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Re: So I leave for a weekend concert series, and I can't be a priest in Cyrene anymore?
Stories do not evolve by constantly going back to the past. Aurora/Deucalion are a rarity and should remain so.
Ayami
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Re: Allow sharing quest solutions
I don't really understand the issue you have with the complaint/request, Cooper.
Scars voiced their frustrations with how things are currently working in a good amount of areas/quests, and asked why the detail on not sharing quest solutions is handled the way it is, specifically because of their frustrations with the systems. Even better, they give us the reasoning behind -why- they are frustrated, how other areas have handled it better and such, which I think is much better than just coming in to call their complaint as a whole "stupid", they didn't just go "Quests are stupid", and I personally also don't think that fighting the syntax feels very nice.
As for the Elemental Lord quests, there are -loads- of them that are perfectly doable by yourself, even some tricky ones, if you know how to navigate and deal with spooky things well, most of em' aren't really "Difficult" by any definition either, and often involve saying or emoting something specific at something else in the game. Sometimes these are fine, but sometimes they genuinely get weird, very often you're just slightly off, so you stand there and repeat every single keyword you can imagine at a supposedly "living npc" and are torn out of the immersion.
For your Elden Ring comparison, I think the issue is that when you die, you can still point to why you've died, and usually this will be because you haven't reacted quickly enough, or messed up in some other usually obvious way, not because your controls suddenly change and you have to figure out how to attack again, or because an unmarked door was -actually- a real door.
Sadly fixing this in a more coherent, agreeable way would mean lots of work on said quests, to have some sort of HINT system, allowing people to share the info openly I think would help by putting that work on the players instead of the developers, but runs the problem of, well, turning quests into "Do this, that, and this, receive 5000 gold" bucket lists, kinda like what Quest Guides on the OSRS Wiki (Oldschool Runescape) look like. Personally speaking though, I feel like most of the Quests I've done did not -feel- very interesting, often feeling like menial work of some kind, where the only thing that I was actually caring about ended up -being- the reward, for stuff like that I think there's not much harm people essentially having "Guides" at hand, but I might not be in the majority with this.
In the future, I think an important thing would be to follow a design sheet when making a new Quest, so that people can easily look over it during development and see where potential issues might lie, weird syntax and such, ideally with standardized terms? Another suggestion would be quests that you maybe do once a week or month, but that are bigger in scale? Those you then disallow the "Quest Guides" for, perhaps, since you can put a bigger weight on their narratives.
That's uhh, all from me though, let's all be nice to each other, yeah?
Meloi
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Re: zGui Directory (For shops)
Also, I made it so that for items in multiples, it shows unit price instead of total price.
https://gist.github.com/MediaResAchaea/64c93c3d2e829bd03f41baf2d8f1c3e5
https://gist.github.com/MediaResAchaea/64c93c3d2e829bd03f41baf2d8f1c3e5
Treyal
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Re: Houston, Tx
Sasaki on Westheimer has the most authentic sushi I've ever had and I think it's important for people to know
Peak
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Re: IC/OOC Separation
This is a common theme in other RP environments as well, such as FiveM (GTA V online roleplay). It's important for people to understand that Conflict RP is often very necessary (and fun) for stories to be introduced and explored. In the same nature, it's important for people to remember that at the end of the day, none of this should be taking so seriously on an OOC level, and on an IC level actions and even words should be self-moderated with the intent of helping to drive RP. If your faction gets into conflict with another faction, and your character is this grizzlied, tempermental soldier who scoffs and scowls, that shouldn't be a mask your OOC player adapts in turn. Win or lose in any fight IC, there shouldn't be any reason anyone can't shrug that off or even laugh about it OOC. We play stuff like this to have fun, and nothing takes the fun out of something more than people who take it too seriously and can't separate IC from OOC.Aerek said:PvP can be and is part of a balanced roleplay, and it's a prime example of when we should exercise some OOC restraint over our IC actions. While one city might truly want to wipe its rivals off the face of the map, we as players can't and shouldn't want to, so we should often find ways to let our enemies lose with some grace, or engineer a reason that curb-stomping our opponents isn't necessary or desirable. Naturally that's a big part of Knighthood, IC: fair fights, honor, all that jazz, it's all to try and ensure that both players are having some fun in a fight, or that we give them some positive interaction even if they lose.Kzir said:
I'm not the best person to have an opinion on it, but I agree with much of what you said. Folks RP at others, instead of RPing the characters themselves... and with it being a PvP game, many choices are made purely on mechanical reasons and admins keep trying to make folks care about combat, where I'm not sure RP even enters at all outside of "duh, that's why we fight".
If you want to RP all the time, you need to find a place to do it more with people that also enjoy it. Where that is, is completely unrelated to being a "side" on the PvP stuff, I have no idea.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes you take the gloves off when the chips are on the table or you need to make a point, but bad blood begets bad blood, and making the occasional sacrifice to break a vicious cycle is a big part of roleplay in my eyes.
Re: IC/OOC Separation
PvP can be and is part of a balanced roleplay, and it's a prime example of when we should exercise some OOC restraint over our IC actions. While one city might truly want to wipe its rivals off the face of the map, we as players can't and shouldn't want to, so we should often find ways to let our enemies lose with some grace, or engineer a reason that curb-stomping our opponents isn't necessary or desirable. Naturally that's a big part of Knighthood, IC: fair fights, honor, all that jazz, it's all to try and ensure that both players are having some fun in a fight, or that we give them some positive interaction even if they lose.Kzir said:
I'm not the best person to have an opinion on it, but I agree with much of what you said. Folks RP at others, instead of RPing the characters themselves... and with it being a PvP game, many choices are made purely on mechanical reasons and admins keep trying to make folks care about combat, where I'm not sure RP even enters at all outside of "duh, that's why we fight".
If you want to RP all the time, you need to find a place to do it more with people that also enjoy it. Where that is, is completely unrelated to being a "side" on the PvP stuff, I have no idea.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes you take the gloves off when the chips are on the table or you need to make a point, but bad blood begets bad blood, and making the occasional sacrifice to break a vicious cycle is a big part of roleplay in my eyes.
Aerek
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Re: Question re: OOC Song Lyrics/Titles in IC Channels
IC/OOC separation is a joke for much of the game. It's straining to try not to focus on areas where OOC stuff leaks. It seems everyone likes to pretend it isn't how it is, which is also frustrating.
Jolyon
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