to blow off steam. I don't want that to be the main theme.

Also, no 3-D avatars. The thing takes long enough to load 2-D. There are a lot of users here. 3-D woould be expensive for the creators, or it would look REALLY bad. I'll take the 2-D, myself. Plus, it's fun to talk about the glitches.

Is all of that understandable? I mean, I don't really want Gaia to change, I don't really want it to be unforumlike, I would prefer that it still be based on the forum and avatar creation. The gold system should, of course, be implemented. Actually, that would give quite a few users an unfair advantage, depending on how the battle system really works, but if they do it right it shouldn't make too much of a difference.

[Lord Xtheth]

I would like to see skills in gaia. like:

Thievery where I can steal stuff from Rufus, and if you get caught you get some kind of penalty, like a loss of gold... or whatever the mods want.

Haggling would be cool too, Telling NPC's thier prices are too high, and they lower it for you, and if you fail, maybe the price goes up because they're annoyed.

Cheating for the games that we just CAN'T win no matter the amount of gold we spend, and if we get caught, we get thrown out of the casino for the day or somthing.

Hunting so we can find rare events easyer

Sales so we can sell stuff back to the store at more than half price

Trading so we can lower the price of things IN the stores by trading items


Stuff like this. I can only think of things that apply to what I see on gaia right now.

All of these things should go up gradually, and you get more out of it as it does.



As for Gaia itself, right now it seems like a forum with a few roleplaying aspects to me.

Please DO NOT make this like myspace

[The Lost-Angel]

I want Gaia to Stay GAIA not become some MY space knock of or a Neopet wantta Be..I have been to neopets....It is SCARY!!....Sooo Scary.... gonk gonk

As for Non Battle RPG features lets really be able to interact with the NPC's, like have ine the Towns, not just at the Station but other places where we can Meet a NPC there and interact....Wither that be maybe being able to Buy Items from them, or maybe being able to get Story line Info Right from a NPC in the Gaia Towns. Maybe we could be able to walk along Bass'ken Lake and get to see the fish swining along or such. Really pulling the Nature of the Story which Gaia is being built around and the Idea's of Gaia and the world which we live in and the faces we know are apart of this idea.

I mean even have maybe Grunnies be one of the First type of Enemys we will face as a monster.

[Osisi]

.:[I came, I polled, I posted]:.

What RPG features, that are Non-Battle, do you think Gaia should have?
A Job Class and Quest System that is interlocked with each other. Where there are pros and cons in the way and difficulty of finishing a quest depending on which class you choose. Also that changing classes will be easy but still have set backs such as changing from one class to another you may lose experience or abilities but have some other abilities and skills carry over with the other class.
And maybe a larger and more easier inventory would be nice. 3nodding
What current features that Gaia currently has, do you see as RPGish.
The customization of avatars, the broad variety of items, games that give you exchange what you get to get more items
Do you want Gaia to be more like MySpace, or more like an RPG, if so, why?
I want Gaia to fall in the middle of it all. For it to accomodate to each side so that there is something for all and that it doesnt get stale or get a mountian load of complaints about it being too MySpace or too RPG

[angelchii]

well if they make a game program (like all those mmorpgs), i suggest 3d characters, the cute ones like ragnarok online (that's what i expected when they were releasing towns)

if not, well i think more rpg like clothes instead of real life clothes that people wear everyday

[azureink]

I think we should have a ship builder shop where we can build our own sailing ships and go out sailing or fishing out in the ocean... 'cause I know there is an ocean out there due to all the gaian map updating. Of course that means that there has to be a digital ocean out there that needs creating.

edit- and of course if there is a battle system, there should be some sort of pirating that we can do.

[Chibirusia]

Some nice things would to make towns more world-y, and less like a giant suburb that dropped down magicaly on a vast, seemingly unending feild. *noddles* That always bothered me. =/ It'd make bug catching and flower picking and trash grabbing more stradegitic, too, if done. =D since some bugs may appear in one enviorment, but not in another, or such.