07-08-2015, 04:11 PM
I also don't mind if it's used more. I just don't want it to become a replacement for everything else we have, ya know?
At the same time, limits have been part of the Omniverse since the beginning. From limits on what sort of "flying mount" you can summon in which Verse, to the invisible boundaries of the Verses. In order to provide a uniform world and not just Gaia Online: Omniverse Edition, we set up a world with rules and restrictions. Does that limit what a writer can do? Sure. For example, Thaal wasn't able to show up with his Ring. I think you STILL don't have it. And was that a bad thing? Not from what I've been reading. Sinestro has become so much more than a Lantern as you've developed the character without his powers.
At a 50 mile diameter, each planetoid would have a surface area of around 8,000 miles. Is that huge? No. But considering out current verses are around the size of large States or small Countries (aside from the Ocean Verse), it's a reasonable size. Particularly since there are more than 1 of these Planetoids.
On the topic of space battles... unless we see a sudden rush of people summoning Space Balls 1-sized super-ships, I think the sizes would be fairly reasonable as well. I mean, what kind of story will require you to hide your ship behind a full sized planet, because your ship is longer that 50 miles from bow to stern?
I still think using planetoids is a good solution. Is it possible that SOMEONE will actually need a full planet for something? Sure. And it's something that could be approved on a case by case basis. But for 99% of our memberbase and possible memberbase, I think that we can tone down the "grand scale" of space to a more manageable level. After all, this is a Multiverse RPG, not a Star Wars one.
At the same time, limits have been part of the Omniverse since the beginning. From limits on what sort of "flying mount" you can summon in which Verse, to the invisible boundaries of the Verses. In order to provide a uniform world and not just Gaia Online: Omniverse Edition, we set up a world with rules and restrictions. Does that limit what a writer can do? Sure. For example, Thaal wasn't able to show up with his Ring. I think you STILL don't have it. And was that a bad thing? Not from what I've been reading. Sinestro has become so much more than a Lantern as you've developed the character without his powers.
At a 50 mile diameter, each planetoid would have a surface area of around 8,000 miles. Is that huge? No. But considering out current verses are around the size of large States or small Countries (aside from the Ocean Verse), it's a reasonable size. Particularly since there are more than 1 of these Planetoids.
On the topic of space battles... unless we see a sudden rush of people summoning Space Balls 1-sized super-ships, I think the sizes would be fairly reasonable as well. I mean, what kind of story will require you to hide your ship behind a full sized planet, because your ship is longer that 50 miles from bow to stern?
I still think using planetoids is a good solution. Is it possible that SOMEONE will actually need a full planet for something? Sure. And it's something that could be approved on a case by case basis. But for 99% of our memberbase and possible memberbase, I think that we can tone down the "grand scale" of space to a more manageable level. After all, this is a Multiverse RPG, not a Star Wars one.