Yeah. Of course, I'm skeptical, too. They've been playing up the whole 'strong storyline personalized based on the character you choose' thing (and apparently there are claims of how it will be the first 'all voiced' MMORPG). That sounds awesome, but in my experience and theorizing, it seems like strong story and interactivity are mutually exclusive in these sorts of games. Now, I've seen how I can be proven wrong in that with the phasing introduced in Wrath, but even then you have problems of being unable to do certain things with people who aren't in the same phase. So... I'm excited at the possibility, but I have yet to comprehend how they're actually going to fill all their growing promises. We'll see in a few years, I guess. ;)
Alas, I'm gonna roll a bounty hunter. Maybe after a while a Light-Side toon of some sort, but for now my love is for the gal with the gadgets. And jet-backpack. And flamethrower.
So, yeah, I'm terrible at keeping up with between-session conversations and all the piles of possible channels/servers in Discord - especially when work gives me some time to think, but not Discord access. I believe a question was posed about thoughts on the state and future of the Adventures in Rokugan game, though, so here goes... In general, I'm enjoying the time and look forward to it more than feel burdened by it. The start time is a little earlier than ideal, but I don't mind making it work on Saturdays. So, net positive overall. I'm a touch "meh" on the mechanics of AiR. I like the familiarity of D&D, but the Rokugan-specific stuff doesn't feel very rewarding. Granted, this may just be my pick of a shadow acolyte, but I feel like I'm getting more functional mileage out of the sharpshooter feat than all of the special class abilities and level-ups haven't been particularly exciting. I've been tempted to multi-class into something els...
Last night seemed to be the climactic finale of the ongoing Godbound game. I have some thoughts. The previous session ended with a couple PCs and a shadowy person in the special chamber with access to divine realms and their vacated thrones (in the campaign, the gods were sorta kicked out of their positions, making things up for grabs). Once PC had already claimed a throne. All the others were waiting outside. At the moment the session ended, no one seemed aware that the shadowy figure was Beryn, big-bad threat of the campaign. This is where I feel weird about things, because that little detail came up OOC and it changed everything. If the PCs had been aware at the time, they probably would have started a fight outside the chamber when they saw him. That didn't happen. But suddenly because the players were aware, they wanted to be able to plan before the conflict (with downtime glossed over previous) so they could go into the next session guns-blazing and as prepared as possible. ...
Depression: Well, after a little exchange with my doctor, we're trying an increased dosage. So far, no truly dark days or breakdowns and I can pull myself back from negative thoughts a bit easier. I worry, though, that it may also be keeping me a little... hmm... "floaty" comes to mind - less able to focus/commit to doing a thing. That's hard to quantify and confirm, though. Hmm... Reading: I have a few books on my "to read" list, though I find myself reluctant to start in on them. I received The Dragons of Babel along with The Iron Dragon's Daughter, but after reading the latter I'm not sure I want to read the former. Certainly, if it's the same level of aimlessness and depressive squandering of a character and setting, I'm not up to that right now. The latest (final?) book of the Lightbringer series has been available for a while, but I've been hesitant to pick it up. I've generally enjoyed the series and characters, but as i...
Dang, looks like some Jedi are getting jacked there. This could be an MMO I'd try.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Of course, I'm skeptical, too. They've been playing up the whole 'strong storyline personalized based on the character you choose' thing (and apparently there are claims of how it will be the first 'all voiced' MMORPG). That sounds awesome, but in my experience and theorizing, it seems like strong story and interactivity are mutually exclusive in these sorts of games. Now, I've seen how I can be proven wrong in that with the phasing introduced in Wrath, but even then you have problems of being unable to do certain things with people who aren't in the same phase. So... I'm excited at the possibility, but I have yet to comprehend how they're actually going to fill all their growing promises. We'll see in a few years, I guess. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, it -IS- the fall of Coruscant to the Sith, the good guys gotta lose.. at least at first.
ReplyDeleteAlas, I'm gonna roll a bounty hunter. Maybe after a while a Light-Side toon of some sort, but for now my love is for the gal with the gadgets. And jet-backpack. And flamethrower.
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