Adding a political system

[Flower]

While it sounds nice and all the game wasn't really built for that lol.

[Amineri]

While it sounds nice and all the game wasn't really built for that lol.

I agree. While it is kind of an interesting thought experiment, there would have to be a lot of steps in-between now and any sort of player-influenced political system. And the level of effort may well not be worth the risk or investment by SE and the design team.

Probably what it will boil down to is this : how many players can enjoy a political system? By definition, not very many, so it would intrinsically be content designed for the few. Adding the risk that it could harm the play of quite a few, and that it is a "sandbox-style" mechanic, it likely won't ever show in FFXIV.

Dyne, you might check out Wakfu, one of the other SE MMO titles in development. They have multiple nations, player-elected governors, and laws that are set by the elected players. Might be your cup of tea.

[Shyd]

OP made me laugh~

[Verecund]

good luck...

[Raistlin]

no thanks, how many people will try to become "president"? 1/3 of eorzea? how many publicity u will see? around 1000? and in the end, will win who have more friends or the biggest linkshell. I dont want a kid with nosense of economy to raise or down taxes, or decide about me.

I am agree with idea of different NPC rulers (3 or 5) and we deciding who of them can rule every 3 months or something like it, every one with diferent taxs values, diferent systems to implement (a system to players vote what we want in the game)

For example: Dev team want to know if we want Linkshell Houses/castles, 3 new dungeons, Personal Boats (and a huge sea map) to travel between citys or fishing in open sea, or to declare open war to Empire (with content for it) Each NPC could have one system, chocobo taxes and more attached to him, and players to vote their best choice.

Then dev team can work on that system and start to implement it before 3 months. That much better than a kid being ruler of us coz he have larger LS supporting him.

[Visch]

This isn't wokfu... -_- No thanks to any of this nonsense.

[Synthesis]

And I want to be a ruler of a world and be rich as hell. No thank you, I found this mispleasing in other mmorpgs I played. Just work hard as the others do.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

So TERA announces a political system and you're suggesting it for FFXIV before their system is presented to the players? That'll work. Forget a political system. I want drug rings where players smuggle in gysahl greens, erm.... that players "feed to chocobos" *wink wink*! Or introduce the Eorzea mafia. They'll need to implement gun first though.

[Kallera]

So TERA announces a political system and you're suggesting it for FFXIV before their system is presented to the players? That'll work. Forget a political system. I want drug rings where players smuggle in gysahl greens, erm.... that players "feed to chocobos" *wink wink*! Or introduce the Eorzea mafia. They'll need to implement gun first though.

We already have the syndacate at uldah, and the pirates at LL, the only group that isn't organized are the gridanian poachers...they need Looten Plunder's charms.

[syntaxlies]

i didn't read the whole thread so im not sure if im the only one that doesn't like this idea.
1. politics are corrupt in any form
2. i don't want other players being in charge of anything that affects the game the way i play it.

If it was just some novelty thing then IDC, just a popularity contest.