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I think you have to take a page from Minecraft at times. You have to remember you can't compare this to Eve or Real Life always. People will make a big city just because they can enjoy it and will do it. I will myself visit these cities just because I enjoy checking them out maybe even join a group just to help harvest resources and be a labour  

Why would the buildings have to be hex? Just because territories are controlled in hex shaped areas (1km wide) doesn't mean you couldn't build houses just as you want. 
 
 
Personally I could imagine some orgs building great looking skyscrapers (especially on safe zone) as a headquarters/to show of. I would take part in that. 

I simply view it on a large scale: nothing lasts forever. Time kills everything; all Empires fall.
 
You can only try to delay this process. How?
 
Many above have given tips or explained how to not fail too early.
 
I think it is vital to not start with (or develop) the expectation to rule it all or expand endlessly.
 
Expectations, skills and having the right people in the right positions. Easier said than done.

In response to the more recent posts, there is a relatively high(er) entry barrier or success threshold due to many factors - if you want a professional approach, that is.
 
Hence, I would not bother if you can't bring a set of skills, people or a plan. In terms of just having members obscured, I would also recommend just not using the DU organizations or obscuring it.

I get that different people have different problems - and different people will weigh their problems in different categories, meaning that something one considers trivial could be a big depression for someone else.
 
But it all does not help: If you fall down, you can either stand back up (slowly or quickly, alone or with help, with or without research on how to pick a good approach) or continue to lie down and bicker or slowly drown in the misery.
 
We all have to die at one point, so just by selfish reasons alone I don't think insisting on misery or taking your life (like some people do) is "clever".
 
Then again, I apply some sort of minimum way of life or wealth here, by western standards. Someone going through literal hell in an oppressive system or captivity may obviously think different about depression or even "going out", but I think this hardly applies to anyone here.
 
If you have the time to wait for online games while having some computer or similar and internet access, you at least have some material minimum standards or 'wealth'. But again, a lot is relative and dynamic or dependent on many factors. Some can't take certain things as well as others or recover from them (mentally). And many have different options. Some might be lucky, some might be unlucky.
 
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This might sound simple (while doing so might not be simple at all), but all I can really say in the end is:
 
If you think you lose control of your life, take control back or at least try to regain a stable footing. That's the essence. If you can't do it alone in a healthy amount of time, try to do so with assistance instead. What might also help is how you measure or weigh things. Always assume there are people off way worse than you - perhaps some problems you might see aren't as bad then. A lot is mental, so tweaking said mental stance can already help.
 
If it helps: I've seen my fair share of death (very direct relatives etc) at a young age and also other types of misery, so I speak with a "bit" of experience there instead of just talking out of my ass from the high horse to motivate people. I kind of learned the hard way, with fate forcing things on me and my surroundings.
 
And guess what? Obviously, I am still alive. Didn't try to kill myself, didn't cut my wrists, got a good job despite the drama taking a toll on grades. How or why? Simply by getting back up at one point - or not going nuts. Without knowing the details of your stress I like to think it's currently not as bad as things I had to go through, so with a bit of mental adjustment and then trying to work on said sources of stress, you should eventually be fine-ish again.

A great cinematic track composed for ODY by our friend The Epic Composer. You can check out his other music  here.

I would love to be part of this chronicling. I often do stuff like this for fun, thought I'm not sure if I'll be too busy building ships!

If I had to pick between "for free / low price to appease more" and "sustainable pricing to afford staff and tech to make this a reality as intended" then I would pick the more sustainable model.
 
Everything has a price. I will pay a bit more or in the first place if I get something proper in return and from the looks of it, this game will already be better than the average (theme park) MMORPG you also pay roughly a dozen bucks for.
 
A dozen bucks or a bit more (per month) for a vast universe with emergent gameplay and with the option to obtain game time by playing?
 
Sounds like a good deal.

If I had to pick between "for free / low price to appease more" and "sustainable pricing to afford staff and tech to make this a reality as intended" then I would pick the more sustainable model.
 
Everything has a price. I will pay a bit more or in the first place if I get something proper in return and from the looks of it, this game will already be better than the average (theme park) MMORPG you also pay roughly a dozen bucks for.
 
A dozen bucks or a bit more (per month) for a vast universe with emergent gameplay and with the option to obtain game time by playing?
 
Sounds like a good deal.

If I had to pick between "for free / low price to appease more" and "sustainable pricing to afford staff and tech to make this a reality as intended" then I would pick the more sustainable model.
 
Everything has a price. I will pay a bit more or in the first place if I get something proper in return and from the looks of it, this game will already be better than the average (theme park) MMORPG you also pay roughly a dozen bucks for.
 
A dozen bucks or a bit more (per month) for a vast universe with emergent gameplay and with the option to obtain game time by playing?
 
Sounds like a good deal.

But I wantz it for free, f2p bae. You havz no ideaz how market workz

Hey man I totally agree with you, I mean who would pay $156 a year for a game? Nobody!!!
 
I mean, it's not like there are over 15 million people playing subscription model MMOs right now who pay more than that XD

I think that some wings, unicorns, tails and so on just look stupid and I would never buy them. But if some dudes use it and want it - I don't care, I just kill them for doing so. But, with the history of Europe in mind, I don't think that NQ will allow swastikas and things like it. Hard to understand for Americans but some symbols and sentences are banned in parts of Europe because of history, which is a good thing. Never again.
If some doorknob constantly constructs something that looks like some symbol used 80 years ago - hunt him, make his life miserable, bash him, kill him (all in-game ofc)

In my house its just gonna have "no over the top man children"

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ofcourse, MM,the master quoter does not understand

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Hi Lexator and welcome on our forum.
 
To answer your concerns:
 
- Yes, Dual Universe will have a monthly subscription. We are aware that it's not a model appealing to all people and we don't try to everyone, because it's impossible. Also, due to the specificity of the game (costs higher in terms of server infrastructure), the team has come to the conclusion that the subscription model will be the only one viable on the long term. However, we have managed a way to play without paying a subscription. For more information, read below.
 
- The game won't cost anything, and expansions will be free as well. You will only have the monthly subscription to pay. You will even have free trial period.
 
- The DAC enable people who can (and are willing) to pay a Monthly subscription to be able to help paying the subscription for those who can't. DAC will be sellable in-game for in-game money (Quanta). So if you gather enough Quanta during your free trial period, you will be able to use the in-game money to buy a DAC from another player without spending real life money. Everybody wins: you don't have to pay a monthly subscription and the player who sold you a DAC - generally people who have more income and less available play time - will be able to gather enough Quanta for the activities they are focusing on, despite their limited available play time.
 
In any case, we are not currently planning to drop the monthly subcription model.
This has already been discussed over and over on the forum, many people have backed this project knowing this will be the monetization model, so a new topic asking about that won't change anything. We're planning on the long term, and with another model, the team is convinced it wouldn't be possible to make a durable game.
 
Best Regards,
Nyzaltar.

Frequently there are new topics which contain large amounts of text, i.e. people who type up a lot of what may be on their mind about the game, and then post it. People who reply to this topic then quote the entire original post in their reply even though they are the first one replying, and then they themselves may only respond with a sentence or two of their own. In situations like this, I think we can all figure out what you are responding to, without the need of a quote... If there are zero replies, it is quite unnecessary indeed to put the entire original post into your reply as a quote.
 
The same goes for all of the first few messages in a topic. If you are responding to the original post, even if you are the third or even fifth reply, you do not usually need to quote the whole thing; a topic can be read like a conversation. A quote is for longer discussions where you are replying to specific other posts; or, if the topic is something like multiple pages, then it is of course much more appropriate to quote the original post. If you believe that if you do not quote the original post people may be confused with which post you are responding to, then in that particular situation it is more appropriate to put the quote in. Of course, if you are responding to a post that isn't the original, then by all means quote who you're responding to!
 
The thing about these forums is that quotes are black with white text, and regular posts are a different shade of black with a different shade of white text. It is not always easy to immediately identify where a quote ends and where the post begins; and when I go into a new topic and see a three paragraph original post, then scroll down to find the first three replies are all quoting the entire original post and responding with a just few sentences of their own, it just makes everything a pain to read, especially on mobile (the desktop mode of mobile that is).
 
 
I point at no one in particular, and take no hostile action against or have an ill feelings towards anyone that does what I'm advocating against. It's just something I've noticed a lot and feel the forums would be cleaner if people just put a little more thought into whether or not they actually need a quote in their post.
 
That's the point of this whole topic; please just put a little bit more thought into what you are quoting when you reply. Ask yourself if it is really necessary.

Well everyone, I made it through. Operation took about two hours, with a minor complication - apparently while out I vomited on the doc, poor guy - 
 
My voice is starting to recover to an extent, although it has not yet gone beyond a very hoarse whisper, at-least I can still talk, especially considering he did have to cut into
my voice box to remove a sizable amount of the cyst. 
 
The good news is that I will get to live another day -
 
Anyway - here is the aftermath -
 
http://imgur.com/a/AMYps
 
 
 
For now - all speeches are on hold - due to voice loss, no christening ship launches... oh bummer.
 
 
Take care all - and look forward to seeing you all in Dual Universe.