by
Shu
» 01 Oct 2014, 21:09
Really terrible idea. Any serious progress, especially made by people that need to work in RL for their money and cannot waste their life 24/7 online, would constantly be crushed by a hand full of hotshots that "afk" raid the nights. Every. Night.
I could be convinced if there was some kind of automatic policing, so that people doing this have a random (and not too low) chance of being caught and put into a prison. Their prison time should only be counted if online and not AFK, and characters should be pretty much useless during this time.
That way a severe enough penalty is put on such behavior. Just like in real life, because you know, realism is cool and why this feature should be in in the first place. That should make players think thrice about actually going through with this.
It should also only be implemented in MMO, because that will only function if making another, not yet imprisoned char would cost you actual money.
Then, and ONLY then could I be convinced that this is a reasonable mechanic. Because if you take pleasure from behaving dickish, you also should be required to experience the full boredom of resulting repercussions. (And these cannot be provided by players only, way too unreliable.) Also: No bribing system to buy yourself out. Want to be an ass? Make ready to be treated as one.