Idea: Character Background Information field...

dtm_samuraib16_ESO

As per the title.

Discuss, but please keep it decent.

Thank you.

TheShadowScout

Oh, I have been wanting something like this... well, since i started playing, really.

It would be sooo nifty to be able to write a short character history for my mains for other people to glance throgh, and even more importantly, to peek at for those others I might meet...
It would be nice to know a bit about whose backstory might be interesting for roleplayer interactions after all. Heck, it would be a nice way to pick out the roleplayers, since the "just here to kill stuff" players usually leave those things blank...

Of course, even more nifty would it be if you could do this not just in an "backstory tab" for the interaction wheel, but... maybe... in an "rumour system", where you "ask" some NPC about that -character name- and they will tell you what the words on the streets is on that guy/gal... half the time you get a pregenerated rumour depended on their achivevemets ("I hear XXX is a master alchemist in their leisure time..." "I hear XXX once climbed the highest mountain in Cyrodil, and fought a giant there..." "I hear XXX is a stone cold murderer, having slaughtered dozends of people all over Tamriel...") or other character stats ("I hear XXX is very skilled with a bow..." "I hear XXX prefers to wear medium armor..." "I hear XXX has done a lot of work for the Thieves Guild..." ) and half the time you get one from a selection of player written background rumors for their character (And hopefully that would be stuff like "I hear XXX... fought in the akaivi invasiojn when she was just a little girl..." or "I hear XXX... was once captured by pirates, and only barely managed to escape..." and not stuff like "I hear XXX... has the biggest -censored naughty word for a certain part of human anatomy- in all of Tamriel...")

cjhhickman39

It would be great as a grouping tool also . When trying to get a pug together info like I prefer to slow walk a dungeon and check everywhere or go at top speed to try and give the AI fits etc. would be helpful in seeing if you could work well together

RazielSR

It would be extremely cool.

Elsterchen

I would love this too!

But I think any thoughts in this direction got burried with the "RP phasing"-idea ... shortly after/during beta.

Keep my hopes up the horse is just said-to-be-dead.

KhajitFurTrader

RazielSR wrote: »

It would be extremely cool.

This, but it also offers an opportunity for all kinds of violations against the Code of Conduct, so it would have to be made able to be moderated when being reported by readers. Which implies this feature would need to offer some kind of reporting functionality.

But if user feedback to a character background information (CBI) feature is a given anyway, why not go ahead and implement a positive feedback button in the likes of "I enjoyed reading this" as well, to encourage positive behavior? Certain thresholds could then bestow special temporary titles (the "Like" counter would need to be reset on major edits of the CBI on the player's part, ofc). That's one feature I've always missed in those games which offered CBI from the get-go (e.g., LOTRO).

TheShadowScout

Elsterchen wrote: »

Keep my hopes up the horse is just said-to-be-dead.

If the horse is dead... call in the necromancers, I say!