So I know I've only been registered a day, don't have a ton of experience... but from looking around this forum and Hiboria in-game, Mesogea has the stuff to be an AMAZING Total Conversion. I ran around Illusidum City and I'm amazed at the good work that's been done.

Now hopefully without stepping on any toes, I have a rather large suggestion to make as well. Although I do admire the idea of having anyone come here, and start working on any part they desired, it seems like it's been unfocused, and from looking at some peoples profiles, most people here registered, looked around, and left after a month or two. Even some who became moderators.

So I hope Mesogea picks up again, Truant is confident it will, as I talked to him this morning with the handy AJAX chat above us. But my suggestion is that Valisarius, head man, take the lead and start focusing on a specific area, and getting it done how you want! There is nothing stopping us from getting an entire city up and running, quests made, people fleshed out, caves and ruins around the city, even if they are a 20 minute run/horse ride away, all finished and ready for a release.

You already have the entire land mass ready in the .esm file. What could be very easily done is a kind of episodic content, releasing a full Illusidum City completed, and surrounding area. Releasing it so people can actually start their new lives away from Cyrodiil and in Hiboria. After that, we could finish Ventara and Tebella with NPC's and quests, even if it's as a separate .esp . With the new .esp file or perhaps releasing it with an updated .esp of Illusidum, we could connect them with extra quests to combine the story somewhat.

I'm not sure how the main story has developed, but in my honest opinion and experience... in Oblivion, I never even finished the main quest yet, I've had too much fun doing everything else in the world. Dark Brotherhood questline, Thieves Guild questline, going to each random city and village and meeting people, helping them, looting them, etc. That's what kept my interest in the original Oblivion. Who even says we need a main quest in Mesogea? Eventually I'm sure we could implement one, but it's definitely not a necessity at the moment, as long as we have an interesting world to explore.

I guess I would like to see an actual working part of this TC, even if it's only a small fraction of the originally intended game. But at least with a more focused development process IMO, it may draw more attention, giving people an actual idea of what it's about, because they will actually get to play a part of it.

So.... any thoughts?

Sounds good. Ok we focus on one area.

Probably Illusidum then? It seems like you've put the most work into that city.

Ok, I will compile the mod as it stands, with new meshes etc and upload it asap

Oooo...great idea! I think a kind of "demo" would be good to whettle the people's taste buds.

Well with Vali having made good progress on the Agraria, we could probably have a good amount of Illusidum finished and released eventually, which right there would be at least a few hours if not more of good gameplay and give an idea of what really can be accomplished in a brand new game world.

Valisarius, what was the other areas that you were going to separate in the Illusidum? Maybe one of us can start on that after we're finished what we've loaded. I could give it a go in a couple weeks maybe.

Yep, thats a good idea. I will get this exam over in a couple of days and get on with putting things together for the next upload. Should be a couple of weeks to get things properly set up.