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I think it would be interesting to see a really in-depth skill system for building/engineering where a player would have to put skill points into energy systems to be able to build more advanced lighting systems.
A player that specializes in energy creation and distribution would have to sacrifice putting points into things like masonry or woodworking. It would force people into having to work effectively as a team to create a project.
Non-infinite energy is a great idea. Mining oil to process into fuel to fill lamps. Some cities might go into a coal power grid. Some could go nuclear or solar power.
Especially if every world had a finite amount of non-renewable resources – it could create the possibility that one world could effectively ‘die’ if they didn’t use resources to build more sustainable systems – or they would have to purchase resources from other worlds.
I think the concept of players providing energy and materials to run communities opens up a lot of potential for individual play styles.
EVE Online has an excellent player driven economy – you can make a corporation devoted solely to mining rare resources that other corporations need to build their space stations and power/build their ships. That also creates the business of pirates trying to steal those resources. An effective mining team needs multiple players – cargo carriers, miners themselves, security. And at the end of it, you need players that have devoted a lot of time building their corporation management skills and manufacturing skills. The entire skill system is very straightforward but way more advanced that most games…and it’s not one that’s really been emulated or improved upon yet.
