IDEAS FOR RYZOM

The Suggestion:

This is actually an idea someone in Universe chat mentioned. They wanted to change the Target Reticle to be more in line with the Zorai race, to design their own and add it to their client and was wondering if that would be against the EULA. Their concern comes from the fact that the current reticle is Matis, has Matis designs and Matis "writing" on it. This individual was apparently just returning to game with a new alt and wanted to focus on the their Zorai race and culture.

To support this player, I am suggesting an option of 7 target reticles, one for each race, one for each faction, and one generic. These reticles would "unlock" as you become aligned with the respective faction. Alternately, there could be a hominist/theist/marauder one...adding a tiny bit of content (love they have been requesting) to these groups.

Contest Idea:

This idea actually opens up some great options such as an Out-of-Game design contest. One winner will be selected for each reticle. This might also be something we, the community, can do without support...submit your design, the community selects their favorites, then we hand them as a pretty package to the developers (the choice then is theirs to implement them). Winners could get something in-game the community bands together to supply.

This Contest Idea could work for other things:

(The additional logo ideas could work with this type of plan too...logos would need to be "vetted" by the community, including the RP/lore police before being added to game. This maintains the community participation in development, allows those who know the lore (while encouraging players to explore it) to help monitor player content, and add content without taking development resources.)

Pfft, I'll give you the writing is Matis, but this reticle design is entirely not flowery enough to be Matis. If we're doing this, I want a *real* Matis reticle!

Anyways, there is nothing I love more than Ryzom fan-art making it's way into the game, so there are no words outside the Matis language to properly express my support for this idea.

Except for the "vetting" by the community maybe... there are few players indeed who are really 'into' the lore, and I wouldn't want their judgement overruled by a larger group of players who just go for the design with the funniest internet meme :P

Marelli: Then maybe the current reticle, minus writing could be the default/neutral one? I like the idea of having different, unlockable reticles, but I'm undecided whether the players or devs should design them.

As I understood from a CSR, modifying the client is allowed but voids your priviledge to support. (Sorry, I don't remember which S* CSR it was so I can't site my source.)

I'd love it if the default reticle had some symbols from all 4 races on it. Notice it already has 4 corners? Perfect!

But that's a bit off-topic.