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[Reiza]

Note: I know this idea may already be planned to some degree and a lot of the information on the roleplay aspect hasn't been revealed. 

 

After reading a few topics on the roleplay aspect of Nin I decided to make a small suggestion. I'd like to see individual village forums and sub-forums.  Seeing as politics and diplomacy is very important in Naruto there would be public sections to each village and parts that are closed off from the public.  For example, a village tavern or forum for village-wide chit-chat would be open to all members even members of other villages, whereas The Kage's Room or forum for discussing village strategy and secrets would be closed off.  This would greatly enhance the roleplay aspect.   Some members may decide to sell village information in the form of direct quotes or screenshots.  That's just one example of the many things users will gain from village forums.  I'm not sure how PK will work in-game but this will also give players a place to post bounties and etc.  

 

A Forum for Missin Nin would be great as well.  If you decide to become a Missin Nin, you should lose the privilege to have access to any Village forum (even the public sections) but still have a place to call your own.  Village members should have zero access to Missin Nin boards.

 

This would promote community involvement.  From what I've read, the RPEs are optional.  

 

Note: Chances are something like this was already planned from the beginning.

[Jahmah]

Agreed this can still be made but, lets keep it off until later.

[Toshio]

Be careful with what you post in the village forums if implemented. Gotta be weary of spy eyes.

[Man]

I think this a great idea but also with those above, let the game develop a little more and wait until were certain with the villages situation

[Reiza]

Hey Rockey, it depends on what is actually completed in the game. This is a really great suggestion but if there aren't villages or the option to leave a village in the game yet, we can put off the forums for a bit

 

The topic about RPEs talks about events such as Chunin exams being held on the forum.  The topic also goes on to talk about Village Masters and such.  I think it's safe to say that we'll have villages in-game.  

 

My suggestion is nothing more than a suggestion.  There is no time in which my suggestion needs to be taken into consideration or rejected.  It is merely a suggestion of an idea.  My suggestion doesn't mean that this should be implemented right now.  It only means that I thought it was a good idea.

 

Agreed this can still be made but, lets keep it off until later.

Lol.

 

 

I think this a great idea but also with those above, let the game develop a little more and wait until were certain with the villages situation

 

 

Perhaps we should only suggest things that are based around what we do know?

[Noble]

We could even have a bio section there

[Takezo Kensei]

Hey Rockey, it depends on what is actually completed in the game. This is a really great suggestion but if there aren't villages or the option to leave a village in the game yet, we can put off the forums for a bit 

 

Agreed this can still be made but, lets keep it off until later.

 

Be careful with what you post in the village forums if implemented. Gotta be weary of spy eyes.

 

[jakashi]

Id enjoy them for mission accepting or like a bounty thing.

[Yassrab]

Im pretty sure it will be added later in the future, in the alpha stage theres only going to be one village anyways (Leaf) 

[jakashi]

Start small ^_^

[Shizuo]

I think this is a good idea

but don't you think ppl can still create another account and character in another village so they could spy? maybe make sections with important stuff like village info and decisions accessible only to anbu+ or jounin+ ranks... this way, even if you create a new char, you still have to "lvl up" in your alternate account's village... it would also promote the RP : "he was raised in blabla village and infiltrated it from since he was a child"

 

 

at least getting to be a missing-nin is a little more difficult, so they would be safe from spies and newly created chars (who can't go missing-nin directly! as stated on the forum!)

[Reiza]

@  That's definitely a possibility but there will be a lot of moderation going on as mentioned in the post about RPEs.  I don't really see that being much of a problem.  I'm sure children with an abundance of time on their hands will be able to do so but for the most of us, it won't be too much of a problem as we have other real-world obligations.  

 

Personally, I doubt I'll have the time to really invest in the roleplay aspect of Nin but I love having the option to do so.

[Shizuo]

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Actually it was one of the problems that poped-up very often on threads around the forum since the beginning spy and stuff like that

As for the rest, I agree, I just finished my master's degree and I'm already working my ass off every day... so yeah, this will be like the place where i'll want to spend some "quality" RP time... not like them little kids who have their mommy feeding them while they play 24/7

(no hatin', no, naan )

[Reiza]

@ First and foremost, congratulations.  I wish I could say the same.

 

 With the moderation discussed and maybe this is just my interpretation but, I don't think anyone will really have that much time to invest in another character.  Still, those who do add something amazing to the game.  They create a quality rp experience by assuming the role as a nemesis.  If they take the time to create this character to spy and earn a position in the village as a trusted member.  They damn-well deserve it.

 

With the mention of perma-death and how characters will carry over to descendants, this only leads me to believe in a high-level of moderation.  The dev team will literally have to reset the characters' levels back to one as well as adjust their base stats to reflect that they are descendants.  Sure this shouldn't take much work(change a few values in the database) yet they will still have to do this.  Naruto is still incredibly popular and with the right marketing, this game will grow immensely.  The branding is almost flawless in my opinion.  I see the actual team growing with the community.  I believe this system would work because the world that's being created is a community driven orpg with a lot of developer involvement.

[Shizuo]

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I entirely agree, this is why i said that it should be possible "to spy" as long as people "invest time" for the sake of RP.

But as it was originally put, just an open forum for everyone in the village, nothing hidden -> anyone can create a new char in another village just to look through the forums, without leveling him up... meaning that there's no point in "hiding information from other villages by creating forums for every village", this could end up with a lot of lvl1 Academy Students characters not used

[Reiza]

 

 

For example, a village tavern or forum for village-wide chit-chat would be open to all members even members of other villages, whereas The Kage's Room or forum for discussing village strategy and secrets would be closed off.

 

@ Perhaps I should add a bit more detail but there was never any intention of having all information be public record to the entire village.  It all comes down to who becomes what.  Politics and diplomacy would play an immense part.

[Nigel]

I'd like having a Bounty List on the forums that Rory and the staff could edit everytime they need to update it.

I also like the idea of having a sub-forum for every village, but, as we all know, there would always be spies on every village.