Background Story

So I've been trying to think about background story for the game mainly so that i can try to get a feel for the environment I need to create within the game.

Setting the background first will allow me to develop a game world that fits with the story and history it will also give me a direction to go with the town layout/development and character development and creation options. As well as giving the entire project a general direction.

Now the thing that plays on the mind is do I just make a story create a game in that world and then be done with it or do I try to build an open ended story so that over time we could run ingame events and allow story progression.

Now all this brings into play the questions of support and GM time etc.

This initially started out as just a proof of concept but there seems to be some interest in it on just Furious-Angels.Com alone and if their attention spreads around the rest of the mmorpg world then perhaps this could get bigger than I can control. I can run a server for upto 30 people for free just about may be a little laggy. However if more than 30 people want to play then this would bring up the point of requirement for full server setups and proper hosting etc which costs money. Depending on uptake it could be as little as $2 a month or if uptake is huge perhaps we need more than that to support a bigger infastructure these are questions I just dont know and just can't answer at this time.

Another bit of scenery for you now a simple watch tower bridge.