Look Ninja, if this game is gunna work then it needs to be self-sufficient. Meaning missions pop up based on player made needs. if everyone's a Village shinobi then the only missions will be trade and stuff between villages.

Its a good crutch but I don't think that's nearly enough.

Furthermore, if everyone anywhere can be any profession then it will be easy for there to be an oversaturated market for everything. Which would make players less rich in turn leaving less money to pay other players for missions.

Now if this were to work then players who make large amounts of money will no doubt do it over and over again until they are Ultra Rich. This is good for the economy because Ultra rich people spend their money on more stuff, more jobs etc.. You get the idea the wheel keeps turning.

The thing is that the game needs to drive these players to want to be ultra rich otherwise this system won't work. What's the point of having a million dollars in a game if everything cost 10$ right?

I'm not hung up on gear either. I just know there will be gear in game.

Thats why I was using it as an example to explain my idea. In reality, if Vreg makes the game dependent on player strategy (Which is the feeling I get from reading his posts) Then gear and items will only be the cherries on top so to speak.(And I like that 😄)

Ohh and Chakra Infusion is just my take on a potential career. It's based off enchanting from other games, except that instead of boosting stats it would MAYBE give the user a special (Albeit minor) Jutsu. Also just because my hypothetical Chakra Nature to work in that profession is wind, it doesn't mean it would make the Jutsu's exclusively wind type. Same goes for other professions.

Also wanna clear up that weapons wouldn't have fire natures in them. What I meant was simply that Fire nature Shinobi are the only ones to take on the Blacksmithing profession. That they would be given another jutsu tree for blacksmithing. And those jutsu's would be used in farming/creating the items. But the weapons themselves will just be regular old weapons.

Ninja, I definitely agree that there should be more than 12 resources in game. To be honest, I should have said 1 MAIN resource per village because of course a player would need many minor resources to create different items in any profession. I think i didnt mention this cause i wanted to get to the other stuff 😂 my bad.

But running from your input on Monopolies i can agree that it would make diplomacy between villages stiff. So perhaps instead of outright monopolies, Villages might have an overwhelming natural supply of resources than others. This would encourage war a bit more yet still restrict them into peace with a village just for all the amount of Steel they may need. I dunno i think it could work.

As for Chakra natures I was thinking what mamita said before as to how the Chakra natures would be done. Thought the Shinobi Life Online Hidden Villages thread was dated, as I could have sworn that i read somewhere on here that those chakra natures were more of a guideline.

Anyway even if we were mistaken I think Chakra Specific Professions is the way to go.

       1) Because it adds another layer of trade between Villages. For example, If The Village Hidden by Dust had a Chakra Infusion Profession with wind release. Well then they might be allied to The Village Hidden by Metal in order to fix the market. After all, what's a weapon without Chakra Infusion?

These would make relationships almost neccessary between certain Villages. I think this is awesome because what if some Evil Org plots to take a Village because of their specific Resource/Profession therby disrupting the entire world! Or perhaps making them war each other, I mean I think players could really get creative with this. Maybe Orgs pop up to DEFEND against this threat.

       2) Villages would actively seek out Shinobi from other villages with professions that their village needs. This adds to Kage's responsibilities and I think really ups the Kages importance in game. Lets just say the Kage from The Village Hidden by Snow really needs a weaponsmith in their village, well he could send emissaries to seek them out in other villages(More shinobi Job creation 😄) and perhaps decrease the tax on weaponsmith businesses to be almost non-existent. This Plus the Kages trade agreements with other villages for differing weaponsmith ingredients could make The Village Hidden by Snow a Haven for Buisnessmiths instead of The Village Hidden by Metal.

Yeah in The Village Hidden by Metal you could make your weapons for near nothing (If you farm iron) but that Kage might have trade agreements with other villages that make the other smaller ingredients expensive. That coupled with the fact that everyone there is a blacksmith makes it hard for you to sell it to the Kage for a price that is worth it to you. So why not go to The Village Hidden by Snow for awhile make some weapons sell it for a good price and stack $$ lol.

Heck in order to keep this going in The Village Hidden by Snow their Kage might only allow 5 weaponsmiths to set up shop. what if you and 1 other person are the only ones to take the bait. Well its race to buy buisnesses than in The Village Hidden by Snow! Weaponsmith empire anyone??

        3) It requires players to go out into the world and explore other villages instead of Staying in One village most of the time. Lets say you want a crazy infused weapon but you live in The Village Hidden by Shock Waves and your kinda poor. The ones in your Village cost too much because they aren't interested in the weapons trade and doesn't have much of a variety.(Other villages would make weapons their priority making villages who don't have those abundant resources not interested in making weapons as the primary source of cash).

Well, then you as a player can take it upon yourself to head to The Village Hidden by Metal to get a cheap but really good sword there. Then you travel to The Village Hidden by Dust for tons of variety of infusions for cheap and BOOM you got yourself a really good weapon in your price range.

Merchant players could even do that and make lets say The Village Hidden by Hills an exchange or something where all the merchants go to sell their wares. Because they might have the least amount of reasources or something. So even lazy players who may not want to do that could go to the exchange in the Hidden Hill to buy whatever they want.

was soo hyped for a moment. well played sir, well played....

That Logo is the coolest one ive seen soo far. Nice work 👍