[Padraigo]

Still too early to say. I imagine they will be asking feedback and suggestions on what players would like it to be, when it comes time for that feature.

[Padraigo]

I did see the suggestion section, and didn’t know whether an out of game suggestion would be appropriate there.

Also, I see more dev activity here, although Steam has much more than either.

[Padraigo]

That’s very rude and unfair to say that everyone who voted for character races are not smart.

Visual representation can mean different levels of fun for different people, and obviously the majority agrees that immersion is a big factor in having fun with the game.

Just because you don’t agree with that, doesn’t mean everyone else are not smart. That is a very shallow and ignorant thing to say.

I personally voted for character races, because character customization in games and making my own character in games is something I find great enjoyment in. Yes, it adds to the immersion, which is something I value in my playtime.

It also adds more uniqueness to this game, and separates it further from minecraft. I wasn’t solely interested in this game for the block building, but the mmo elements that were combined with it. Something I wish minecraft had, but never achieved, even with mods.

On a strategic level, I believe that having more visuals and artwork would add value to the game, and would entice more players to support and donate to the game (thus reducing the time we wait for other features). It will remove the orange block that players see, and it is the first thing people see and think “Wheres my character?”.

Now you may not agree with me, and find value in other elements to the game, but it was my vote, and it seems ALOT of others agreed with me, and im very excited to see what they come up with for races and concept art. Creatures will be my next vote.

[Padraigo]

Looks like I was right. Go me! 😀

[Padraigo]

Every game will have griefers regardless, and beacons will not be able to protect everything once they are implemented, just the important stuff.

Griefers in this will be like bandits or delinquents in other settings, and if they are causing trouble in your town, you should hire a town guard to patrol the streets and surrounding lands.

That is one of the many beauties a social mmo like this can allow you to do. When guilds become implemented, you can add people who live in your town to the roster as citizens, and allow positions to be filled in the town such as law enforcement, trading and crafting, shops and military.

Possibilities seem endless.

[Padraigo]

I like that idea. I can dig playing a wolf character, the worgens were a fun option in WoW.

I hope they have a great amount of options for weapon types too.

Personally, I was thinking of my Dark Elf character with medium armor and a lance.

I’m very excited to see the dev teams personal ideas for races they have come up with, like what they have on their front page.

[Padraigo]

Is that a human race?

[Padraigo]

Just because I didn’t agree with you, doesn’t mean it was a personal attack on you, so there is no need to make false assumptions of me like that.

I don’t know how Zelda comes into this, it seems a very obscure reference and it’s first time I’ve seen it mentioned in this game, but the majority of Minecraft’s playerbase are kids, beleive it or not. If you want to mention Zelda, I guarantee the major playerbase for that game is kids aswell (not that it matters). I know you might find that insulting, but it’s the truth, the game is designed for children. Don’t take that as an insult, because they are great games, and I myself still play games like pokemon. There is no denying that the target audience for these games are children though, because there are alot more of them, than there are manchilds like us.

That isn’t the point here though. The point I’m making is, from what I’ve seen on these forums and the Steam forums, is that Character Races is the likely choice for the next vote (even vaguely admitted by a dev of the game). Having said that, it is by no means the worse choice either, for picking up sales of the game.

Just because a chocolate bar wrapper doesn’t add to the taste of the chocolate bar, doesn’t mean it is any less important in selling it.

[Padraigo]

You are completely missing the point. I’m just telling you that the majority of players (being kids) will want player models before a more fleshed out crafting system.

We will get both either way, but the biggest audience here are kids, and guaranteed they will go for visuals. Check out the steam forums. Maybe you can set up a soapbox and petition to them to vote for crafting 2 over there.

[Padraigo]

You went off on a complete tangent there, so I skipped over your life story sorry.

In your post to what I was replying to specifically, you said that they should work on features not visuals first, and you also made it seem like the Character Races option wouldn’t include the actual models.

I was just pointing out how important visuals are, especially to this current generation of gamers, despite it not adding any actual gameplay to the game . This game will mostly be kids unfortunately, and alot of them are wanting player models (you can see this on the steam forums)

I believe player models will get more attention from new players and boost sales of this game, which is why I’m going to be voting Character Races.

[Padraigo]

What makes you think Character Races and Creatures won’t include their actual models?

Considering the description for Character Races says “Player Character Models and Animation”, I strongly believe that this option will include replacing the orange blocks with actual characters.

I agree with you on the fact that there are certain options that should be picked to favor getting more people interested and donations and Player Models don’t add any actual gameplay, but..

Having said that, I think you are underestimating how much immersion having your own player model that you customized, will add to the game, and how much it will attract new players.

It will make screenshots and videos look better when being showed to friends and other people by far.

There needs to be some flair to show off in the game, and the first thing people see when they enter a game for the first time, is their own character.

[Padraigo]

My understanding is that these are just early access goal markers.

Regardless what happens, all these features will be available at launch. It’s just that they are allowing players to decide with their wallet what comes out first.

[Padraigo]

Why refund these people when it is clearly stated the game isn’t even in Alpha yet.

I wont pretend to know consumer laws on refunds, but surely they dont have to refund in this case.

[Padraigo]

Sounds good.

[Padraigo]

Im sure you put alot of work into it, but it just seems too wierd to me.

The other guy made a great one.

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