The best MMO would be classic low fantasy/survival/tradeskill based with only non-hum

[starkind]

So basically

Froglocks
Lizards
VahShir (or kerrans)
Worgen (gnolls)
Snek ppl
Ratonga
Bird ppl or aviaks
Fishppl
Whaleppl
Ulthorks
Othmir
Kodiaks
Maybe a bugg ppl, that is like beettles U could be a ladybug with like a healing ability like paladin LoH but call it Rebirth or something

etc

as playable *species* each playasble species has it's own unique classes and dieties, factions secrets, each could be released in an expansion of 1-50

just my 2cp

[Nocht]

I'm on board with this idea and would like to expand by proposing a race of slime people to the mix.

[starkind]

I'm on board with this idea and would like to expand by proposing a race of slime people to the mix.

yusss! forgot!

anyway if it was like the best mmo on the market outpacing wow
ppl would be forced to log into it and create an anthro :p :eek: :cool:

we could throw other stuff in the mix to like dragon ppl but not eq's drakkin like dragonlances dragon ppl (that look like the bipedal dragons from GoD)

i'm digging any oither suggestions here

[starkind]

fuck it I'm done

u ok?

[Gravydoo II]

Man get some funding up. Get some programmers. Get some art going.

[Robersonroger38]

I def wanna see pics of whale ppl

[Mblake1981]

I def wanna see pics of whale ppl

Google E3

[Jimjam]

Needs a dolphin monkey hybrid that looks exactly like peoples.

[starkind]

Google E3

looks like a really commercial production grade pride event, probably only game developers there fooling themselves their their own customers trading back and forth between their booths, plus whatever random tourists are in LA?

I went to comdex once and it was basically this, it was more about getting work in the industry /selling ur product but it was comdex back when windows 98 was brand spanking new and no one else had seen it before so i was a badassmotherfucker at like 16 there with a vendor pass for a real product

Needs a dolphin monkey hybrid that looks exactly like peoples.

it's either this or isreali warcrimes, tell me more!

I def wanna see pics of whale ppl

https://i.imgur.com/UYNbdgE.png

my mom made a shamu costume for me when i was a lil kid it was like the best thing ever

https://i.imgur.com/9NA0Iwj.png

i had gone to seaworld ( and ya i know the poor fuckers are tortured and homo-suicidal) but as a kid i didn't know any better and it was the best

virtual versions would be better than live whale stuff

anyway

definately as an adult i could see going to the club


https://i.imgur.com/279MnWN.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/kK5fFMx.jpg



Man get some funding up. Get some programmers. Get some art going.

ikr, i need to make an indie/gofundme started with my disability check and some Indian programmer who's into this stuff who'd be willing to sleep in a cot in my room or something

[HalflingSpergand]

Lets do this. Make the world simple like minecraft and the char models too

[starkind]

Lets do this. Make the world simple like minecraft and the char models too

oh ya absolutely

[Bardp1999]

No idea why there isnt a cool MMO where you play as a Dragon, Griffin, Centaur, Vampire, Chimera, Hill Giant, ect ect... I mean there literally isnt a REAL rpg game where you choose Dragon as your race - like Spiro for PS1 is as close as it gets

[HalflingSpergand]

Developers get stuck on the raw specs of the art and imo it's all about gameplay, lore and the art flavor

[starkind]

No idea why there isnt a cool MMO where you play as a Dragon, Griffin, Centaur, Vampire, Chimera, Hill Giant, ect ect... I mean there literally isnt a REAL rpg game where you choose Dragon as your race - like Spiro for PS1 is as close as it gets

There was once

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istaria:_Chronicles_of_the_Gifted

I had a dragon character at lauch

i played for about a month

https://i.imgur.com/baBVMTT.png



thats a much more modern UI tho than what i remember (yes I am that cool, I was a dragon for a time!)

*****EDIT******* Oh neat! https://community.istaria.com/forum/showthread.php?33138-Content-Update-21-1-Tales-of-Tazoon and I guess they have free for military ppl option? cool? been forever... ************ EDIT ********** ************ EDIT ********** Looks like its still be updated, check that out bardp! ****** EDITT*********

last update for bardp's sake :

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it was so ambitious

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^more modern vid i guess

Developers get stuck on the raw specs of the art and imo it's all about gameplay, lore and the art flavor

yup the numbers could be hardcoded and the stats meaningless lol and as long as ppl felt like they progressed it would be way more interesting to have a good world to explore

[Cen]

When you take out humanoids, it becomes a furry MMO hehe

[starkind]

i'm fine with less humanoids its an old trope the universe should move on )

[Cen]

We should basically make eve online, except instead of flying around space ships, we fly around ants at an ant colony, and instead of crafting space shit were building something awesome for our NPC queen.

[Baler]

When you take out humanoids, it becomes a furry MMO hehe

The scary part is the MUDs with the most players are either Adult or Furry.
*puke*

Then there is an mmo called Furcadia one of the oldest. Right hand to god the only reason I'm aware of this mmo is over my life I've searched for mmorpgs a LOT. This one sometimes pops up in lists. I have never played it, ever.

[starkind]

i just like the abstraction of the game world away from irl shit, its probably one reason wow is so successful

because it's so practically inane and comical

it makes creepy evil shit story telling palatable, like about kael'thas, and sylvanus

also all those blood elf exmogs and dreanei

but really the focus shouldnt be on adult stuff and killing it should be world exploration (pretty skyboxes and sunsets and beaches)>lore>factions (some u can't join or repair based on *CHOICES*)>crafting>dungeon delving>fashionquest

admit it the otter ppl in EQ make u smile and are cute AF

[Jimjam]

Lets do this. Make the world simple like minecraft and the char models too

Basically ur saying make it on Roblox... it's pretty well set up for this kind of thing...

The scary part is the MUDs with the most players are either Adult or Furry.

Again, with its younger demographic Roblox sidesteps the worst of this...

[HalflingSpergand]

Seen roblox but i dont know what it is

[Gravydoo II]

Why would you have a tail if you had legs?? Isnt the whole whale tail deal, some fucked up legs all glued together?? So these fuckin whale people got 4 legs. Another reason for me to hate them.

[starkind]

roblox has plenty of weird stuff in it albeit much more childish (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrjVbexOT-s) *hard pass*

but liek i'm thinking more constrained and more constructed with a single vision (TM) and not designed around facebook values and inclusivity, but tru neckbeard lore kept PG-19 maybe (closer to wow) further away from Second life (YIKES)

the thing is all these worlds and games have their cool people and their wierdos, their fun wow raids, and shady corners of Elywnd Forest on Moonwhatever server. Just don't google to deep, good moderators and gms go a long way, and consistent, coherent art direction.

I think ppl try to be a lil to ambitious with many of their projects/art ... thats why picking one theme and working through that, then re-iterating, on the next is a good idea and why i think rolling expansions of different characters and worlds would be neat, without just focusing on raiding/endgame mudflation

i'm not really a mud player or neckbeard so maybe i'm missing the mark posting here but just being random sharing my thoughts

old school online/simm/internet lurker and i ssee the potential of the digital frontier and it's squandered on NTOV

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Why would you have a tail if you had legs?? Isnt the whole whale tail deal, some fucked up legs all glued together?? So these fuckin whale people got 4 legs. Another reason for me to hate them.

need some way of being bipedal basically so u can come out of the water and interact with the other bipeds, but for an mmo to go really brave and have a sea PC character species that cant even come on land or is severely hindered on land would be cool af


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naga in wow, and magic is an option, but ya basically being a whale u kinda give up having legs and that would be a neat choice lol

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quick thought, we have sea vehicales, schooba gear and all kinds of stuf that lets people live and work and explore underwater, whale people could do the same for the land

[HalflingSpergand]

U have to kill some boss underwater to gey a water helmetto go on land haha

[Tunabros]

https://i.imgur.com/jQfuTki.png

[Nocht]

You could make it work. It would be cool to have all the races be humanoid animals and have the world setting be something like Nier, where its Earth but humans have been wiped out for so long and other races have sprouted up in their place.