The evolution of OHOL

MegaLlama · 2018-07-04 02:53:22

After viewing Jason's post describing how more and more people are being drawn to this game, it got me thinking, how will this new influx of players shape the game? Populations in servers will rise, meaning that established cities will grow much faster, as well as eves and small tribes, but can they support the growing amount of people? Will these people be useful members of society, or will we be swamped by griefers?

My personal theory is that civilisation will struggle to handle the population boom at first, but players will quickly adapt to this new challenge. Societies will have more hands on deck meaning that farms will be more routinely cared for, leaving the more experienced players time to explore the tech tree and build. However, not all of these players may be content with this, some turning to griefing, maybe even banding together and forming hostile tribes that loot and pillage the peaceful(?) farmers. As civilisation advances and populations grow, a rudimentary form of politics and trade may pop up as players have more hands on their time and settlements become more numerous. Killings may become more common, but the larger number of players means a larger number of people to protect the peace.

Now, this is just my hope for this game, this may not happen at all, but the increasing population count is definitely going to change something, maybe even affecting the course of OHOL forever.

TheRedBug · 2018-07-04 03:00:02

I've seen noobs not knowing what the shit is going on and just eating all the berries without farming.

When i see one, i teach them.

If you e is no hope for them, the guy farmed so much the huge berry field was full of berries and did most of the work alone.

Noobs arent a pain in the butt
They are tomorrow's workforce.
They are the ones that will shape this land soon

Be kind to them
Offer them some stew.

MegaLlama · 2018-07-04 03:04:58

TheRedBug wrote:

I've seen noobs not knowing what the shit is going on and just eating all the berries without farming.
When i see one, i teach them.
If you e is no hope for them, the guy farmed so much the huge berry field was full of berries and did most of the work alone.
Noobs arent a pain in the butt
They are tomorrow's workforce.
They are the ones that will shape this land soon
Be kind to them
Offer them some stew.

Thats the beauty of this game, you will have people come into the world not knowing what the hell is going on, you will have to teach them if you want your civ to survive.

Its just like that owl-lady-thing said in the Fox and the Hound
"It's either education, or elimination!"

Anshin · 2018-07-04 03:11:25

Ya, have had to teach several people not to till a whole basket of soil at once.

I do wish the Eve spawn distance wasn't so far apart, so that there was a chance of ever stumbling upon another town.

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