beeryusa wrote:Let me put it this way - after playing as an entertainer in SWG I find it hard to conceive of playing a MMOG in any other capacity. Unless you've experienced playing an entertainer in SWG it's very hard to convey what it is about it that's so great, and I'd be the first to admit that it's often misunderstood (even by some SWG entertainers) - and it's an acquired taste. The thing is, I can actually play my own compositions in SWG, and I've never been able to do that - not even in real life, because I'm just not musically inclined. Basically, you get to create your own content that's your own personal musical contribution to the game. I guess SWG's entertainer profession has ruined me for every other game - unless thay have entertainer content. That's why I'd like to see that playstyle here - because there are many other things I like about Ryzom - but without some entertainer content and without the 'Third Place' and a reason to go there, those things about Ryzom that I like are not reason enough to pay to play.
Let me put it another way - even though the entertainer profession has been ignored by the SWG developers since day one, and even though SWG is a terribly mismanaged game, I still keep my account open because I can go into a cantina at any time and do my show - and my show is always entertaining - both for me and others. If I don't get something like that same buzz here that I get from entertaining in that terrible game (SWG) I really see no point in playing.
In short, I would rather put money in the hands of a completely incompetent development team who at least let me play as I want in an otherwise terrible game, than put money into the hands of a great development team who run a great game that doesn't offer me the playstyle I desire.
Yes, you can turn Ryzom into a glorified chat program and do all your 'dancing' routines. It just takes more work that it would in SWG (you have to grind the ele levels and DA levels to get the larger animations as opposed to sitting in a cantina for about 20 hours just spamming flourishes).
so to sum it up for you:
Does this game have a set profession for dancing/chatting? no. we don't have instruments or dancing moves.
However, if you have the drive and desire you can use the other skills to make that profession. Will it be rewarding? Doubt it. The bars tend to be very empty unless an event is going on. Its not like Mos Eisley where people just go to idle or chat away, but there are always stables that people hang out at (Yrk for example).
-Adeelea Higara, Master Entertainer, Bria Server
EDIT: On the Sony mismanaging the game, I disagree. I've seen more work done on the game in the last two months than I've seen done on SoR in a year. Nor is SWG a 'terrible game'. I've found it to be a ton of fun and Infinity made it their new home. Simply because the Entertainer was nerfed during CU doesn't mean that the game is horrible. You also fail to notice that SOE is implementing expertise for all of the different profession (there is talk of Entertainer coming after Officer/Smuggler is done).
Anyway, back to Ryzom stuff
