If a player CURES full vampirism/lycanthropy, should it be a permanent decision on THAT character?

Knootewoot

I voted no. It is just a game. Just like you can reset your skills you must be able to change between werewolf/vampire. I praised game like SWG or Ryzom that you could change skills / profession.

TESO is great that you can change weapon/armor/world skills

Except classes, i think changing your class option would be good to, but not make any class skill available and a classless game.

Gives a bit more freedom.

naatokb14_ESO

I must admit, I expected at least SOME other vampire RPers out there to express revulsion for the prostitution of the Dark Gift.

I should have known better when one of the RP hubs has Twilight-twink vampire RP right out in public.

/facepalm

Ethromelb14_ESO

guybrushtb16_ESO wrote: »

Ethromelb14_ESO wrote: »

Not necessarily. In order to make a game fun it needs to first be considered from a RP standpoint.

No. This may be true for single player, rp heavy games, but this is a mainstream mmo and those always favor mechanics over rp.

What are you missing? Mechanics are encouraged just so people can feel more immersed in the game, leading to the ability to RP. Approaching the game from a RP perspective is what motivates all developers. The never-ending question at the creative table - What do people want to do? What do players want to be able to do? Ask almost any developer, and they're not going to say 'Oh well, we just want to make sure the game works'.

KenjiJU

After turning into a Werewolf to a Vampire to a Werewolf to a Vampire, you should turn into a Flesh Atronach.

Merlin13KAGL

naatokb14_ESO wrote: »

I must admit, I expected at least SOME other vampire RPers out there to express revulsion for the prostitution of the Dark Gift.

I should have known better when one of the RP hubs has Twilight-twink vampire RP right out in public.

/facepalm

@naatokb14_ESO‌ , to be fair, you are not the only one that feels this way. I have not yet passed on the gift because I intend for it to mean something. It meant something when it was given to me, and it was not a choice I took lightly, either way.

Add the run-around-with-a-bow method of 'completing' the quest, and it loses meaning further.

Add the individuals that not only rent out their gift once a week, but add the individuals that do not care at all to whom they rent it to.

There was a level 8 in zone that had shelled out thousands of gold receiving no information as to what he would have to face in 7 days to complete the 'transaction.' I spoke with him at length, noting the benefits of completing the quest the way it was intended ~ something simply not possible at his level. Told him it will be worth more to him when earned properly.

I finally made a deal with him, reimbursing his gold with agreement that when he was at level, I would turn him for free.

The sad truth is, no matter how we, and others like us, may feel about it, it's so far gone at this point that it is beyond return.

So, as I view it, there are several vampires out there, yes. There are far more slightly more intelligent bloodfiends.

It's a shame, but thank you for also holding the gift as something more than a handful of passives and something to pass the time.

Ethromelb14_ESO

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

naatokb14_ESO wrote: »

I must admit, I expected at least SOME other vampire RPers out there to express revulsion for the prostitution of the Dark Gift.

I should have known better when one of the RP hubs has Twilight-twink vampire RP right out in public.

/facepalm

@naatokb14_ESO‌ , to be fair, you are not the only one that feels this way. I have not yet passed on the gift because I intend for it to mean something. It meant something when it was given to me, and it was not a choice I took lightly, either way.

Add the run-around-with-a-bow method of 'completing' the quest, and it loses meaning further.

Add the individuals that not only rent out their gift once a week, but add the individuals that do not care at all to whom they rent it to.

There was a level 8 in zone that had shelled out thousands of gold receiving no information as to what he would have to face in 7 days to complete the 'transaction.' I spoke with him at length, noting the benefits of completing the quest the way it was intended ~ something simply not possible at his level. Told him it will be worth more to him when earned properly.

I finally made a deal with him, reimbursing his gold with agreement that when he was at level, I would turn him for free.

The sad truth is, no matter how we, and others like us, may feel about it, it's so far gone at this point that it is beyond return.

So, as I view it, there are several vampires out there, yes. There are far more slightly more intelligent bloodfiends.

It's a shame, but thank you for also holding the gift as something more than a handful of passives and something to pass the time.

I can appreciate reading something like this because it is exactly how I have played. I already run a guild and I have many followers that take the Dark Gift seriously (game wise). The coven is tight, secretive, and no one that wants to be affiliated gets in without having either ran the actual mission or my having turned them as their maker.

Its great to read of another player that respects what vamps are about.