[Genedin]

Originally Posted by Uteunayr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes. When you're a noob in the Oasis, you have fun killing orcs and alligators while dodging around giants. Until you see that badass dude on the center island killing those really creepy spectres. Until you find that enchanter coming along and mind controlling the giants that have been fucking with you. And you think, "Holy shit. I want to do that one day."...

And then one day in the future, you've spent likely months leveling. And then someone says "Hey, you should try killing spectres or giants in the Oasis.", so you return there, and now you're the person killing those awesome things. Noobs look on and get motivated to level, thinking that one day they will do what you do.

That type of world design just doesn't exist in modern MMOs. It is really sad. You're more like a tourist in the WoW model, because you go to each place once, just to see and exhaust the experience of being there. With games like EQ, and SWG, you're not a tourist, you're someone that lives here. You interact here. You need to know how to get from Highkeep to Qeynos, because you're going to go by there a lot. It's a lot more like learning your neighborhood that you just moved into. The exploration is learning every knook and cranny, every trick to travel around, all the secret places any given area has in plenty. It isn't about consuming a quick experience and saying "Well, that's everything", it's about the complexity and beauty of making a place into your home.

Damn son. Every post you make fits the sentiment of most everyone I game with and probably everyone who plays p99. Problem is it's a niche market or at least the companies think so. They are all about getting people playing and since wow was so successful with the fastfood quest model they are copying that. I'm kind of hoping this will fail and show they mmo production companies (if there are anymore) that they need to change things.