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I know this is the arena section and all, but what if coming face to face with another character, didn't always mean fighting? What if you could even form alliances? Even weaker characters can make friends and possible take down a bigger foe. That'll make it easier for a variety of levels. And what if you could advance story lines in this multiverse with others or even by yourself. In one continuous thread were the player will simply post a debriefing above each post of where they are? What if at the center of all these universes is this great power pulling on the universes and causing gaps where people can go back on forthfrom their own universe, to the central universe and even to other universes (for purely explosive purposes, of course) This could allow room for a lot of creative stories and fights that normally wouldn't be possible or considered. And then potentially leave room for other things, like tournaments and such. Perhaps story lines like keitaro's (sp?) Could become more strange as he discovers New beast in other worlds. These are all just thoughts. Discect them as you feel necessary.
Well, no, it doesn't always have to mean fighting and alliances certainly aren't out of the question. They would be a fine addition, and in fact, I think there were some groups in one of the previous incarnations.
The point of the MV would be to advance storylines, if people have them, though some really don't care about them.
You'll have to explain more about the debriefing thread, henceforth known as that.
The MV would effectively be bringing a lot of them together anyway, so bits and pieces from each universe may end up appearing in the overall world, whichever one we happen to be using.
Which would bring up another issue, what world, if any, will we be using. Last time, and Melon is right about this, the world was big and and didn't promote fights so much as keep everyone apart, unless they had agreed on an area to start in.
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And no, that won't work, otherwise - there is no need to decline a fight. If I'm paying for someone's head, them saying "nah, not today" isn't gonna stop me, or the merc trying to get paid. If the rule is "yeah, declining fights means the fight doesn't happen", then it will, that's the end - no moolah for the merc, no head for the hitmaker.
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