Why not? When me and a couple other people were developing our Naruto game we figured that it would be feasible for the players to be Kages without ruining the game. They would basically have the same "powers" that you just mentioned. They basically would own the village. Some villages would have an oligarchy system set up with players filling those roles too.

Kalzar wrote:

Why not? When me and a couple other people were developing our Naruto game we figured that it would be feasible for the players to be Kages without ruining the game. They would basically have the same "powers" that you just mentioned. They basically would own the village. Some villages would have an oligarchy system set up with players filling those roles too.

Because in a game like this, people are basically competing with one another. The last Naruto game I logged into, I was killed as soon as I logged in, and almost everyone was doing the same thing. I highly doubt a Kage should act in such a manner.

When you get right down to it, it takes a very strong, mature, leader to be a Kage for a village and it simply doesn't happen all that often, besides as far as I know, there can only be one per village.

Not only does that seem a little unfair to some players, but I know if I was a player in a game, and some kid just leveled up to Kage status and suddenly got all sorts of moderating powers, I wouldn't listen to him at all.

The main role of the Kage in the game should be to assign missions, more like a Quest NPC, I don't see any reason at all for anyone to need to have that title. I really think it is ridiculous. No players should have the power a Kage would and even if they did, I wouldn't want to have to wait on one to log in just so I could get a mission.

I highly suggest you just forget the entire Kage thing. If you HAVE to have someone with Kage title in your game, assign a GM to each village and make them Kage.

Revenant Jesus wrote:

Poal wrote:

Hmmm, well I don't watch Naruto a lot and I played the Naruto games on BYOND so here are my idea for kages.

-Create NPCs to guard village(Limited Amount and costs Yen)

That first one isn't a bad idea actually.

-Jail Village Members

Bad idea. Players can be jack asses and abuse power, just like any GM could do. I don't think any player should have that ability, it should be left up to the staff.

True, abusing power is common and bad. Dont add that.

-Promote Rank

Bad idea, players are either going to have to wait until a Kage logs in, or deal with a player that is in a bitchy attitude.

Also true, but for this I ment if they have requirements, like level 40 or something.

-Assaign Special Missions

Bad idea, see above.

-Recruit People into village from other villages

People can't just leave a village, they are considered traitors and would be killed.

Well I played Naruto games and I think you should be able to switch and join villages, even if you are a rouge ninja, it gets boring being everyone's enemy and I think you should have a right to join a village.

-Make Village wars

Players do that pretty much on their own anyways.

Yup, but make it like official and if a village wins like everyone in that village gets...10,000yen?

-Lose their rank if they lose 1 on 1 fight(Similar to how Naruto Cron had it)

That doesn't seem fair. In Naruto a village fought together. If a person tried to take position of Kage, they would be in big trouble for it, even if they did kill the Kage, there is a huge chance the village would fight the murderer all the way.

Well to that, all I have to say is, it's unfair for 1 person to be kage forever and sometimes you must bend the rule book(Naruto Anime/Manga) to make something enjoyable.

I don't know if you've noticed, but during parts of Naruto the Kage's of the a village usually hold a council meeting before making big decisions. This means that the Kage of a Village is surely the most POWERFUL in the village, but that he does not have absolute power over everything in the village. I mean...have you seen the paperwork they go through to do anything?

A Kage is a leader. A LEADER. Not an absolute tyrant that does as he pleases. He is kept in check by the council, and even then it's not often the power is used openly. A Kage is not a GM that governs the game, just his village. Another thing...really all a leader should do is make his village prosper and keep peace in his country/village.

However, a "make guard" verb is just silly. If it is used in excess then a village can technically never fall and that is no fun. Guards should be players. No players, no guards.

Kage's should not have any form of real power. There should be no instant verb for something to happen, any motion should take time to process. If a village cannot afford war, then it cannot wage it!

Here's what a Kage should be able to do:
1: Declare a state of war. Now, this means anyone not from the country/village can be openly attacked by the denizens of that country. ie, while in the Fire Country, anyone not from that country can be attacked by those inside of the country.
2: Build houses and structures for the village itself. Make it a friggen village! Let the Kage give the village walls and doors (at the cost of money).
3: Make peace. Ordinarily you could just attack anyone outside of your country yes? Well a Kage should be able to make players from certain countries unable to attack eachother by making peace.
4: Order the village. Tell them what to do! A Kage is a leader and should be able to recieve help from his villagers to aid the village itself.

That's about it.

You're right, nobody really should be a Kage. BUT, I'm taking into consideration how a person COULD be Kage and be one rather properly. I myself wouldn't mind being bossed around so long as that person knew what the hell he was doing. It can add an element to gameplay other than having your leader be an NPC.