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« on: July 18, 2005, 06:47:23 am »
I think that there are enough PL MMORPG games out there, I think that aiming for a \"pure\" (as pure as it gets) RP MMORPG is a cool idea.
I think enforcing it would have to be done the same way pencil and paper RPG\'s solve it, by making fighting difficult. When you are playing unknown armies you don\'t go around fighting every tom dick and harry, because there is a good chance you are going to get you but kicked. In Call of Cthulhu you don\'t stick your nose in every door and attack every ugly, the system of the game is designed for this.
I think we should avoid doing what white-wolf did, making a game with cool (no debate) backstory and lots of opertunity for roleplaying yet giving the players lots of 1337 powers, how many vampire, werewolf games have degenerated into powermongering or \"Lets kill stuff\" kind of games? Too many.
If you want to PL go PL in a PL MMORPG, not every computer game has to be designed for everyone. The Sims was not designed for Quake players. Almost all MMORPGs out there are PL friendly, if this one isn\'t why would you care (as a PL)?
I think enforcing it would have to be done the same way pencil and paper RPG\'s solve it, by making fighting difficult. When you are playing unknown armies you don\'t go around fighting every tom dick and harry, because there is a good chance you are going to get you but kicked. In Call of Cthulhu you don\'t stick your nose in every door and attack every ugly, the system of the game is designed for this.
I think we should avoid doing what white-wolf did, making a game with cool (no debate) backstory and lots of opertunity for roleplaying yet giving the players lots of 1337 powers, how many vampire, werewolf games have degenerated into powermongering or \"Lets kill stuff\" kind of games? Too many.
If you want to PL go PL in a PL MMORPG, not every computer game has to be designed for everyone. The Sims was not designed for Quake players. Almost all MMORPGs out there are PL friendly, if this one isn\'t why would you care (as a PL)?