There was this post I read on the V:SoH forums that I posted on... I like these forums much better than those (cleaner) so I decided to post my take on what would be neat about the idea of player run cities...
"I can imagine player-made vendors merchandising the items the players have found... Let's just assume a guild made the city, because a single player will be hard pressed to do so... k?
So, yes... The guild's found items for sale on the merchants. Maybe the city has a crafting area that other cities don't, making them unique. Maybe the city has a cheaper housing than the main city, to encourage other people to live there. Maybe this place is nearer to a certain place people like to level up at... making it more reasonable to live there instead of the main city.
Maybe player built cities will need to be fortified against other envious guilds, and the crafting professions will be utilized in this effort to protect the city. Seige will be implemented and walls constructed. After all the weapons are in place, the players change from thier crafters to the adventure sphere to be ready to defend the city.
OOO!! Maybe for in-game currency, you can hire guard to protect you town. OMG! What if your town is like a Sim City, where it can obtain resources and sell it to others to make you profiet! That'd be so cool! (I'm going to post this in another forum, I love the ideas) And bad things can happen to your people, like disease and stuff... and you need to build certain churches to certain gods to make some things better. It could be like Warcraft, only in an amazingly different way!
WOW!! What a great idea!!
You could build a blacksmith and have them upgrade your troops stuff... ready your troops for battle against other areas. Have a scripted battle or GM event where you need a vast army with your guild allied with others!!
That's it, Sigil! Hire me! We've got work to do!
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Whatcha think? What would you do? The ideas are flowing from me, I really had to force myself to stop typing.