09-18-2023, 04:24 AM
I'm glad this is getting a proper poll/thread because I've been a vocal advocate for slightly longer years.
Right now, at 5 days per year we are as stated getting ~70 years per IRL year. This, is a pretty large number in general, and for the sake of getting as much history as possible, that's fine. Meranthe is a longform game that's meant to last generations, and have these years of history that can be looked back at in 2-3 OOC years and be referenced as tales of the past, be it cautionary, or otherwise.
However, we could still achieve that with 7 day years.
A 7 day week brings us down to exactly 52 years per IRL year. That means, in 2 years, we've seen a century. But, it's a century that's had more content within it, than what a 5 day year's 140 years have had. Two extra days may not seem like a lot, but that's still two whole more days of history made in Meranthe.
I can't speak on behalf of those who decide to make as children, I refuse to play child characters and genuinely do not see the need for them overall beyond emporiums. I've also openly advocated for the maximum spawn age to be adjusted to 16, rather than 11 (With the exception of those who take on emporium roles). Sadly, that adds a touch of micromanagement with age adjustments needing to be done for everyone who in future took a child role from an emporium post.
Now, let's talk about those not fortunate enough to have as much free time as someone like me.
A lot of people work 5 day weeks, some even more. So where they are only getting maybe a few hours a day in, over the course of 5 days (one IC year), their presence is going to be massively reduced, their characters are aging but they're not getting to put in as much as someone else might. That extra 2 days slows down that rate of their years seemingly passing them by a little, giving them more a chance to RP their youth, their prime age, and so on. Yes, it does mean they're stuck in the child phase for longer if they spawn as one, or the teen phase, so on. But, choosing to spawn at those ages is an active choice, and a significantly less meaningful one now that age DR is a flat number of years after you spawn, and not a specific age.
There are pros and cons to both, but for me, personally, 5 days has always felt a touch too fast. A week rounds things off quite nicely. It allows for the exact change of the year to be on a very specific day (every monday, for instance). Yes, we lose a bit of the timeline to Meranthe, with the loss of 20 years or so per OOC year, but it's an extra 2 days that can be packed with that extra content. More history, over a shorter timescale.
No doubt someone's gonna disagree with me, but that's my take.
Right now, at 5 days per year we are as stated getting ~70 years per IRL year. This, is a pretty large number in general, and for the sake of getting as much history as possible, that's fine. Meranthe is a longform game that's meant to last generations, and have these years of history that can be looked back at in 2-3 OOC years and be referenced as tales of the past, be it cautionary, or otherwise.
However, we could still achieve that with 7 day years.
A 7 day week brings us down to exactly 52 years per IRL year. That means, in 2 years, we've seen a century. But, it's a century that's had more content within it, than what a 5 day year's 140 years have had. Two extra days may not seem like a lot, but that's still two whole more days of history made in Meranthe.
I can't speak on behalf of those who decide to make as children, I refuse to play child characters and genuinely do not see the need for them overall beyond emporiums. I've also openly advocated for the maximum spawn age to be adjusted to 16, rather than 11 (With the exception of those who take on emporium roles). Sadly, that adds a touch of micromanagement with age adjustments needing to be done for everyone who in future took a child role from an emporium post.
Now, let's talk about those not fortunate enough to have as much free time as someone like me.
A lot of people work 5 day weeks, some even more. So where they are only getting maybe a few hours a day in, over the course of 5 days (one IC year), their presence is going to be massively reduced, their characters are aging but they're not getting to put in as much as someone else might. That extra 2 days slows down that rate of their years seemingly passing them by a little, giving them more a chance to RP their youth, their prime age, and so on. Yes, it does mean they're stuck in the child phase for longer if they spawn as one, or the teen phase, so on. But, choosing to spawn at those ages is an active choice, and a significantly less meaningful one now that age DR is a flat number of years after you spawn, and not a specific age.
There are pros and cons to both, but for me, personally, 5 days has always felt a touch too fast. A week rounds things off quite nicely. It allows for the exact change of the year to be on a very specific day (every monday, for instance). Yes, we lose a bit of the timeline to Meranthe, with the loss of 20 years or so per OOC year, but it's an extra 2 days that can be packed with that extra content. More history, over a shorter timescale.
No doubt someone's gonna disagree with me, but that's my take.