Snowyfox
IMO I like the idea quite a bit. It's just that I think the amount of effort is insane.
I like the idea quite much too that's why I have been slowly been working on it myself to the point where the main kingdom is halfway ready and already have the map marked up to finish putting other neutral structures that will aid with the questing and adventures. I recognize there are some structures that still have to be designed and some areas to be configured but I have an estimated of a month or two if I do it myself... a few weeks if I get a crew of interested people that want to contribute.
A mix of RPG, Solo playing, Adventure, and pvp.. all in one map with a medieval feeling until we have to colonize another whole new map.
The NPC configuration is a piece of cake when it comes to the creation, since you can easily do them with a bukkit plugin. I think that the most complicated part will be the details in the permissions and config files (4-10 covered) and determining the main objectives of the game to keep the balance between trying to make this a server for a cheap MMO and a Minecraft RPG experience.
Yeah I admit I'ts been hard to attract the PMC's community attention since Im just a newbie in the community but as the project advances I will keep on posting and sharing .
On the other hand something that I thought it would be hard to determine would be the game rules, not quite... I'll try to post the roles and ranks you will be able to achieve soon enough to recieve comments from you guys, I'd appreciate it.
The roles will be in tiers and balanced out, requesting you to be on the last tier before being able to get your independance and create your own kingdom. on the meantime there will be plenty of you to do before achieving that status.