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TianFengTianFeng Member Posts: 134
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At risk of sounding naive, I would like to asking what the following phrase means exactly. When people are discussing their 'Perfect MMORPG', this often gets thrown up. As people describe which systems they would most like to see in upcoming MMORPGs, many often agree that they would like to see a 'Modular Crafting System'. What exactly does this entail? Can anyone please enlighten me? My reason for asking is that I think I know what they mean, but I want to clarify it just to make sure.

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  • TianFengTianFeng Member Posts: 134
    Wow, 56 views and not a single person can tell me? That's a little odd! image Anyone want to take a stab at it? Just a wild guess or something? I feel very lonely here in this thread, so feel free to start posting any time soon! Maybe one of you could just write unrelated spam? Even that would be an improvement. image

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  • AciDicEdicTAciDicEdicT Member UncommonPosts: 156

    a crafting system that is modular image

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  • Drift78Drift78 Member UncommonPosts: 4

    Sorry, I usually skip the "pefect mmorpg" threads since everyone has a different view of what "perfection" is, so I've never encountered the term "modular crafting system"... ::::37::

  • XiraXira Member Posts: 437

    Modular crafting probaly means that the crafting is modular:)

    Modular crafting could be described another way...Say you have a sword, it has Gem or Ryzome or BloodyHeart or whatever slots. You install modules into those slots.

    That is the most likely meaning..A diablo-esqu crafting system.

    Another interpertation of it would be that you have a hilt that gives +2 to attack and a blade that gives +1 to blocking and a tassle that gives +4 to underwater basket weaveing. You combine them togther to get a sword that gives +2/+1/+4 to the respective skills.

  • TianFengTianFeng Member Posts: 134

    My guess at what it could be is roughly this:

    The idea that everything is made of components. You can take basic resources, and smelt them into bars, plane them into planks etc. Then you can incorporate these components into a slightly larger item, which you can that use as a component for something else, as so one. A quick example of this is that you might get wheat, so you grind it into flour. You then add water to the flour to make dough. You then chop up a carrot with a knife. Then you add the carrots to the dough. Then you put the dough in the oven and bake your carrot bread.... maybe I was just imagining this whole buzzword, since no one else seems to have seen someone use it! image

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  • RJCoxRJCox Member Posts: 2,686

    My assumption would be like the one above me but with more details and options. Let's take a sword for example:

    I'm a weaponsmith, someone wants a sword, so I gather up the appropriate metal. Lets say they're a noob and need a Tin sword. So I get a buncha tin ore, and refine that into Tin Bars. So now I have a buncha Tin bars in my inventory, well, they're not going to cut anything like that so I have more work to do...

    A sword can basically be broken down into 3 main parts, or modules. The pommel (handle), crossguard and blade. So to make the sword I'll have to make those 3 parts. I have a buncha Tin bars ready to do so, but I'll need more... The pommel is going to have some kinda wrapping on it I'm sure, for comfort and looks, so I'll need leather. For ease sake I'll just buy that from a Leatherworker and figure the price into my costs. Now in an optimal world, or perfect world as the original point was, I would have several different pommel styles and crossguard styles and blade styles to choose from to make the sword more unique looking. So the customer picks the styles he wants, I craft up a nice leather wrapped pommel, a crossguard shaped like spreading dragon wings and a long curved scimitar-esque blade.

    Now I have the 3 modules or componets of the sword and the final crafting task is to combine them, which I do, and present my customer with his nice new weapon...

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  • Qbic07Qbic07 Member Posts: 91

    Thanks to Kunou even I know now what modular crafting system means image

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  • Smelly_ArmorSmelly_Armor Member UncommonPosts: 571

    good explanation Kuno.image

    The "perfect mmorpg" is just a personal opinion, and for most of us, does not exist yet and may never exist.image

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