Hey. This is my proposal. I'm really sorry if it is not formally put together, but I don’t think a formal feasibility study is necessary for this kind of thing.
Right now so much of the world is un-used. There are only two areas with an actual player population. (Not to mention it takes alot of time to get through alot of the unused world to GET to these areas.)
The world is to big to support such a small average playerlist, and the entire world should be re-designed.
“Well, nevertheless we have a differently shaped world now, and we have to stick with what we have, for the story's sake. We can't suddenly change everything drastically, so we're changing things subtly, and blaming it on enormous volcanic activity.” Quoted from Samuel – Now, my response to this is why not? Roleplaying is fantasy, we can do whatever we want. -_-;
There are many solutions to altering the history by the way, but that is not relevant to my proposal..
Sir Samuel (Admin) (Sun Nov 04 06:28:16 2007):
Mass message:
The problem with current Val, is that we don't have a stable world. We don't have a world where things work and make sense within itself, we don't have a world that is unchanging and solid.
And because of that, we can't make anything that is strange or unique, because "normal" isn't defined. Right now, the world of Kharlia is completely made up of "unique" or "weird".
Another quote from Sam. I agree with most of what he has said, except for “the world of Kharlia”.
What is Valikorlia now, is not Kharlia. Do you know what now lays inplace of a once magnificient world? Clash’s abomination which has just been fixed and updated, over and over again. And it won’t go fucking anywhere.
I have heard Samuel's proposition of small island continents, and rather then try something drastic like that, which has major major risks of failing.. And in all honesty, you would just be doing the same thing again. Creating a new world…
I can find someone who has all of Kharlia on backup, and I strongly recommend deserting whatever projects you have In mind, and rather then making a complete new world, why not incorporate the excellent graphics and levelling skills of today and rebuild the world of Kharlia.
The original world of Kharlia was flawless in its design, it was simple, and big enough to support nation roleplay. And what little flaws it did have, the world could be updated / expanded much more easily then the heap of shit that is the world now.
I've played since the beginning, and i'm not making a biased oldbie opinion, i'm suggesting what would be best for the server and the community as a whole. Honestly, if you keep making these mistakes, how long do you think it will be before ALL of you quit and just finally give up on it.. I’m sure most of you would be in college now and are busy with IRL matters..
Bring back what we loved.
Bring back Kharlia, and make it shine in all its glory.