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Would be lovely!

My guess would be that there's currently just no distinction between the two and maybe they want to keep it that way to keep a lower cost on server performance. But in the end your guess is as good as mine. If they were to separate wild vs domesticated. Probably the easiest thing to do is put branded and non-branded animals in a separate pool. But how many animals are branded on a deed since there's a limit based on the size. There are even many players holding a big pen outside of their deed to hold animals but keep their ratio up. Easiest thing of all to do would be to just increase the number of animals and decrease the chance of animals having an immortal trait for example. But this would have an effect on the required performance of the server. I'm sure they're already thinking about this in some way.

Fair enough if that's the perspective this game takes. Other sandbox games such as for example minecraft took a different perspective creating an environment where content creators were able to create content on par with production level content and it was actually one of the main reasons that game blew up and is still relevant today despite it's blocky textures. Please have a look at shows like hermitcraft, weekly fully produced bite sized (20-30 minutes) video's portraying stories within an existing universe. In my opinion, things like that is what this game needs because no marketing budget can combat with something that people watch and follow willingly.

Thank you for disclosing this, based on the amount of video's featuring wurm and the kinds of perspective shown in them I didn't think something like this was even possible or known to be possible. In that way this feature actually already exists but isn't used often or maybe there aren't many engaged content creators in wurm at this time.

I already mentioned that i'm not a streamer, nor do I really need the ability to constantly have a different perspective. But it would be great for content creators to have something like that so they can have it easier to make high quality content within the game. I'm sorry if i offended you in some way

That's quite amazing, i genuinely enjoyed your work! By no means do i want to disregard the work done by streamers at this time. I just thought that it would be great if things would be easier for them so there could be more good and engaging content around. All things are possible, certainly within a community that's very creative. But when making it easier to get somewhere it could result in more content like that coming out. Which would be beneficial to the game and also to people that do enjoy watching :p.

I explained that i didn't mean dev made just because you brought it up and i wanted to clarify more. What I'd hope to find are video series like hermitcraft but in terms of wurm or "lets plays" but giving the viewer an actual view of what's happening. Because if you give a view of the action people are doing and then speed it up you don't see that much change. I mean, take the case of the construction of haven. Imagine that that was filmed from the perspective of the player, it would either be a stream on twitch but wouldn't be a video on demand. The part i meant about flying was not actually have people be superman or anything like that, the original thing i suggested was an account that can do these things but can't have an effect on the world, at all. So you'd be playing your regular character but be able to view it from a different account. The reason i brought up flying was because currently when people do something like that, they build very big towers or they make a large pile of dirt/rock just to be able to get somewhere close to the shot they want. Which video's did you find? I didn't mean that people would experience things differently. Only that creators would have the ability to show what they do in a better way. Don't think about someone flying over the server and getting everywhere quickly because it's not that. Think about someone mining on a mountain and using a different angle to show they're mining on a mountain instead of just fpv.

Hello new player! I've been playing since this year as well. My suggestion isn't about dev-made content. I used video examples with dev-made content because currently they have the tools to make these. Neither would i want drastic differences for how things are in actual gameplay. I don't mean advertisements, just look up minecraft youtubers or other sandbox games where there is a free cam option. Things like big projects that take a long time aren't very engaging to watch from a pov perspective. There are very little people that will be excited about seeing someone surface mine for months on end. But seeing someone mine down a mountain or part of a mountain in the span of a few minutes with a timelapse, where the whole project is visible. That would be engaging and would hold the attention. The game is great and real fun, but there are many monotonous actions that don't render well on screen from first person perspective. To have engaging content a mix is needed between first person, third person and a different cam perspective. The slow play style wurm has is great and relaxing but it's not engaging for a viewer unless for background things.

Thank you for the input! I'm not a streamer myself but it's great to hear that different angles are actually possible in game. This can give players more engaging content to watch. Anything that can help people make engaging content on a consistent basis for this game can bring in more interested players.

Of course i realize the downsides of something like that when it's in the hands of people willing to abuse it. That's why I also mentioned that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get these things linked to a similar role as a GM. Just not the same as GM, people that are streamers don't need to be moderators, it's different functions that service the game with different tools and different responsibilities.

The reason i mentioned "can move through walls/terrain" is not to have a view on locked area's. More like, imagine a party of people walking through a mineshaft, it would give a better view to have the camera sit inside the wall to give a wider perspective and make the visual bigger and feel less cramped for the viewer. For walls it's really not supposed to be a thing like "oh my neighbor locked his door, i want to go spy on their stuff". It's more for example when people stream storage wars, imagine a camera panning through the house, showing all the valuables and then going to a shot of the participants. Commentating on the discussions they're having and giving the viewer an extra glance to the items they're discussing, dynamic visuals. Most of this feature I more or less envisioned for professionals. Just imagine how nice it would be to have weekly engaging content within the universe of this game. How many people could get affected, see the fun the game can bring and have motivation to stick through the hard beginnings. In the end wurm online is a sandbox game. A sandbox game builds on the imagination of the player. Engaging video content can give a spark to that imagination for many players and players to come.

Something like this would already be amazing.

A streamer role should only be given to someone that produces content in a certain capacity, a professional. Think about at least a weekly 30 minute produced and edited video and enough engagement to get an income out it (example from other game: ) or people with good standing in the community (katspurr for example) or ideally both. Alternatively it could be asked of the game to just produce more content like that themselves but that doesn't really seem profitable. It's not creative mode, no changes can be made at all.

I'm stating that it shouldn't be just given to players but that it should be a distinct role, just like there's a GM role and that role should be given to you by the wurmonline team. I don't think that a streamer should have a GM account but it would be good if they had an account where they could just watch and provide more valuable content in that way. Maybe i didn't make that clear.