Sorry for the brief post I made earlier... I realized halfway through it that I was running late for work. Should have waited til I got here to post.
The ring does indeed, with the exception of the conversation system, is pretty much complete from what I was able to see in the short time I played around with it last night. (stupid RL getting in the way again)
There does seem to be less buildings and "civilian clutter" than I was expecting, but I imagine more will be added. There is a decent selection of objects to place, but creating a matis town for example, would lack the buildings you would find in Davae.
I have to admit, I was very surprised by how much you can do with R2. You could create a very involved, in depth, epic scenarios with the system. Detailed right down to the physical attributes, clothing (including colors), weapons, names, and behaviors of every NPC you place.
You can set up triggers and timers for various events to happen, from NPC's beginning a patrol, to a horde of kitins attacking a village. It's a beautiful thing.
I would also like to point something out...
It's extremely easy to use.
I intentionally avoided reading the manual before logging into the Ring. I wanted to see how easy it really was, and figured the best way would be to see if I could figure it out without directions. I was able to throw together a basic scenario complete with triggered events, timed events, NPC's guarding prisoners that attack on sight, and if you don't defeat them in a timely manner, another group moves in to kill the prisoners.
I am going to read the manual today (while at work *snicker*) and play with the Ring tonight when I get home. The possibilities with this are amazing, and I am so excited about diving back into it, I can only imagine how long this day is going to be.
I can't wait to see this thing go fully live. It's going to be a blast.
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