Hello Nate , There is a niche game you might want to try , A tale in the dessert. The community is small. maybe 300 full time players. This is a game where the brightest or the most social do succeed. The crafting is nothing like I have seen in any other game. If for example you want a shovel so you can dig stones , you need to work metal on an anvil , but , you will control every hit on the anvil in the hopes of making a high quality shovel , most people in the game fail at this , we have about maybe 3-4 people in the game that can make the higher quality blacksmithing products. The glassworking is the same way , you must melt glasspipes into a gloryhole and control every movement to be able to make test tubes , barometers, glass jars , wine glasses etc. The game also has gem cutting , where your every move counts as crafting a useful and non useful item. Nothing in this game comes easy , other things that can be learned are wine and beer making , chemistry , alchemy, gneome research , mutagenics , pyrotechnics, cooking. Most people that work on these things seem to find themselves burried in excel sheets trying to solve the puzzles. I know of people with math degrees that struggle with these puzzles. There is some grinding , as this is also a building game too , you get to build your own compound , and whatever other building you choose to have , but , macros are allowed in the game , just as long as you don't leave the keyboard. In fact , just about anything is allowed , because the player write their own laws in the game . It will pass if they get enough of their fellow players to vote for it , and then the developers will code it into the game. Players also police themselves , Once a month they vote for a player to become a demi-pharoah , the demi pharoah is then given the ability to ban 7 players from the game . Most of the time this is used to help keep griefers in check. The game has no fighting , well , no animated fighting , There is a ton of drama . Bitterness can arise when players figure out something useful to the game , a piece of a puzzle and refuse to share it with others in the game. Should others benefit from your brains ? Lots of leeches in the game , that get through it by being social butterflies in the hope people will share info and possesions with them. or using the drama to cause everyone to turn on you. and thus shun you out of the game. I guess I should say what the game is about , it is set in ancient egypt , and this telling find ourselves being led by Pharoahs 2 sons , Sami , the heir , and his jealous brother wahim. Both characters played by andrew tepper aka teppy. The creator of the game. There are no NPCs in this game. Our challenge is to pass test in each of the seven disciplines , Body , architecture , harmony, worship, leadership, thought , and the arts. Each discipline has 7 test , some more difficult than others . If near the end of the game , enough of players have passed the test , they can construct a huge monument . which will inscribe thier name , and last throughout every telling. With the building of a monument , the players also get to write a new test for the next telling . Yes, players get to write and decide what test they can have next telling , and the developers will code it into the game. Its very different from anything else I have found out there . No running around killing and raiding over and over again. This game is sandbox. But , there is some leveling that will require that you pass principle to a test , Most are very easy , and not too time consuming. Its worth checking out , you get 24hr of gameplay free trial . Here is the wiki www.atitd.org/wiki/tale4/Main_Page it also has a link to download the client.
The company behind this game is working on an MMO based in the world of the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card. I'm very much looking forward to it.
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The company behind this game is working on an MMO based in the world of the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card. I'm very much looking forward to it.