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I think that rethinking the deadlocked roles of religions and nations is also worth thinking about, but that misses the point. All factions and nations have an enemy: the Kititns. As long as the Kitins are there, there will be more focus and peace among each other. What we would need after this consideration is a final scenario for the extinction of the Kitins and a new enemy that doesn't come from the inner Atys, but awakens from the consequence of the imbalance. This new enemy is not an enemy of all. One can ally oneself with this, but in a different way as with the factions now. No new altars or troops, but an enemy that is invisible and almost unbeatable. So basically new content to really revive PVP. My two dappers;
It has gotten boringly quiet and stupefyingly stagnant as of late. Things have to change. However, any changes to the game have to consider not only the lore but also the players. All of them. Not everyone has the same motivations or hot buttons though, so if we want Ryzom as a whole to do well, we must all keep that in mind instead of assuming that our little bubble is The Only Correct Way. That sort of thinking will result in factional PvP alright, but of an OOC type rather than in-game where it belongs. I also firmly believe the old idiom, "You can't go home again.", so I have reservations about trying to go back to a place that can never exist again.
Now, here is a crazy idea, but also serious food for thought; as there have been a lot of folks crossing the traditional lines, why not rethink what "faction" really means and figure out a way to make "Alliance vs Alliance" work? Worlds evolve, so why shouldn't Atys? We can't go back, and holding the brakes isn't working, so why not go forward? Why can't we have a new paradigm?
Sadly, I don't have any real specific thoughts on how to do that right now, but I figured I'd at least try to throw out an idea of how to reignite the spark that seems to have been lost in the hopes that it will, at worst, serve as a catalyst for someone else to put a little flesh on that framework.HeernisAnd that is part of why I am the way I am ;)You decide a side and fight for something higher... ranger for balance...
Or the weakest 2 factions die out, are subject to the Kitin invasion and are wiped out after a long and intense battle. Only the last remnants remain as ruins, faith a relic of earlier times.
Perhaps a combination of both? The new threat destroys factions from invasion to invasion? Until the strongest survives? Some survive by betrayal and convert to the enemy, some join the strongest faction, from a wiped out faction. All faction battles become pointless, but the new enemy connects the homins, but also divides them. A new chapter in the history of Atys.
The new enemy or the kititns will attack the OPs frequently till they win, or the enemy will be maybe overpowerd, but have only 1 little weakness?
Ok thats not related to the main topic, but this could be also revive PVP. But in this case, all will be forced to do PVP against the new enemy or Kitins.