In another thread, I wondered aloud if it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing if Magincia became the successor to Luna, which itself was a successor to the West Brit Bank.
But I listened to the HoC closely and based on that I don't think Magincia is likely to become Luna.
For this one simple reason. They implied at one point that there would be limited NPC facilities. (They didn't imply this very clearly, mind you, and I would love to hear clarification on that. Will there be a guard zones? A bank? A healer? In fact I'd go so far as to say that clarification, soon, is necessary, so that we can get a grip on what actually might happen instead of just our own speculations.) The phrase was something like "only one thing" from old Magincia would be around, and then they said something about a cathedral at one point.
So let's say that's a bank and a cathedral. That is still not enough to make a new Luna.
As others have pointed out, also, several times now, even if it did have full NPC facilities, it'd be unlikely to be as clustered as Luna's are. And thus, again, for better or worse depending upon your point of view, Luna will maintain its status.
I would go a little further and offer a suggestion...If this is technically possible, perhaps limit, say, the materials you could build a house. Or the colors you could use. Or the kinds of designs you could use. Etc. So you couldn't have a crystal neon cave, or a dark and menacing stone tower. The idea being to in effect limit Magincia housing to anyone who doesn't made at least appearing to be part of a new, humble community of New Magincia.
And, sometimes, appearances can be the start of something real.
-Galen's player
But I listened to the HoC closely and based on that I don't think Magincia is likely to become Luna.
For this one simple reason. They implied at one point that there would be limited NPC facilities. (They didn't imply this very clearly, mind you, and I would love to hear clarification on that. Will there be a guard zones? A bank? A healer? In fact I'd go so far as to say that clarification, soon, is necessary, so that we can get a grip on what actually might happen instead of just our own speculations.) The phrase was something like "only one thing" from old Magincia would be around, and then they said something about a cathedral at one point.
So let's say that's a bank and a cathedral. That is still not enough to make a new Luna.
As others have pointed out, also, several times now, even if it did have full NPC facilities, it'd be unlikely to be as clustered as Luna's are. And thus, again, for better or worse depending upon your point of view, Luna will maintain its status.
I would go a little further and offer a suggestion...If this is technically possible, perhaps limit, say, the materials you could build a house. Or the colors you could use. Or the kinds of designs you could use. Etc. So you couldn't have a crystal neon cave, or a dark and menacing stone tower. The idea being to in effect limit Magincia housing to anyone who doesn't made at least appearing to be part of a new, humble community of New Magincia.
And, sometimes, appearances can be the start of something real.
-Galen's player
