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Tabbycat
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feel the need to read the quest dialogue as it's spoken by the NPC?

I've tried not to. But I can't help it. I have to read it all.
Edited by Tabbycat on September 1, 2014 1:22AM
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Quest Dialogue... does anyone else... 114 votes

Yes, I must read everything!
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Don't be silly. I don't have to read what I can hear.
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What quest dialogue? *click click click*
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  • Anvos
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Yes but if your doing a dungeon run often you'll have to just read the quest stuff on your skill point run since others get impatient and will tend to run off to kill stuff.
  • baratron
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    I rely on the subtitles in the NPC Chat window. Without them, I wouldn't have a clue what was being said 3/4 of the time.
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  • Xeres14
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    Don't be silly. I don't have to read what I can hear.
    Thees waan listens to the NPCs.
  • Nox_Aeterna
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    Don't be silly. I don't have to read what I can hear.
    Sometimes i read , sometimes i dont.

    I do like to do one or the other when possible and avoid skipping the lore and what the NPCs got to say.
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  • Nestor
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I learned to speed read a long time ago, so I am always cutting off the spoken dialog. However, I do read the quest text dialog, at least the first time through.
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  • PBpsy
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Yes, I read and read pretty fast. That's why I used that no written dialog add-on on my first playtrough.
    http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info91-Ak0sNoWrittenDialogue.html
    Edited by PBpsy on September 3, 2014 2:43PM
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  • Vizier
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    What quest dialogue? *click click click*
    I pretty much click through 95% of the dialog. I do play it through and read it maybe the first couple times through for immersion but after that...click click click
  • Pathfinder
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    What quest dialogue? *click click click*
    Honestly, once I realized that the 'choices' you get really doesnt effect the quest like it did in TES, I just started always clicking though as fast as I could.
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  • Armitas
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I am hoping the updated facials will change that, but I can't help not reading it. For some reason I can't just sit there and watch the npc talk to me. I have to read it too.

    I think they should should test the new facials to see if players are more likely to listen rather than read. I think what is going on is that it is easier for our imagination to fulfill the role of npc actor, as one might do while reading a book, rather than rely on the actual npc actor which cannot currently compete with the emotional realism of our imaginative npc actor.
    Edited by Armitas on September 3, 2014 3:57PM
    Retired.
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  • AlexDougherty
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Good dialogue mostly, and it tells you what you need to know.
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  • Pallmor
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Considering how many players treat this game like it's a great big speed run, I thought I was the only one who actually did stuff like read/listen to dialogue and even (GASP) read many of the books and notes in the game and listen to random NPC dialogue.
  • Sarenia
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I usually try to just listen.

    I used to use an addon to disable the text actually, which was pretty awesome. Unfortunately, there are sometimes spoken words that I don't quite catch or understand. So I disabled it.
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  • smeeprocketnub19_ESO
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I always read everything if I am able. Any excuse to read most anything is a win in my book.
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  • Psychobunni
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I read everything on the first run through, dialogue, books, random notes laying around.....by the 3rd or so toon I'm just clicking through.
    If options weren't necessary, and everyone played the same way, no one would use addons. Fix the UI!

  • jambam817_ESO
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    For my first playthrough of every alliance zone, i read most if not all of it.

    Subsequent characters, click click click... :)
  • pinstripesc
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    I do have a tendency to stare at it even if I don't want to, like a train wreck. And majority of the time I skip to the next line once they've said reached the last 8 or so words.
  • ArcVelarian
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Sometimes actually stopping to read the dialogue tells you what your objectives are better than your journal can.
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  • MasterSpatula
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    In solo content, I listen and read. In group content, I always read/skim, because the group will always leave me behind if I stop to take in the storytelling aspects of the game--even though that's the best part of the game.
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  • leeux
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I try to control myself and avoid reading at the same time they're talking... but sometimes I cannot help myself.

    I try to look at their faces/gestures... some of them are quite well done.

    Like Sheo, he always crack me up when he answers "The catch?!" during the Circus of the Cheerful Slaughter quest (played it three times already!), and the gesture added to the phrase is very fitting :)

    I cannot wait until they have the facial animations... as it will make NPCs interaction much more interesting and immersive.

    EDIT: phrasing
    Edited by leeux on September 4, 2014 1:22AM
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  • TheAmu
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    The actors speak so slow. And their tone doesn't suit the situation.

    I usually read ahead.
  • Elloa
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I try to not to, but I just can't help to read as the NPC speak. The fact I'm not english native may be the reason.
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  • pinkempyreal
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Where is everyone from the polls in game?? I always end up grouped with the *click click clickers* in group dungeons. I swear I have done the first couple of group dungeons three or more times and still don't know entirely what the quests were about...
  • twev
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I read the text just to compare it to the spoken word to spot when they aren't the same.
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  • Blkadr
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    I read about 4x faster than they speak and I don't have the patience to sit and listed to that. Unless they have an exceptionally sexy voice! lol
  • Bleakraven
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Yes, I read as it is spoken. I tend to often mishear what is said.
  • Magdalina
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    Yes, I must read everything!
    Anvos wrote: »
    Yes but if your doing a dungeon run often you'll have to just read the quest stuff on your skill point run since others get impatient and will tend to run off to kill stuff.

    I must read everything. I usually tell people that much at the start of a run and if they don't have enough patience to wait for their healer, well, it's not my fault if they die;)
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