PlaneShift
Support => Complaint Department => Topic started by: SynergfyFlo on March 14, 2008, 07:59:03 pm
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Hey folks,
so far, a really great effort as far as graphics and storyline are concerned.
BUT: I'm just getting really bored of hanging out in Oja, killing literally hundreds of rogues in order to slooooowly improve my skills.
The quests aren't much better - I find myself running errands for lazy npc's who never move from the spot they seem to be rooted to.
the other alternative: spend hours of realtime watching my character chipping away at a virtual rock to collect bits of virtual gold...
and then: magic is still a complete waste of time....have been praticing the stuff for a while, but even so, it is not even posible to fry a single rat!!!
with all this, even though I appreciate the improvements recently added, there seems very little incentive to play. the game swallows time like a black hole, with very little by way of action, excitement, or adventure.
come on, folks....i'm truly looking for adventure and roleplaying - and find very little of either.
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Strange, a ton of players are enjoying roleplaying every single day :) There are many player initiatives to make the game more exciting as it grows. Are you on the lookout for them, and are you starting your own with others?
We can't wave magic wands and bring you a ton of features immediately. It is slow going sometimes, but it goes on nonetheless. If the game mechanics themselves don't hook you in (and I too know that after a while, they certainly don't on their own), you can find that your fellow players are budding minds of creativity and action - turn to them.
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try hanging out in hydlaa or gugrontid or the bd maybe... you might have more luck then
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come on, folks....i'm truly looking for adventure and roleplaying - and find very little of either.
:) Have you tried looking in Hydlaa or in Kada El's tavern in Hydlaa? Or the Arena? Or the Magic shop? or the Bronze Door area? Usually that is where players flock too. If your not finding any roleplay maybe you could start one up yourself. Invite those in who pass by you.
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yeah, ok, so i've had some interesting conversations with other players....but where does it lead?
the best bit of rp i've seen developed around a goldmine, when several players spontaneously began composing limerick-style songs bemoaning the boredom of mining ;-)
adventures seem to be either slashing monsters or doing quests...surely there's more out there?
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Indeed there's more! And the In-Game Roleplay section of the forums should be a testament :]
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and then: magic is still a complete waste of time....have been praticing the stuff for a while, but even so, it is not even posible to fry a single rat!!!
I've 'fried' rats, Fanatics, Tufasangs and Trapors with magic don't understand why you can't.
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i don't doubt that it's possible...
but i have a life apart from ps, and can not afford to play more than a few hours each week.
i have been practising some spells as a way to enter combat, but there is very little tangible benefit to it. the only remotely useful spell at this stage seems to be the life infusion.
everything else is too ineffective to use by comparison with the rusty, trusty broadsword...
as a result, progress seems very slow, and there is not much excitement or incentive to continue developing my character.
the landscape is beautiful, the vistas breathtaking - but the running back and forth on errands eventually loses its novelty.
as do rogues and rats. tefs flatten me in one fell swing...
magic just doesn't cut the mustard for me...
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come on, folks....i'm truly looking for adventure and roleplaying - and find very little of either.
If you want cake, you need to make it first. I've had plenty of cake.
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Enter in a guild...and then be an active animator :flowers:
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When bored, head into a bar, get drunk, and carry on! I did that, and wound up getting sucked into some abduction RP thing, but was drunk at the same time. It was amazing.
Moral of the story: when bored, drink a lot.
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more a herbalist, really ;D