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What is possible but would need encouragement:
I think the best thing we could do at the moment is to really press for better tools (as mentioned in the post). A lot of tools used for Graal development (gani, world editor etc.) have become outdated or are missing features or assets that could really improve and speed up development on servers.
Are these tools currently being worked on? (I don't know they may be) but if we wish to grow, our tools need to grow with us.
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I think the problem is that ownership doesnt care that much about improving. I agree with those that believe graal has real potential, but it's hard to realize that potential when the owners put very minimal effort into improving their game.
Instead they wait for their players to do their job
Example:
http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...02&postcount=1
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http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...6&postcount=13
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[B]As stated in the article as well, the Graal community has really separated into two parts. Mobile and PC. (which most likely has to do with the subscription fee for PC) I would really like to see both sides interact more.
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I think this was a big issue in the beginning(there was this vibe that the pc community was resentful towards the iphone world), but with a lot of the developers and players from pc migrating to the iphone world it has made things much better between both sides.
I think the only ones that this would apply is to the pc era community. I dont think they have accepted their brothers from the iphone world.
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What would be awesome but unlikely:
The article mentions having all of the most talented developers come together to work on a server. (this sounds almost impossible with how things currently are). The only way to accomplish this would be by paying the staff. I think it would be amazing if staff were paid (even minimum wage) to think of ideas and produce a server for all platforms. With multiple dedicated coders things would get done in a timely manner. GFX artist could all agree on a certain style and work to produce graphics to fit those standards. If this was done properly and executed in a fairly timely manner this server would get lots of players (pc and mobile) and definitely could earn back what it took to pay the staff members. Like I said this is just a dream but something I would love to see happen.
What do you think? Are these goals unable to be accomplished with how Graal is ran?
Would it be possible to accomplish them and if so how could it be done?
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I think the problem goes back to ownership not caring enough to improve the server. If the owners really wanted they could make two strong developer teams and create 2 servers that put the others to shame. I even think they could accomplish it without paying them.