Jezebelle wrote:Looks cool. By "Hollow" floor, did you mean transparent, like the infamous Glass Dance Floor, or missing, with just a walkway around empty space?
Hollow as in there is nothing there. a Glass floor would clash physically with the lighting rig, after all, where to hang the discoball, laser projectors, and spotlights?
Jezebelle wrote:I think FC wanted to do something like this, or at least an Illuminati-run night club in NYC
This early concept of mine was actually tied to that.
Jezebelle wrote:they also "wanted' to make player housing a thing
Oh I know. I only posted the image of the early concept here. It was part of an email. And from the top of my head I seem to recall outlining how other such guild houses could work.
Just 1 "club" would have been unfair, but 2-3 in a street/area could be run by 3 cabals for examples. Obviously a cabal would have to apply to get control of the place. The concept drawing was my suggestion for one suitable for a radio station/dj/dance club/entertainment cabal.
Other suggestions I believe I made was various stores, hardware, food, clothes, a restaurant/cafe, clinic, hotel, and so on.
Now if done right these places could have player run stores/places of business; and always a NPC available so players could shop/get stuff even if there are no controlling cabal members around.
Why not make the NPC the main store clerk? Because the clerk may only sell "regular" items, the special stuff would be sold by a cabal member.
I can't recall if I ever mentioned the clerk NPC part in the email though. I was kinda hoping to get some form of feedback from them (which I never got) so the email did not include all my ideas.
It shouldn't have been an issue to create a "safe" commerce street in all the major cities with a mix of these cabal storefronts/housings.
And if a cabal is unable to or not present enough to run such a place then Funcom could have given control to somebody else.
Here's another idea, when a NPC sells to players the cabal would get a percentage, and if a NPC buys a item then the cabal members get to buy it at a discount. So there could be benefits beyond just roleplay.