Will there be some sort of recognition for the player organizations that contribute the most to the Synthworld project? I think this would be a great way for the UEE to generate more interest in the project, and can the project be "completed" in game?asked by Sam Corwin
TL;DRChris Roberts likes the idea, says it wasn't planned, and promises only to consider it as part of broader plans for player-driven organisation objectives in the Persistent Universe, without committing to recognition or completion.
So that's actually a pretty cool idea. I mean I don't think we were necessarily planning on players actually contributing to the Synthworld project, because it was this thing that was built and then abandoned because they ran out of money, but one of the big things we want to do is have a lot of player generated initiatives. I know there's already the "Operation Pitchfork" that's going on, and so on some levels even though we were gonna have Vanduul raiders and Vanduul areas of space that was part of our plan in the universe to place where you have engagements, we may actually put some content in that allows people to sort of go and "fight the good fight" so to speak. And I think the Synthworld could be something along those lines too, so we will take that into consideration, because we're definitely looking for big-picture things that organisations can contribute to. So we have lots of different things you can do in the game, so either you can just do your solo stuff running around, or you and small groups, or there's gotta be sort of bigger objectives for larger groups of people. That's a pretty cool idea, so uhh, we'll think about it! That's something to definitely throw into the Persistent Universe pot, so to speak.