" As for current avatars traveling to our planet freely with all of their skills, weapons, and items functioning as they do now... this all is still being developed and determined.
MA and CKI will make determinations based on many variables that will be influenced by the RCE system, but more importantly the enhancement of the overall
EU gaming experience.
On if items and/or skills from this planet will be useable in the existing
EU world... again, this also is still being developed and determined.
Guys, I can say that the CKI/
MA philosophy for our new planet is to keep a cohesive universe, not a bunch of totally independent areas where nothing translates with each other. Sorry that we can not say much more than this at this moment."
Just to get back to the thread rather than discuss computer upgrades, has anyone thought this statement through.
Consider,
MA seem now to be in the business of marketing virtual world platforms. Buy a basic system, build it as you will - a Chinese virtual mall for RL products maybe a game world (as are new contributors seem to be proposing).
Now, anyone building a virtual world with a cash economy will wish to be in control of the economics. That means understanding the dynamics of the economy and retaining cash value within the economy.
Having people move between the worlds challenges both. Our new friends want a cohesive universe, that must be both plot line/genre and economy. having to build an economy which also accepts items with a totally different economic biase will cause endless problems, just witness how much anguish we have whenever the advantages of pre-gold, post gold, post VU.xx players is spun out in this forum.
Consider also if one of us moves between planets we will almost certainly be creating a real cash balancing problem between the planet owners,
MA will lose real value (and have to transfer real cash) to a "planet" where a Skalman or Neomavin moves since that is where it will be withdrawn from.
Oh of course there could be some overall economy but does that really sound a practical proposition between companies trying to grind out the maximum profit.
MA are not building a Universe for our benefit. They are building a Universe for their profit. That fine, thats business just don't hold out hopes.