Ok as I'm redoing RancerZero, I'm building this with flexability in mind. instead of those 3d-esqe buildings, they will be -block tiles for the walls. I (and maby a few trusted friends) will be able to assign building areas for a player. Which will allow them to build... well whatever they can, whether it be a house, a shop, whatever. And of course they may either have to rent, or buy the land (if you rent it, and run out of money, your property is seized and dismanteled). Well anyway, my problem with this design is a point. What could I add to make this something people would want to play? I was thinking about some ideas, but it kept leading twards a never-ending RTS game... If I can't think of anything, I may just make static quests, which will obviously force me to reboot the server for new quests (yes the world data will be rememeberd), but I wanted to know if there was any other ways to go about making a 'goal' or purpose of the game before I go the typical route. Any ideas? I'd hate for it to be just a big chat room with houses and shops :p