It takes place in the U.S.A. wild west
you can own a shop: like a gunsmith, or a blacksmith, or just a
general goods store. you can put the shop wherever you want. You can put a shop
that sells mining supplies right at the mine. You can hire NPCS to guard it
(aside from the merchant who is a NPC). You definetly want to hire guards, and
maybe even players to protect the stage coach when it takes your money from the
shop to the bank.
You can own and run a farm: You can grow fruits and
veggies. Or run a processing plant where you take the ingrediets from the farm
and make bread or beer and then sell it to the shop or you can own all three and
not have to do business with anyone else except the customers that why your not
buying anything, your only selling.
you can join the military: Work
your way up to general and lead a battlion of troops against the other factions
in the game. Attack and siege a town, NPC or Player.
you can be the
Mayor of a town: NPC or Player, run for Mayor and get votes by that towns
citizens. You can also be sheriff if you get hired on by the mayor and if your a
good sheriff then you can be promoted to U.S Marshall.
you can become
a hunter: Trade you pelts for things you need or want. Or you can just live off
the land, killing animals to create useful things, for instance blankets and
clothes out of the pelts.
You can be bad: You can rob trains, pillage
towns, and the best way to make money is to rob Stage Coaches heading for the
bank it could be either a NPC'S money or it could even be a players money. Of
course it would take a lot of skill and man power to get some of the higher up
peoples money.
Bounty: Now if you end up doing something bad then the
wronged player or NPC can put a bounty on you and set the price. The degree of
the crimes will determine the maximum bounty.
Resources: Your going
to want the resources such as Iron and others you will want to defend it place
guards around it and fortify it although you can share the resouces but I don't
see that happening people will fight over them and thats the fun
part.
Trader: You can just travel from town to town selling things
from the east to the west. Or if there is a town that needs something special
then you can sell it to them and get alot of money for it if they need it bad
enough.
Bandit: You can be a bandit and ambush traders, stage
coaches, and supply trains (this is really good if you want to weaken an enemy
town before attacking).