CloudDancing wrote:I see you are talking about consolidating all the players to just two servers. I can see the allure of getting everyone onto one server. I always thought it would be interesting to have a Sword Coast server that included the Moonshaes, Baldur's Gate, and Waterdeep/Skullport. Its entirely possible someone could put that all into a module and run it as a server such as BG:TSC runs.
The reason i'm suggesting Waterdeep and not Baldurs Gate is because there already is one out there, which is (in our small community) pretty well established.
CloudDancing wrote:What I can't see is our HDMS giving up the years of work on all our current servers to switch over to new projects.
Everything is a stepping stone, not a final destination. So, what you are saying is that it's basically egos that keeps people holding on to the old? Just because you've wasted/invested/spent time in something doesn't mean anything unless you do something with the experience you've gathered during your time.
CloudDancing wrote:It is just how the current ALFA is running now.
Comments like this makes me lose all faith in ALFA. It screams "Anti-change".
CloudDancing wrote:So instead of preventing players from dying at level 1, DMs should be taking the time to provide content for level 1 plays, encouraging them into tidy groups, and players themselves should be reaching out to them.
How about instead of just placing the workload on people who at this point are not reliable, we build a platform that doesn't crumble in the lack of either. If players are able to be online, active and entertained, they'll stay online. And if they stay online, others will stay online, people will play more and that'll create a base of inspiration for DMs to create.
Sure, I might be naive. But if being naive keeps me hoping that ALFA will survive, then I don't want to be "realistic"