Seasons Hopes

[Athapaxis]

Howdy Folks.  Long time off and on player here who had been out of the game for quite some time.  Planning on coming back to play Seasons, and I suspect I'm not the only one.  Wanted to share what I think are some real possibilities.  Or things I hope are possibilities.

1.  A number of people like myself intrigued by the new approach, the higher density of players in one place, the fresh start in history, etc deciding to come give it a shot after a long absence.  I believe we may see over 75 people online at a time.  Maybe more.

2.  With the "jump start" for skills, we will be able to start doing significant things sooner and won't be so afraid of losing all the hours of grinding.  This will make us more open to telling interesting stories - even at our own expense.  This is something I've always aspired to and never been great at.

3.  These things taken together - I think - are going to lead to some of the best Arm we've seen in a very long time.   I've had a handful of experiences over the years where I felt like I was part of an amazing story - but those were brief and fleeting.  I think that will happen much more often in Seasons.

Hope I'm right about all of this...

[Kavrick]

Yeah, despite my usual criticism and what could honestly be seen as nit-picking, I'm very much looking forward to seasons. I've said since I started playing that consolidating players in a single area is the right decision for encouraging interaction and facilitating RP. Hopefully the days of logging in, seeing 30-40 people online only for those online to be in a different part of the game from you will be over.

I've also been liking the first impression of new staff, the storytellers seem inspired and open to ideas, and generally I've not seen anything that I'd consider to be red flags.

The changes to gemmed are also really nice, I understood that sometimes the oppression and such is a key part of the theme but giving players the change to reach higher in society as anything other than a mundane human is a really good step forward. I hope perhaps dwarves will get a similar treatment or opportunity in the future.

All in all, good things. I know I can be a bit of a negative Nancy on the forums, focusing on what I think could be improved- but I'd like to take this opportunity to say that I actually think staff are doing a lot of great things and I'm looking forward to what's in store, I think they deserve a lot of kudos for pushing on despite everything.