Life is Feudal Official Forum

[Layman96]

Me and a couple others are preparing to create a server which will go live this weekend. I want to hear from the people here, what do you want to see in a roleplay server that other servers are missing?

We plan to have a rule set that will encourage people to roleplay, but make it so that people who don't wish to, can still enjoy the server without ruining it for others (killing on site, raiding for no reason etc.) We plan to build a central city that will be home to a market, government and other essentials, and will be without combat and welcome roleplay. We will have a system of formally declaring war, instead of random attacks for no reason. We plan to have currency which we will carefully hand out over time to create an economy.

As for performance, we are thinking of going with infinite piles, and a single mine within the central city to be moderated for leveling. That way the server will have much more longevity before needing a wipe. Feel free to recommend scripts to run to help, like stump removal etc. We are writing a couple backstories, one for a Nordic setting, one for a Scottish setting, which would everyone here prefer to play in?

Please give any suggestions or questions you can, we want to make a great long term roleplay server for everyone to enjoy. Too many become ruined by abusive GMs or raiders etc.. I will take all suggestions into consideration with the other two who will be GMing, and I will take down this post in a couple days and replace it with a proper server advertisement. Thanks in advance for the feedback.

[Varya]

One simple thing that is fairly easy and fun to do, has nothing to do with mechanics whatsoever, and most DMs of online games nowadays leave to the sidelines:

A cohesive, interesting backstory and on-going plot that can be used to integrate new players more, and give a sense of purpose besides hoarding to already existing ones.