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So while I was in Archeage I kept running into cool things I thought would make a world of difference in Wurm. I kept seeing things and then thinking , that would have been cool in Wurm.....so I thought Id throw them out here and maybe if they see other companies using them, maybe they can adapt a Wurmified version. After all the best ideas are stolen, and they have a track record of successes and failures one can look at without it having to be such a gamble. So here we go - this first image is a SS i took early on and it had Wurm written all over it. So we have 3 items here Windmills, Waterwheels and a chat devoted to the Criminal system. Windmills and Waterwheels are purely asthetic in AA however could EASILY be made a central part of the infrastructure in Wurm. I think any self respecting large scale farmer would welcome such additions even if they start out as purely asthetic while mechanics were debated and implemented. Would also be cool to be able to put in irrigation via lead pipes. We need something to do with lead besides make anchors. Adding in water wheels and then let them flush water through fields for extra yield would be a pretty cool addition as far as I am concerned. Add in a windmill for grain grinding or quite frankly all manner of early machinery would also be quite a nice addition. Personally though just getting them in with a nice animation of the veins turningin the wind would be a great start. Now the criminal Justice system - its badly executed in AA but the overall concept of having a criminal justice system is quite interesting and I think a wurmified version would work out quite well and if setup correctly, has the potential to remove a lot of the policing done by GM's. ON to the next pic....which admiditly has nothing to do with the post, (OOps I forgt it does have a little to do with it) i was just surprised to find Johan hanging out in AA giving out quests There he is...all slumped over, depending on his walking cane, beat down by the Wurm forums he has been forced to hand out quests in AA, so sad. So trade packs, its a cool idea in AA -you make these things up and take them to traders in certain areas that depending on where you sell them, you can get gold, or items that are used in crafting. Wurm needs a good trade system, it always has, there needs to be reasons to ship large bulk items to various servers, there needs to be better rationales for growing thousands of farmed goods other than feeding priests. AA does it like so - you grow the stuff to make a trade pack, buy a cert and then craft it. pick the thing up and slowly deliver it to the traderof your choice. The longer the route the more you can sell it for. They also add in a % fluctuation in price depending on how many people are actively trading the particular pack. There are many different types of packs from different areas of the server so if a lot of people are trading cheese for instance, you may be better off trading duck feathers as the price for cheese may be dropping due to oversupply. Now im not saying blanket copy anything, what im saying is that If say we filled a corbita to holds capacity with corn and then ship that supply to say some trader on xanadu and say once we got there the trader might not even offer coin, they may offer bartered goods instead, say you could trade your corn for something that was selling on your server, say Iron ore for instance. The whole idea is to have trade, a large trade network not completely dependent but highly dependent on players. Next suggestion is to allow custom logos Here is one I made in AA and it can be used on my ship sails or my cape or both. Its a simple matter of creating a 256x256 img and placing it in the correct folder, going to a bench and creating a little ink vial then you can apply that to your sails or capes or even house items or clothing you may have. I see no reason why Wurm couldnt do the very same. It was a very popular feature in AA and to everyones surprise its not being abused but very rarely. Rarely ever do you see anything far out of range of what would be expected, mostly its all guild logos or personal logos, some sports pics and such. But the coolest thing is that you can go out in the game world ...take Sceen Shots and then buy frames. You can make your own artwork...to me thats the best thing about it. I had all kinds of SS I took in game as artwork for my house. I think in Wurm one could build a community art gallery and have people donate thier works of art they make, or just make your own to place in your house. Either way it falls into the idea of the players are creating the content.