A Few head scratchers.

[ZakarnRosewood]

I dont know if i was the only one who noticed or if this was mentioned elsewhere but what was the point of swimsuits when we can only go ankle deep in water? was it purely to appeal to the nerd-hardon? or could this possibly be an inkling of something that may come out in the future, the ability to swim. i'm hoping, but not holding my breath, that if they decide to implement a jump feature (something i dont think really adds to the game much) that they may even add the ability to swim and fight underwater.

On a side note anyone else notice its can be exceedingly difficult to see things in the dark? i know i cant play during the day because of the brightness in the room contrasting with how dark nighttime is or in an underground area. are they going to either;
A) add a feature into the game where we can adjust the brightness and contrast
or
B) will they be adding a "light" spell that creates an orb over the targets head the emanates an aura of light surrounding the target.

i miss "pointless-but-fun" abilities in video games. i may date myself by saying; remember the Quest for Glory and Hero's Quest games? there were abilities and things you could do that would make you have to be creative to solve a problem. gotta get into the mansion? try increasing your strength to break down the door, increasing your climbing skill to climb in a window, increase your lockpick skill to pick the lock, increas your hide skill to hide in the closet. getting in the place may not have had anything to do with the game but was fun. imagine an archer climbing a tree to shoot arrows at the monsters, he could avoid most AOE attacks (kinda like float vs quake).

i dont expect to see this kind of thing come about anytime soon, i realize they need to make a lot of fundamental changes before they can even think about adding content they probably already have planned but i really hope this game will be more than a hack and slash MMO. i really want some RPG to come back into this genre.

[tymora]

that they may even add the ability to swim and fight underwater.

Only if wearing full plate armor while swimming will sink you like a rock to the bottom.

imagine an archer climbing a tree to shoot arrows at the monsters, he could avoid most AOE attacks (kinda like float vs quake).

While nice, this would be massively prone to abuse...

[ZakarnRosewood]

good points both. they were mostly silly flights of fancy to illustrate a different way to look at this C&P style of MMO creation thats is going on. you mentioned full plate armor and sinking, then the chr. would need to adjust their gear to fit their enviroment creating a different battle mechanic. or even if just going through and underwater cave leads to a new area where you can gear back up and fight. or being weighed down to the bottom could be advantageous.
the climbing a tree to shoot arrows, admittedly, was a poor example but would be no less abused then the frog chr.s you see when/if a jump is implemented. the reason i mentioned that was to hopefully get more use out of abilities for things other than strictly combat oriented features. the climb could be used by a thief to get to a particular high point in a future dungeon so he can flip a switch and open a door. things like that. maybe ship to ship battles (thought there was something like this mentioned a long time ago) a cannon ball tears a hole in the sail so the weaver needs to climb the mast and repair it. things like this. i do seriously doubt anything like this will ever come about but i would hope that this game could think outside the preconceived box that everyone seems to put it in.

[ZakarnRosewood]

i just dont want to see another mislabeled game in a terribly mislabeled genre cause i havent seen many that fit the MMORPG description most are MMODC (Massivly Multiplayer Online Dungeon Crawlers)

alternative funny acronym for MMORPG (Mostly Men Online Role Playing Girls)

[RisaCooper]

B) will they be adding a "light" spell that creates an orb over the targets head the emanates an aura of light surrounding the target.

This I want.