placeholder for systems garbage

i'm just gonna tag everyone who's expressed interest in a ffxiv site over the past year in the sites you want to see (whether through making an actual post or just liking an existing one) so-

lunar valka M A E ! UMU kappaccino Sharp light ๖ۣۜLord Orivien @aaron Scaramouche Benetnasch sifr FINITE @murdoc nara Raz サンダラ @iota Tabris spring

if you don't want to be tagged in future updates, i'm sorry for this one, just don't like the first post in this thread and i won't tag you here again in the future!

wow i wasn't expecting this much interest in this uh-

i'll throw up a few of the systems junk i've been playing with over the next few days for people to give feedback on oops holidays are just busy rn for me (and i'm trying to be spider-man on my new ps4 so yeah)

Okay! Time for an actual update-ish. That I promised before I ended up getting sick oops.

Benetnasch meggers Crownautic kappaccino light lunar Mouse sifr サンダラ Serpentarius spring ๖ۣۜLord Orivien valka

1) I've not really started working on anything super officially since like I implied, this is gonna be a super slow build just because I have a lot of other responsibilities and commitments. Do not expect regular (or consistent) work while I'm at the helm in the building process, just as I highly advise that you don't hardcore bank on this being done within even a couple months or so.

2) tiefling has been working on stuff off and on with me before the holidays and then spring has offered to help out with staffing, so fyi, expect them to be helping out. Sacrifices are always desired to appease the RP Gods. I mean- More volunteers are always appreciated to continue to help out.

And now for the rambling on the site systems I've been batting around. As a note, neither of these options are necessarily settled (honestly I'm a bit leery of them since rn they feel like they're gonna get pretty repetitive to write really quickly) nor are the names 1000% accurate for the overall feels, it's just a quick and dirty "okay what's the difference here" to identify them. I'm trying to build things out with

As always, feedback is highly appreciated. After all, if I'm doing this, I wanna have systems we're all content to live with, and obviously it's better for me not to bang my head against a brick wall.



SYSTEM ONE: WEAPONS-BASED SYSTEMS
Everyone gets one class to start out with at level 10. You learn more classes through either a loot drop or purchasing through the site store via currency you get from posting (or from other drops). You level up through completing dungeons / trials in that class or through smaller "exp bundle" purchases again through the site shop. Level cap is at 90.

Basically the system works in three tiers via questing (aka dungeoning). Each dungeon is guaranteed to be seventh rooms with the seventh being the dungeon boss and the other six rooms being randomized between mobs (most likely), loot, a subboss (least likely), and maybe an option for healing / nothing. All dungeons are guaranteed at least one loot drop. The tiers are basically just what you would expect for the loot you find. Tier 1 is for level 5-30, Tier 2 is for 35-60, and Tier 3 is for 60+. Which you can be higher level than the dungeon's tier, you just can't be lower.

It's a pretty simple system. Improve your attack by getting better weapons. Get better weapons by going through the dungeons. Equip a weapon equal or lower to your current level, exchange excess weapons for extra money or levels. Going up in tiers means you're more likely to get what you're looking for (tier one gives you any weapon level 5-30, tier three gives you a weapon for your current class within 10 levels of your current level). My biggest concern is just 1) extrapolating it out to be meaningful and 2) that the whole system is going to be a lot of repetitive grinding with no real variation on it.


SYSTEM TWO: SKILLS-BASED SYSTEMS
Like the last system, you get one class to start with at level 5 and you'll level up your current class through participating in dungeons or trials with new classes unlocking through either loot rewards or purchase from the site shop. Level cap would probably be at 50 just to make it a lot easier.

Every character would get to introduce one skill for each class when they unlock it. This would be an individualized skill (or have the option to be more individualized) so that there's some difference between everyone who is a given a class. You'd be able to use that skill immediately, but you could also use a "Signature Skill" at level 30 and a "Limit Break Skill" at level 50, both of which are going to be across the class (meaning, for example, all bards might have a limit break of a piercing arrow for extra damage but a signature skill of an extra action debuff across the party). All skills can only be used once per thread, just so they can't be spammed.

My biggest concerns about this system is again, just how it's going to be meaningful and not being too much super repetitive grinding (and how to arrange a system around that) so. Yeah.


SYSTEM THREE: SCREAMING-BASED SYSTEMS
Aka everyone picks their one class at the start, no one gets any more classes, and I end up screaming into the abyss since while there's no levels or system to deal with, there's also probably not going to be combat since I mean. No combat = no dungeons + no trials = no nothing. So. Yeah. Uh. It's an option but tbeh I'm not super excited for it since in a sense, it feels like it's just. Simplifying everything down to the point where classes are kind of "why bother" in the first place so. Yeah. Probably not going to go with this, but it is technically an option.


I'm also not opposed to going in an entirely different fourth pathway for this so. Yeah. Feedback is, again, definitely appreciated, because I am not great at this, not nearly as much as I'd like to be.