Life is Feudal Official Forum

[Sidashley]

Finding the perfect balance between claims, resource locations and guilds/towns/villages interested in trade is a difficult task when it's all still in theory.

you are quite right about that, in fact, thanks to the map and developers design, there is no spot that would have it all (and I love it; insentive for us all to interact)
that got me thinking, all the big Guilds allay with each other but I haven't seen andy small groups doing so, at least not officially.
How about it?
"Feudal Life Villagers" or better yet use Your already existing and cool sounding "Fair Scale Traders" name.
with very simple set of rules, like for example:

- ALL villages are equal
- We trade
- We help each other

each village is independend with no drama to do something or follow anybody unless they wish so.

location doesn't matter, each village have something uniqe to offer, the farther away the more uniqe. good for trading

if one of us get raided and destroyed, other villages could help restart or take in the survivers indefinetlly or untill they are ready to be on they own again. kind of insurance for hard times.

even borrow specialists if neccessary.
all based on good go-around karma.
imagine if you could go somewhere far away for a few days, meet new peope, live they problems and come back to your village to tell all about it

well, just an idea.

Quite the idea.
A lot more complicated and involved than our initial plan, but it could work out. Maybe not on a global scale, but at least between a few dedicated villages.
This of course would be an alliance, with a few global rules for all villages included.

I do like the sound of "the Fair Scale federation", because "the Fair Trade federation" just reminds me of coffee and chocolate xD
EDITED IDEAS with punchlines for flair:

Council of Traders - one must work in order to be free.
Fair Scale Federation - On these scales we are all equal.
Villages of Trade - Make connections, not walls.
Federation of Exchanges - From one hand to another.
I'm out of ideas...
The golden Bridge - Connections are worth a thousand gold.

I'll try and work out some other name ideas, suggestions are of course welcome

If this alliance were to be established, and if your group would be interested in joining the alliance, we would both need to agree on how to make decisions within the alliance.
(an equal ruling board with 1 representative (preferably the head of the village) casting democratic votes, would be a good option in my opinion)

We would also have to look out for smaller communities with the same interests as us, and maybe even make a separate thread for establishing partnerships with them, in order to broaden our alliance.

If we end up with this alliance, our group would like to host these alliance meetings and send out couriers to other villages involved who did not show up to inform them of eventual changes in alliance policy.

[Forresthunt]

I would think more in terms of a community, at least for as long as something more serious will need to be established.
after all we are talking about PvE players, guys who had a chance to join hundreds of other big Guilds that advertise on the Forum and ….they didn't.
They are Feudalists determinate to survive all odds against bandits, JH or expanding Kingdoms just to get the satisfaction of build something on they own.
Many of them are Zealous Believers ready to put time and effort into the game working 3 characters at once with I-do-it-all-myself attitude.
They are hardly followers, and don't expect things to come easy or free.
In this game, people who choose “being small” want to trade and most of all interact with other players. And that could be difficult when you surrounded by big, developed and fully independent big Guilds.
That's where Fair Scale Traders could come in. Your name say it all.
Host annual markets where people can meet, socialize and exchange goods.
Introduce villages to each other and inform about events or essential things that go around.
In another words, be a place where people come seeking information, helping hand or simply want to socialize.
I would't worry about social structure, not just yet. Those guys, have naturally build in “fairness chip”. All favors will be paid back “with interest” without being asked for it.
You invite me to your Guild event and I'll bring my best seeds or whatever my little community is proud off.
Such interactions will happen naturally, in fact happened already, I'm just suggesting to put a name on it.
Fair Scale Traders sounds about right to me

and reading your posts I have a feeling you already know how to organize it all.

[Sidashley]

I would think more in terms of a community, at least for as long as something more serious will need to be established.
after all we are talking about PvE players, guys who had a chance to join hundreds of other big Guilds that advertise on the Forum and ….they didn't.
They are Feudalists determinate to survive all odds against bandits, JH or expanding Kingdoms just to get the satisfaction of build something on they own.
Many of them are Zealous Believers ready to put time and effort into the game working 3 characters at once with I-do-it-all-myself attitude.
They are hardly followers, and don't expect things to come easy or free.
In this game, people who choose “being small” want to trade and most of all interact with other players. And that could be difficult when you surrounded by big, developed and fully independent big Guilds.
That's where Fair Scale Traders could come in. Your name say it all.
Host annual markets where people can meet, socialize and exchange goods.
Introduce villages to each other and inform about events or essential things that go around.
In another words, be a place where people come seeking information, helping hand or simply want to socialize.
I would't worry about social structure, not just yet. Those guys, have naturally build in “fairness chip”. All favors will be paid back “with interest” without being asked for it.
You invite me to your Guild event and I'll bring my best seeds or whatever my little community is proud off.
Such interactions will happen naturally, in fact happened already, I'm just suggesting to put a name on it.
Fair Scale Traders sounds about right to me

and reading your posts I have a feeling you already know how to organize it all.

Thank you very much for your input, this helps me out a lot in terms of figuring out possible directions this group can take

I am a creative thinker, but not always to realistic, I like to think VERY big.

The idea of an "annual" Fair Trade market (a market events that occur at the end of each real life month for example) is something I didn't think of at all, so this idea is to me of great value and I will try my best to see this one brought to our village.

I do indeed like structure, so anything that needs organizing, i'm the guy in our group. But i'm not the best when it comes to the people aspect, I'm not good a gauging what people want or need, I'm just the visionary But if we take it slow and keep up contact maybe we can put something together as we make contact with these other small groups!

[Forresthunt]

I do indeed like structure, so anything that needs organizing, i'm the guy in our group.

certainly glad to hear that
me, I'm just a guy who likes to beat around the bushes hoping to chace a rabbit or an idea out of it.

and you quite right, starting another post devoted to this idea could be helpful.
and sure, I'll toss a coin in if I can be of help

best regards

[CamilleQc]

Count me in!!!

I've read your reply on my post and frankly, you seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. Fair Scale Traders, you have your self an architect

Come see me in private if you have question (or a Your Own server I could join).

See ya,

Camille

[Sidashley]

Count me in!!!

I've read your reply on my post and frankly, you seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. Fair Scale Traders, you have your self an architect

Come see me in private if you have question (or a Your Own server I could join).

See ya,

Camille

Sounds wonderful Camille

I'm afraid I have been hospitalized temporarily, so my replys are a bit slow, I apologize for that.

I have given word of your terms to the core guys, and everyone seem to agree to have an exclusive builder

We will introduce you to the team when i get a bit more stable with access to a functioning PC instead of this current potato.

I'm afraid we do not have a YO server, as we want to keep the game as fresh as possible, I hope you don't mind that this is missing

I know it's boring and all, but the easiest way for me to relay information to the team regarding what type of person you are, would you mind filling out the boring form of formalities? ^_^

Your actual name (just the first will do):
Your steam Name/ID?:
What part of the world are you from?:
Are you above 18?:
Do you speak Danish, English or both?:
Have you played LIF:YO?:
What are your previous MMO/survival game experiences?:
What will be your preffered playstyle in LIF:MMO?
Why did this poorly made recruitment post spike your interest?:
Tell me a little about yourself:
What is your hopes and dreams in LIF:MMO? (what's your personal goal):
Can you make a banner that isn't garbage like the one I made?:

[CamilleQc]

Actual Name : Camille (It really is, and it's a girl name, just in case someone ask)
Steam Name/ID : Camomille both you might have to search for WeirdoBc to find me.
Part of the world : I'm a french canadian from province of Quebec, Canada
Are you above 18? Yes since 1992
Danish, English or both? English, but french is native language.
Have you played LIF:YO? My steam account says I played 141 hours. yet.
Previous MMO/Survival : Ok....Err.....Mmo => Ultima Online, Everquest I, WoW, City of Heroes, FF xi, Warhammer online, Lord of the Rings online, Elder Scrolls Online....mostly. Then Survival : Minecraft, 7 Days, No Man's Land, Elderion, Space Engineer, Medieval Engineer

Prefered Playstyle, I'm a crafter. I love to craft. I stay behind, build the town, decorate. I'm an artist. That's also the type of game play I did with Ultima Online. So it's really me in the core.

Why the interest : Being from a minority group myself, the concept of equality, fairness and democracy. I have experience with people and people who like equality and fairness usually are well accepting of difference. Had to quit last LiF YO server because of discrimination. I prefer to feel welcomed.

A little about myself: I'm a website solution developer. I also draw and like to create stuff. I'm also a community radio show host and founded my own indie game dev team.

Hopes and dreams : To be useful for a group. To be appreciated for what I do. Do make a difference. The town I'll build you will be awesome

Can you make a banner? err....I might do it, my later in game, when the town will be build enough to take a team picture and post it with the name over it. I guess it won't be a very good banner. Just meh-grade banner.

It's ok you don't have YO, I'll continue play on my server (running local on my computer, not shared). I think having a builder who already know the game will be useful, since I know what can be done. I'm also very for purpose oriented roles : Builder, forester, Farmer, smith, Hunter, and engineer. (the other who don't fit those roles are merchant, solider or costum.

Also, in LiF, roleplay is more easy to do.

Have any mailing list/ facebook page?

See ya,

Camille

[Forresthunt]

Wow!
Camille, that's the best reseme I have ever read on forum pages. Fair Scale Traders are lucky to have you.
company like that make me want to join the Guild myself. hahaha

have a great time, all of you, maybe we will have a chance to cross our paths on MMO.

[Sidashley]

Actual Name : Camille (It really is, and it's a girl name, just in case someone ask)
Steam Name/ID : Camomille both you might have to search for WeirdoBc to find me.
Part of the world : I'm a french canadian from province of Quebec, Canada
Are you above 18? Yes since 1992
Danish, English or both? English, but french is native language.
Have you played LIF:YO? My steam account says I played 141 hours. yet.
Previous MMO/Survival : Ok....Err.....Mmo => Ultima Online, Everquest I, WoW, City of Heroes, FF xi, Warhammer online, Lord of the Rings online, Elder Scrolls Online....mostly. Then Survival : Minecraft, 7 Days, No Man's Land, Elderion, Space Engineer, Medieval Engineer

Prefered Playstyle, I'm a crafter. I love to craft. I stay behind, build the town, decorate. I'm an artist. That's also the type of game play I did with Ultima Online. So it's really me in the core.

Why the interest : Being from a minority group myself, the concept of equality, fairness and democracy. I have experience with people and people who like equality and fairness usually are well accepting of difference. Had to quit last LiF YO server because of discrimination. I prefer to feel welcomed.

A little about myself: I'm a website solution developer. I also draw and like to create stuff. I'm also a community radio show host and founded my own indie game dev team.

Hopes and dreams : To be useful for a group. To be appreciated for what I do. Do make a difference. The town I'll build you will be awesome

Can you make a banner? err....I might do it, my later in game, when the town will be build enough to take a team picture and post it with the name over it. I guess it won't be a very good banner. Just meh-grade banner.

It's ok you don't have YO, I'll continue play on my server (running local on my computer, not shared). I think having a builder who already know the game will be useful, since I know what can be done. I'm also very for purpose oriented roles : Builder, forester, Farmer, smith, Hunter, and engineer. (the other who don't fit those roles are merchant, solider or costum.

Also, in LiF, roleplay is more easy to do.

Have any mailing list/ facebook page?

See ya,

Camille

Thank you Camille, makes it easier to present you to the others ^_^

I will add your information to the 2nd post of this thread, where I am starting to post our other members introductions. It's a bit of a slow progress because of my current health situation, but feel free to check up to get an idea of who we are. (not all members are listed yet, and some information is still missing)

I am in the process of convincing everyone to join in on a community discord channel, but we have used skype since the dawn of time, so they arent easy to convince :P

I personally hate facebook so we do not have a dedicated FB page.
An e-mail list could easily be set up, although I will have to ask for the purpose of this before sharing the others information

[Sidashley]

Wow!
Camille, that's the best reseme I have ever read on forum pages. Fair Scale Traders are lucky to have you.
company like that make me want to join the Guild myself. hahaha

have a great time, all of you, maybe we will have a chance to cross our paths on MMO.

I agree GoodWill (previously AxDog right?) on this one, I haven't seen a more competent builder on the forums yet, and I almost feel like we will have a hard time living up to the quality of Camille :P

We could sett up a freelance/outsource agreement if our village have a hard time making sure Camille have enough to do, or we hit a resource drought.
Skill is after all a phenomenal trading commodity, but this would of course be on Camilles own terms

[Forresthunt]

I agree GoodWill (previously AxDog right?) on this one, I haven't seen a more competent builder on the forums yet, and I almost feel like we will have a hard time living up to the quality of Camille :P

We could sett up a freelance/outsource agreement if our village have a hard time making sure Camille have enough to do, or we hit a resource drought.
Skill is after all a phenomenal trading commodity, but this would of course be on Camilles own terms

correct, I changed to my in game character name so it is less confusing when the MMO starts.
No matter how the story revels itself I have a good feeling about it.

best wishes, hope you find you way out of hospital in no time.

[CamilleQc]

Yeah, I hope you have a quick recovery. To help you pass time, here's a picture I took of my LiF village I started last week. Just remember that since I'm alone on my server I created 7 different character for the 7 main role (forgot Miner and Healer, last time). So my building skill might improve faster in MMO.

[Sidashley]

Yeah, I hope you have a quick recovery. To help you pass time, here's a picture I took of my LiF village I started last week. Just remember that since I'm alone on my server I created 7 different character for the 7 main role (forgot Miner and Healer, last time). So my building skill might improve faster in MMO.

Great start Camille

I can only imagine the time it takes to do all of this solo.
Do you have a planned look you are going for or are you going for more of a "freestyle" building style?

[CamilleQc]

That one was freestyle, but right now I'm working on a planned design village. I'm preparing something very sweet for OUR village. Testing stuff, seeing what works and what doesn't. I want the village to compliment the scenery around it and also seems more natural. The freestyle village looked too fixed on the square grid. I want to see how I can detach the design from it, so that diagonal streets and maybe curved roads can be part of it.

[Sidashley]

The recruitment thread is now finished and the last bits of information have been added.

More will be added if needed as the game and our community develops, but as of right now we feel satisfied with our thread and the information within.

If you feel like you still need some information before considering applying to join us, feel free to post a reply on the forum or PM me through any of the listed means found in the thread

Also a big thanks for suggestions and ideas so far, both from members and fellow traders! We have taken a lot of suggestions to us, and have details about these available to our members on discord.

If you want to establish a trade route/agreement, purchase or sell certain services or participate in events (Will make a schedule of planned events and a list of what we can supply/what we would be interested in when we are well established into the launch of OB)
Feel free to let us know

[Sarthaal]

Good evening Fair Scale Traders,

I find your guild plans and dreams appealing and I would like to join if possible.

I usualy play the neutral lone wolf as a hunter/gatherer with focus on archery so hope you could use my trade.

Regards
Sarthaal the Silent

[Sidashley]

Good evening Fair Scale Traders,

I find your guild plans and dreams appealing and I would like to join if possible.

I usualy play the neutral lone wolf as a hunter/gatherer with focus on archery so hope you could use my trade.

Regards
Sarthaal the Silent

Than you for your interest in our little community Saarthal, I have sent you a reply to your PM

[Vagabonden]

Hello,


Is this Guild still open for new players?

Im danish, 21? Been waiting over 3 years for this mmo :P

[Sidashley]

I'm going to make a shameless bumb just to let people know we are still indeed active and recruiting. Most messages go through discord, so I ended up neglecting the actual forum post. Feel free to contact me or join our discord if you are in doubt whether or not this community will be for you.