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Subway expansion

I am a devout subway-commuter, no matter where in Ur I'm headed. This makes me think it'd be a good idea to expand subway routes or add other lines to the subway as more regions open up... perhaps a green line that includes Besara and Kalavana (maybe also running through Ix), with a few other stops in between (perhaps part of the line could merge with the two at various points like Groddle Meadows or Eastern Approach, with the option to change trains). Thoughts?

Posted 15 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • More lines would be nice, it takes a long time to get around now.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They've expanded the subway several times as new regions were added.   I don't think they'd stop doing that.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay, fair enough. Just a thought, and mostly one on linking multiple lines together. Thanks for weighing in, though.
    Posted 15 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • alternatives to the subways for some zones may be desired... such as tubes, catapults, zip line, hang glider, above ground trains where we could ride on the top and other glitchy crazy ideas.
    Posted 15 months ago by Artilect Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do like the idea of more lines.  Maybe one station could become more of a main hub?  A larger subway station would mean maybe a meals vendor down there, and more ads...

    I am a huge fan of the in-game-advertising concept, as Stoot has defined it.  Player owned companies.  The famed Num-Num Corporation, Glitchen moving companies...  When we get craftier, we can show of our wares via Glitch-tsy, perhaps, or maybe it would be Lemslist.
    Posted 15 months ago by Wiggles The Fluent Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eventually this world is going to get quite huge. To the point where even using the subway will take too long. I'm interested to see how they compensate for this issue.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, like a Grand Central sort of deal (when I first started, that's what I thought Gregarious Grange was, tbh)- it would also provide a sort of centralized spot, which there really aren't very many of right now.
    I did like that ad idea, too- might be nice to be able to replace the Mike Tyson Grill and Groddle real-estate ads with ads by alchemists and chefs. I wonder how that would work since the subways are instanced, though? Perhaps you'd be paying for a certain slot across all subways for a certain period (like a game-week or something).
    Posted 15 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The first thing that needs to change imo is to allow the user to pick their "route" to their destination so that every few seconds I don't have to look at the map to make sure I'm not missing my stop. Would be nice to get on the subway, select where I want to get off, and then have the subway dump me when it gets there. I don't mind having to wait, but I don't like being forced to sit at my computer staring at the inside of a subway car for 5+ minutes at a time to make sure I get off at the right stop.
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I see the subway as intermediate between teleport and walking using the GPS.  I can't see a reason to make the subway more like teleporting.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Central subway hub should include a vendor's market were you could buy whatever item vendors sell on various side streets.  A Glitch Mall were you could even go into wardrobe.  LOL
    Posted 15 months ago by xoxJulie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • maybe as the system gets larger there could be local and express trains?

    of course you'd have to transfer at the right station, but it would save time.

    or the green line maybe cuts off half a loop?
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd concur with the destination, too. Riding the subway's like a shorter version of mining- I tend to drift to other tabs when it's going on, and click back every so often to see what my status is. It'd be nice to just have it happen.
    I like the idea of a central market area in whatever would pass for a hub. It might be interesting to allow players to rent spaces in the market for selling goods (could tie in with the ads idea in the sense that people who locate their businesses to the major subway stop[s] may benefit from the advertising a little more as their goods would be on the way to wherever). Including wardrobe (or any sort of player-made clothing, if that happens) would be a natural for a place like that.
    And branch-lines would be cool- might even lessen the need for full-on alternate subway lines if they departed from certain stations bound outward and back to the beginning.
    Posted 15 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maybe there could be "Subway building" projects. Or "subway expansion" projects.
    Posted 15 months ago by roderick ordonez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it would be fabulous to have junctions where you change subways to get to where you're going rather than one long line in both directions. Even if was still just red and blue lines but that they ran in a figure of eight style so that there would be a station you could jump off at and change direction to get to where you're going that bit quicker. I believe it would make using the subway even more fun.
    Posted 15 months ago by The Pheebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think an "Express" line would be nice, one that wouldn't make all the stops but just a few of the most popular areas.
    Posted 15 months ago by PittyPat is sad Subscriber! | Permalink