A Universe At War - Ilum/Open World Redesign

I applaud the effort and it sounds fun (which is why a lot of people are responding so positively), but I think we all need a little perspective about the scale of what you're proposing.

Essentially what you suggest (which again is an interesting concept) is an entirely new MMO and the time and resources it would realistically take to create, code, write, balance, etc. all of this is unfeasible.

Again, I think this is a remarkable display of creativity and passion, and I applaud you for it, but short of a paid-for expansion, nothing like this will ever happen. If Ilum is going to change in the short (6mo-1yr) term, then they will have to make adjustments within the framework already established.

The game has a core architecture that cannot be radically changed at this point.

You can't simply clone a planet and make it into a PvP zone. Look at the development history of any good (or not so good) PvP map and you will see that they take a significant amount of time to develop, test, balance, and fix, and fix, and fix.

And that's just one of the many areas where Bioware would have to spend time and money if they were to try anything like this.

It's a beautiful dream, but it's never going to happen in this game.

We can but hope that changes are made or, its just a case of moving onto another MMO.

Wow...impressive

But I gotta ask...is that a Lion King background in your link?

I'm sure they're going to make changes, and given the history of Bioware games, I'm sure those changes will be well thought out and positive in aggregate.

If you're looking for something as radical as what the OP suggests, then you don't really want this game. It's unrealistic in the extreme.

He's not suggesting more warzones, or big tweaks to the existing structure of Ilum, he's suggesting a complete redesign of core game mechanics.

If you want to hope for things, hope that the March content patch will give us more well-designed warzones, hope that in the next few months they will come up with solutions for making Ilum competetive and fun, hope that they don't overdo class teaks.

Otherwise, this isn't the game you're looking for.

I'm sure they're going to make changes, and given the history of Bioware games, I'm sure those changes will be well thought out and positive in aggregate.

If you're looking for something as radical as what the OP suggests, then you don't really want this game. It's unrealistic in the extreme.

He's not suggesting more warzones, or big tweaks to the existing structure of Ilum, he's suggesting a complete redesign of core game mechanics.

If you want to hope for things, hope that the March content patch will give us more well-designed warzones, hope that in the next few months they will come up with solutions for making Ilum competetive and fun, hope that they don't overdo class teaks.

Otherwise, this isn't the game you're looking for.

Its ArcheAge actually

To those who say it will take a long time and is a huge undertaking. To impliment this on just Ilum for now would take a fraction of that time and much lower costs. Adding the rest into the game when it is done would be absolutely fine and dandy however the game needs something new added and soon!

(Please note that the front page time frames were only as a guide to Ilum only and the bare bones of this system without the entire planetary conflict system, simply base capture, aoe platforms and the balance mechanic in their most basic forms.)

I appreciate what you want, but you are underestimating the time it takes to implement even relatively minor changes. They can change small things like the output of a class ability in a couple of weeks, but what you're talking about (even restricted to Ilum) is more on the scale of 1.1. That took almost a year to make. They didn't need to create new art assets for it either. They had all the skins and models (maybe minus a couple) in the game already.

Additionally, this is a major corporation and a multimillion dollar project. They won't ever take major design suggestions from the forums. I'm not trying to be mean. It's obvious you've put a lot of time, and creative passion into this idea and I want you to have a realistic expectation of what they'll do. Every person who posts in the PvP forum could /sign this, and Bioware wouldn't implement any of this.

They have talented, creative people working at their studios. And those people are working on upcoming content as well as trying to fix content that isn't working properly.

If Ilum is fixable, they will come up with a solution, but the truth is that if it isn't, it's because of decisions made years ago, decisions that cannot be changed any more. There are fundamental design mechanics built into the structure of the game, and they can't take those out. The major problem with Ilum is faction imbalance, and that isn't something that can be changed at this point. That ship has long since sailed.