This is kinda two different ideas...keeping one idea per post makes it easier to just agree/disagree.
I actually would not be against a server merger, even if it meant we had to give up our OP...but if the rest of the communities have already said no, I can enjoy an empty Atys too. Although, I would hate a good decision that would be good for all the communities involved, no matter how hard it might be at the start, not be made because some big fish in the communities fear becoming smaller fish relative to a larger pool. But, as the community wishes...
Alternately, I am all for new armor and weapon designs, and as you say...lots of them. This is a huge +1 for me. Just have the tree break down into more subsections at 200 into "Racial Design 1", "Racial Design 2", "Outpost Design 4", etc...(but use real names of course). The problem I see with this is the huge amount of excess crafting points that would be available. Of course, this could be fixed by also offering a few special crafting stanzas...ones that cost 100s or even 1000s of crafting points, but give a unique bonus to crafts (or possible bonus). In fact, I like this idea enough that I will do a separate thread on it. I have to think on it a bit.
To the OP...the armor and weapons are just art, design new ones and submit them. If they are good enough, the devs might figure out how to work them in...I think that was part of their hope in going open source.
I actually would not be against a server merger, even if it meant we had to give up our OP...but if the rest of the communities have already said no, I can enjoy an empty Atys too. Although, I would hate a good decision that would be good for all the communities involved, no matter how hard it might be at the start, not be made because some big fish in the communities fear becoming smaller fish relative to a larger pool. But, as the community wishes...
Alternately, I am all for new armor and weapon designs, and as you say...lots of them. This is a huge +1 for me. Just have the tree break down into more subsections at 200 into "Racial Design 1", "Racial Design 2", "Outpost Design 4", etc...(but use real names of course). The problem I see with this is the huge amount of excess crafting points that would be available. Of course, this could be fixed by also offering a few special crafting stanzas...ones that cost 100s or even 1000s of crafting points, but give a unique bonus to crafts (or possible bonus). In fact, I like this idea enough that I will do a separate thread on it. I have to think on it a bit.
To the OP...the armor and weapons are just art, design new ones and submit them. If they are good enough, the devs might figure out how to work them in...I think that was part of their hope in going open source.