I may be interested in working on this project, I can program/design/write/UI design. Though I haven't touched C# in forever, I doubt it would be difficult for met to pick it up again. My only concern are the design goals of the project. MMOs or specifically sandbox MMOs are notoriously difficult to design correctly since they're as much game theory as they are social engineering, I was wondering if you could clarify some of them and explain how you're planning to attain them.
"Player Controlled towns/bases/outposts-
There will be powerful systems in place for guilds and players to create, take and hold territory. If a player is given a plot of land to defend, you can be sure they will fight tooth and nail to keep it."
For example, how would players actually contest for territory? Is it something an individual can do (Ultima Online)? Or does it have to be a group effort (EVE Online)? If the latter, Is it going to be limited by a mechanic (Need X players to capture) or by the game's meta (Needing to destroy a structure with high HP, thus requiring multiple players to do it within reasonable time)?
I recommend you look at Goblinwork's design blog for their MMO, its very detailed and straight-forward about their design goals, and how they're planning to accomplish them.
https://goblinworks.com/blog/Also, visual representation of your design may draw additional volunteers (Think "Infograph pitch")
By the way, you guys have a very pretty website.
Thank you for your interest in the project Sweetbro. We would be very interested in taking on another coding engineer. While the scripting language has some similarities to C and C++ etc, it has its own version of syntax and hierarchies. If you have experience in other coding langauges you should have no problem in learning the language for Hero Engine.
Your question about player controlled territory is a good one. We feel that the bonuses attained by owning these areas should entail the need to have multiple people fight over them. Only clans will be able take and hold outposts as, depending on the size of the outpost, it will require multiple players with the hacking skill to change the ownership of the settlement to the attacking clan. You can read more about it on the website here
http://exile-online.com/clans/We will send you an email containing further info on the project.
We prefer to use email communications to keep track of everything. We can talk further that way and i can answer any further questions you may have. If you join the team, we will of course give you all of the inside information that non developers dont see. We look forward to your reply.