IDEAS FOR RYZOM

Need to run to every NPC, for every little thing, pretty infuriates.
Solution - settlement menu, where we can select any character, dialogue and then same options (like personal meeting).
Except surprise quests, where the presence of the player near quest giver is very important.
And dangerous locations, including PvP zones, can also block fast (remote) communication (at distance).

A menu like the way you propose would be 'going too far'.

A middle ground would make sense though, where some missions can progress in the field. Especially missions where it makes sense that the player 'as an inhabitant and agent' can make a decision on what should be done next.
As an example:
Mission > Investigate creature population at x-y location.
Outcome > Creatures population is too high.
Then instead of running back to the npc, get a follow up mission in the field to cull the population.
Previous mission > Complete investigation mission in the field.
New mission > Kill 10 of x creatures.

honestly don't understand what kind of game you want to play Olthpetish, but it feels like you might not like ryzom because it's not 'fast paced' enough for you, ryzom isn't a zoom zoom zoom, free reward free reward free reward kinda game.

i've read every idea you've posted thus far, and so many of them are honestly just going on about how you have to spend time doing stuff to get a reward, that's the point of ryzom, for you to spend time doing things for a reward, there would be no point to log into ryzom if they just made everyone a spirit of atys as soon as they started playing the game, and gave them gear for free anytime you wanted it.

in the end if your really unhappy with ryzom as it currently is, the server and client software is opensource and you can start your own game server and make it 100% the way you want to make it. just know that you'll start with a totally blank world and have to do all the work yourself (i'm sure based on all your posts thus far that would NOT be in your style of gaming, hard work isn't something you would find enjoyable)

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