Instead of game moderators hitting the "you must rename your toon" button, maybe a flag could be set such that non-player characters would react negatively. At first with various emotes, and then some derogatory remarks, and eventually by adding on an additional 20% vendors fee to any goods they sell.
There's this thing called a Leitmotif. At its simplest, it is an audio cue.
So here's an idea - represent different classes or roles with different instruments, and have various actions or activity levels give rise to longish chords of music. This is more than just a 3 note audio cue which is played every time the priest casts Smite - instead, there would be a multi-bar track of music which is associated with a priest casting lots of offensive spells, with a different multi-bar track for healing spells.
For the tank, as the danger level increases the dramatic tones of his leitmotif could increase. The more adds he's tanking could be represented by a more frantic pace. If the tank's health starts to dip, the music could take on an ominous score. And if the tank dies?
All this is a mile ahead of simple background music on a loop and sound effects tied directly to specific abilities ... so I wouldn't expect to see it in any game anytime soon. Which is a pity.
And no, the wolf is represented by French Horns. It is the grandfather who is represented by the Bassoon.
With so many wannabe MMORPG designers in the blogosphere, would it be possible to build an MMORPG whose concept is not hack-n-slash dragons+wizards, not space opera, not sekrit squirrel spies ... but instead an MMORPG design environment.
Classes would include Graphic Designer, Model Maker, Quest Writer, and so on.
Hmmm ... and bosses would be, of course, bosses.
Say you were about to release a new game. It's not a F2P. How do you determine what price to charge new players?
Well, you could simply auction off game passes. Let the market determine the price.
Pray this doesn't come back to bite you in the tuckus.
