I am on both sides for this subject. I love the Idea of making the players have down time, but I also hate it. Down time would be nice because that would allow some of us with busy lives feel like we can still play and be competitive every time we play. While on the other hand as Drizzit said, what if we have down time in real life and want to play 20 hours straight.
I am unsure of any good Ideas for this, I like Echo's Idea of having bonuses for both downtime and playtime, so no one feels left behind. I think the forum about leaving the world and scripting is a good Idea that could solve this problem. It gives the players that can't play some standing and makes the world seem less empty, while on the other hand it give the hardcore players a chance to play as long as they want. Just my idea of a solution.
This post has been edited by Maxwell: Jan 13 2007, 09:19 AM
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