Just a quick update. Bast has added several of the features that have been talked about here. The dark terrain, the pinkish hue, and the fact that the map stays at the same light level forever were ideas that were discussed here, Very grateful. I was very surprised by the new resource, ether, and I look forward to being able to use ether while playing as an LIS region colony.
I'm not complaining at all, I'm happy with the changes that were made, but I still think there's a few things that could use some refining with this world, although I realize that bast will have probably spent tons of time on this planet already once he finishes giving LIS and Xolarg access to ether, so he may have to move on to another planet or engine change after fully implementing ether.
- first of all, I think that the trees and sugarcanes stand out a bit too much in the darker pinkish themed world of awesomeness that is now the abandoned world. Maybe on this world they've adapted to absorb and feed off of ether from the ground, and have taken on the same color and glowing affect as the ether around them. Would be a very cool effect if plants emitted light.
-second, I think that those abandoned buildings should have some sort of important purpose, at least more than just tourism and moneymaking. The healing and immortality effects could come into play here, although you could probably come up with many powerful benefits that they could have. You could also have them consume ether continuously in order to keep producing whatever benefit they would be giving. Perhaps the ether was there all along and the ancients died after building structures that could utilize it. I'll leave the thinking on that one up to bast.
Anyway, that's all the ranting i have for this change, really enjoying playing on this world.