Problems with the first story

[raynes]

Problems with the first story:

I've read over the first story several times and there are some problems that need to be addressed in future story updates (at least in my opinion).

1) The story is not at all written in a way that all of the games population can easily follow.
There were just too many places, things, and people that the much of the game population have no clue about. It wouldn't be so bad, except that there is no real explaination of what things are. It would really help if you included links to information on the various items. Much like yahoo does with their news. This would also help new players and people a year from now when they read it.

2) The stories focus is on an event that happened in one races land.
I put these together becuase the go hand in hand. I play a Zorai character, as such I have no idea concerning the places and landmarks in other races lands. So when I read about things like Pry and Cerakos Gate they really mean little to me. Furthermore I am left to ask how does an event in the Fryos home land really effect the Zorai. (And yes I saw the US tie in, but that still doesn't make it feel like it effects the Zorai that much).


3) The story focusus too much on one event.
The first thing that I asked after reading it was if the event was real or not. That shouldn't happen with major story items. If something was really that important why wouldn't all of Atys know? You could say that you just have to pay attention, well I do and I still didn't remeber that event happening. I remeber there was Kitin invasion in another land, but not this. Maybe there has to be some otherway of letting players know things happen. No matter what a story update should be referring to events that are pretty common knowledge. This just wasn't that.

4) For the sake of all the is holy in the name of Jena, put a higher resolution pic as a link to the pic in the story.
I run my desktop at 1600X1200 on a 19 inch monitor. I can't make out much of anything that is in those pictures. I understand the need to keep them small in the story, but there is no reason why you can't have a "click to enlarge" link.

Well that's about it for my thoughts for now.

[gralen]

2) The stories focus is on an event that happened in one races land.
I put these together becuase the go hand in hand. I play a Zorai character, as such I have no idea concerning the places and landmarks in other races lands. So when I read about things like Pry and Cerakos Gate they really mean little to me. Furthermore I am left to ask how does an event in the Fryos home land really effect the Zorai. (And yes I saw the US tie in, but that still doesn't make it feel like it effects the Zorai that much).

You are over generalizing. BTW, that's like saying "I'm from the US so events that took place in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate mean little to me because I've never been there."

Many of your fellow Zoraï have travelled to Pyr as have many Matis and Trykers. Just because one has not visited a place personally does not mean that one should blissfully remain ignorant of those places.

I'm sure the Zoraï of three generations ago would have loved to know that the kitins were swarming in other lands before their own gates were thrown down and Zora of old was overrun. True, such knowledge likely wouldn't have stopped the swarm but it surely would have saved more lives.

I do think though that combining #1 with the fact that some have not left their homelands is a good idea.

[raynes]

While some have travelled, there are many who have not. The amount of players that have not seen other races lands far outweighs those who have. Therefore it's hardly an over generalization.

Thinking about this more, maybe the devs should have more NPC's talk about the events. I mean if this was such a big thing, shouldn't at least some of the people be talking about it?

[billg1]

OMG

Your actually in hear in complaining about some silly inconsistancies in the story that don't meet with your approval because you have been incapable of travelling to other lands?

All of the game mechanics have been completely broken in this patch. No matter what the story is, how it unfolds, when it really begins to happen won't matter a bit because no one will able to even participate in it with these changes.

Try reading a book. Thats somthing your more suited for.

[korin77]

After 5 hours of harvesting off my 700k dp, I did finally sit down and read a book. I felt so drained and pissed off at the game I couldn't do anything else.

[raynes]

OMG

Your actually in hear in complaining about some silly inconsistancies in the story that don't meet with your approval because you have been incapable of travelling to other lands?

All of the game mechanics have been completely broken in this patch. No matter what the story is, how it unfolds, when it really begins to happen won't matter a bit because no one will able to even participate in it with these changes.

Try reading a book. Thats somthing your more suited for.

1) Don't attack me because I have not made it to other lands. I have spent my time exploring all corners of the Zorai map.

2) I have every right to post my feelings about the first story update. Just the same way you have the right to post your feelings about the first patch. At least I am posting my thoughts in a constructive manor and offering my thoughts on how to fix the area I feel could use improvements, not going on about how I am going to quit unless things are changed my way.

3) This post is about the issues I see with the first story update. It is not about the other problems with the first patch. There are after all 500 of those posts. If you wish to discuss those problems take it to one of those threads. It does not belong here.

Finally I am tired of your non-stop attacks on me personally. You seem to have a very big issue with sticking to the topics at hand. If you want to argue the points about something in a calm and logical manor, that is fine. Otherwise don't bother. And please don't go into this big post about how impossible it is to have a conversation with me. I have had quite a few with Gralen (who is a member of your very same guild) and we really don't agree on much.

Now that I have said that, any further coments by you not relating to the topic at hand will be reported to a mod and asked to be deleted.

[svayvti]

1) You haven't explored all the lands. Your questions about the tribes, story, etc point this out profoundly for those who have.

2) If you have the right to post your feelings, so do they.

Many of these things should be answered in-game, rather than trying to have everything spoiled on the forums.

If there are non-stop attacks, maybe you shouldn't have started it? the same community you love so much to antagonize in game and out is the same community you'll have to depend on to answer all the questions you can't answer yourself.

as for the patch, it isn't functional. Not in mechanics, not in story.

[raynes]

Many of these things should be answered in-game, rather than trying to have everything spoiled on the forums.

Care to expand on that thought? Maybe give some examples of how they should be answered in game? How about your thoughts on the way the first story was presented? Do you think they did a good job, or is there room for improvement?