Conference of Monarchs:Sage (October 2006)

Game Design

• Destroy the 20-200k poker tables; ridiculously high payouts, more than would ever be gotten anyplace else in the game
• A limit to the # of event blockades per week?
• Navy mission to navigate a war brig
• Bots should do Good, rather than Fine
• Make the mission system more lucrative for casual players; right now the pillaging is very time intensive and the casual player really has no way to earn a living with 10 minute logins
• Multi player missions, so that folks can go navying together or work together
• A request for more red routes on Sage- suggestion for Amity area, in Pelican
• Option to up spawn when configuring voyage
• More social hangouts and areas
• Designated commanding officer on a ship
  • And turn off the damned jobber whistle for those not in command
• /tell forwarding
• Once an /away message is seen once, you don't see it any more - NONONO FOR ALL OCEANMASTERS NO
• A way to see the latest duty report
• Ship whisking- pay and the navy will move it. Can be moved empty; ship moving for blockades just blows and it may encourage to blockade more
• Inns
  • Player manager controls
  • Ability to have house charges on parlor games
  • Furniture that is not a prop cannot be destroyed or moved, limiting the layout customization of the inn
• Commands like /plank and /pay, all things needing confirmation do not work in the game table
• Palaces need managers
• Make flag and crew public and private statements more like shop news and house news- ability to space, italicize, color chat etc.
• Large font hides buttons and chat and does not scroll
• Ability to leave messages for offline pirates, as IRC has a system for offline mates
• A test of game knowledge for greetership
• Raise crew starting requirements. suggestions:
  • Have to have served as an SO in a crew
  • Raise battle nav and other officership stat requirements
  • Recommendation process (won't scale?)

Game Balance

• There are 4 Ringer-owned islands on Sage, more than the other oceans
• Drop doubloon costs on ships; the costs are more than double those for subscription oceans and are mighty cost prohibitive for flags blockading
• Fame- people are questioning the point of fame
• Medium islands are wasted space without the ability to change shops or bazaars on it

Support Issues

• Hot topics should get an OM post that says, "Hey calm down, we're looking into it" and an OM regular moderator that takes over the issue
  • When it's decided, just post this is what we did, this is why we did it, now that's it

Miscellaneous

• More distinction between the oceans when a new pirate is asked to choose