nehp wrote:
Yes, I can, and got it almost ready to go mid-week, but decided to rough it out to 'experience' the story of it.
Although I could, I'm of the opinion that we really shouldn't, because if we don't want it that much, it will be changed rather than automated.
No no no no no. I am NOT humoring the thought of this staying around in any way, shape, or form. Skyrates is not WoW; a faction is not a guild going on raids together where you have to be there at
exactly the right time at the cost of your work, sleep, and social life so that you don't let everyone else down. I do not want to play a game where you are forced to keep playing because your individual absence will ruin the game for dozens of other players.
(And yes, I do say that as President of the Jade Hand, which is a position of social obligation... but remember that a Faction Leader covers the jobs of three separate people -- deciding where to run and how [Secretary of Defense], negotiating with other factions [Secretary of Foreign Affairs], and clicking lots of links to keep things going [Secretary of the Interior]. Plus, none of those positions are particularly time sensitive, and there are two other players whose sole jobs it is to step in if one of the others feels like a break [President and Vice President]. I can be a good President by checking in once a day; I can't be a good Faction Leader without checking in at least five.)
I consider a script for the Winds to be bringing the game back to what it's supposed to be: a sporadic game in which you plan ahead. If your plane lands while you're in a meeting, it's fine: you plan ahead and tell it to buy Ore at 11:21 AM then fly on to Alpha 10. Yes, you don't get the benefit of being there in person -- you can't see if a luxury good just popped up or if Ore is suddenly a horrible deal -- but you can keep playing and generally it isn't a huge deal. A Wind script would let you do the same thing: at 11:21 AM, the Wind would get bounced. It might not be to the optimal place, but it would be to the pre-decided place at the pre-decided time.