My two cents to add to the firearm question are these: Firstly, I agree with the folks above who say that firearms are pretty much overpowered for the enemies we face in this game. Now if PVP were a major objective in the game, I could see the use for it - I imagine starting out fresh on a server wi...

I'm back from my trip! Hooray! I'm sad to see this thread has slowed down a bit and gotten de-stickied though in the meantime. Off to go catch up and then add my cents! Edit: OK! Reaction time! One of the questions Adjuicator79 asked was what should the new age make players do differently. Somewhere...

Edit: We will segue nicely into an amended topic for tomorrow. While not leaving the discussion surrounding Ages, we will shift to focus a little bit on the following, which is your homework for tonight. Watch, listen, and be ready to discuss! -youtube snip- I'll be getting up early tomorrow and he...

Unless there is something hidden in one of the videos made after Notch turned off the version number, the primary hint that I noticed is at the very end. Listen closely, there is a whistle. The Age of Steam, she approaches. I had just caught that sound as well, after turning the volume all the way ...

I'm probably paying too much attention, and after participating in the excellent Design Philosophy thread, I'm over thinking it.

My brain. You has broke it. Happy now, dear Flower?

And I fell for the tease as well.
*dies*

First off, I am sad that I overslept. Many of the thoughts and ideas I had so far have very much been said and pointed out already! I will be as elitist as a non-Turtle can be and just say, "Great minds think alike!" In both places, the waterwheel and the mechanical power provided was crit...

morvelaira: I'm going to disagree slightly with you here, morvelaira. While I agree that there can be greater creativity without limits, useful creativity requires channels, strictures, boundaries. Even the greatest of artists often imposed restrictions on themselves - only working with certain med...

The discussion of design philosophy particularly fascinates me. One series of articles I read quite regularly is by a gentleman named Mark Rosewater, who some of you will know as the current head designer of Magic the Gathering. One of his particularly interesting philosophies on design is that res...

*squee* My thoughts were useful! Hooray! Alright - So it does sound like there are indeed two discussions going on here. There's the thoughts on the game design from a purely in-game perspective (such as my points about the various Ages) and from the perspective of how the game relates and interacts...

Here's my random and rambling thoughts on this ;) I had only had a chance to read the first few posts in this thread last night before heading to bed, and the talk of Ages got me thinking. What is an Age? Where do we draw the line between one Age and the next? Why are those arbitrary lines so import...

finite8 wrote: Meh. We still post and read here. I mean, being an Elitist is no fun if you can't rub it in the Peasants faces

I wonder what happens if the peasants start wanting you to rub their faces...

Hello! My name is morvelaira, and I hope to be a good part of this community. Just a little note about myself - I suffer from kidney problems, which sometimes builds toxins in my bloodstream, impeding my thinking process. I think slowly, and when I do manage to put words together, it does not always...