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    Image of AncientUnknown1 AncientUnknown1
    09/16/09

    In reply to Writing for MMOs: A GDC Perspective
    I've never cared about the story in a MMO. I all care about is grinding, looting, and leveling up. I don't even read the quest text. I use websites to tell me what to do and where to go.

    I would rather a developer take the money spent on writing and direct it towards more items, races, classes, and dungeons.
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    Image of (Zombie) Strom Thurmond (Zombie) Strom Thurmond
    09/16/09

    In reply to Writing for MMOs: A GDC Perspective
    I could probably write for MMOs. My first character would be Bob, a man with a psychological dependency on things being fetched for him. Sometimes he would tell whoever wandered into his cabin that he needed 7 deer pelts. Thousands of people would do this simple task for the small amount of gold it netted them (Bob became wealthy on his gold crop). Bob also regularly hid small trinkets of his dead wife in random caves, only to act grief-filled and distraught that he didn't have them anymore. Many people helped him find the rings of little value in hopes that he would be consoled, but within 24 hours the items were right back there. Bob's need stems from a desire to be nurtured, which manifested from a very abusive relationship with his parents (they constantly went on raids when Bob was young and came back horribly violent after one went awry). Bob eventually goes on a spiritual trip of self-discovery and confronts the feelings he still has for his parents. He reforms his childish behavior and goes on to do something useful in his life, instead of standing around all fucking day asking people to get things for him.
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    Image of Torusan Torusan
    09/16/09

    In reply to Writing for MMOs: A GDC Perspective
    /points at FFXI.

    Story told in a single-player perspective, but requires teamwork to progress through. Not only was it a damn good story for an MMO, it was damn good for FF period.
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    Image of (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    09/16/09

    In reply to Writing for MMOs: A GDC Perspective
    I have played quite a few MMO's, and I cannot tell you the story for any of them.

    Does anybody play a game that won't end for the story? Seems rather absurd to me. I'm sure somebody will reply to me with how whatever MMO has the best story EVER, but to each his own I guess.
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