Re: Olympia workers and Earning Power

From: jh42393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Heidbreder )

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 04:42:03 +0000

srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) writes:
>But I think the real problem is that there aren't enough interesting
>and diverse ways to earn money in Olympia.  Few of the skills have
>"USEs" that can bring in money, and some that do require some fairly
>laborious and lengthy game-playing (i.e., using Equestarian 2).

>I think the "right" solution (albeit not an easy one) is to have a
>more complete economy, and I think this is where Rich is going.  For
>one thing, markets should be more-or-less staffed by players and not
>be the automatic supermarkets that they are now.  There should be "raw
>materials" in various provinces which can be harvested and brought to
>market, and a base economy of farming/livestocking.  This would lead
>to some interesting interactions as people tried to protect various
>resources.  And interesting things happening if there was, say, only
>one unit in the game capable of making longswords.  He could price
>them very high, but he might get robbed, and so on.

>As a start, maybe there should be a "FARM" skill that would be cheap
>to learn, and which could be used effectively in plains areas to
>generate income.  But the number of farmers in an area would be
>restricted - as more moved in your income would go down.  Similarly
>for "FORESTING" in woods areas and "MINING" in mountainous areas.
>Maybe "FISHING" for coastal areas.

How about some new types of structures?  I mean add things that would act
like forts but wouldn't give defense bonuses...
Example,  FARM:  Allows use of 'FARMING' Skill to earn money ( or with a
  more complete market, create food, which would be sold on the market)
	  MINE:  Allows creation of 'Ore' commodities...

also, how about a new peice of equipment, 'woodsmans axe' which, when
USED, creates 'lumber' commodities in a forest region?
Also, I think there should be a 'shakedown/street tax' command, where you're
men just basically go around the province shaking down commoners for 'tax money'

Also, how about a 'theft' function for stealth?  Use function I mean...

Hao Shuwang [834]

References

Olympia workers and Earning Power
rob@ccc.govt.nz (Rob McNeur)
Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:26:02 +0000
Re: Olympia workers and Earning Power
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:57:04 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia workers and Earning Power
rob@ccc.govt.nz (Rob McNeur)
Thu, 16 Apr 1992 15:26:02 +0000
Re: Olympia workers and Earning Power
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:57:04 +0000