Hard Coded Vs Soft Coded Teams Discussion

[Technique]

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

Allow the player to choose team a/b/c on character creation... Its so simple.

Given that P99 can only indirectly modify the EQ client (and in a very limited fashion at that), it wouldn't be a simple matter to divorce team choice from character creation, where the selection of race/class/deity would normally determine it.

Instead they'd need to create custom quest NPCs (a la Priest of Discord) through which you could choose your team in-game following creation. They could even expand this by introducing quests that enabled you to change your team by leveraging pre-existing mechanics such as faction and whatnot.