Well darkace77450,
The towns and villages
ARE all linked into the story. Some of them will be small and others large. Because we are aiming towards hand drawn maps, There may be some that dont fit the town we are aiming for, So there may end up being more then that.
The last thing I want to do is make this game big for the sake of being big.
The exchange rates... I know what you mean. In easy mode they will not exist. Its just for normal, As this will stop the people that train up there characters from getting loads of money. Also at sometime in the game... maybe... well just maybe... there would be a crash in the exchange rates leaving your near penny less. We are also aiming for a system that relies mostly on selling skins and objects as Monsters will not carry money.
Im so glad you have read through all this..
I would like to see you come to the Dev Forums soon.
http://www.thelostelement.org/forums and post about what you think :D
thanks alot for looking and if you are looking for a project to be part of I would be more then willing to give you a go :D
BK
TLE Founder