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DLC and roleplay -> a true STORY to be told ... or just a step back to a 0-8-15 mmo?
Elsterchen
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Hi there,
with all this tamriel unlimited news, buzz and speculations out there I might have missed a post refering to this, more roleplay-releated, topic.
Currently ESO offers a continuous story to be played, with a TES graphics and Set-Up (in many parts at least). This was accomplished by integrating some "well-known"-TES-things like: One always starts in a prison... or ... NPCs reacting to accoplishments done by the hero... or .... revealing quests by exploring an area.
Now, I was wondering ... with the tamriel unlimited going live, everyone has the choice to buy specific content and ... as a consequence, neglegt other.
What do you think, how will this choice affect roleplay ? How will this affect character progression of the role your hero plays in the story? What do you think about the possibilty for new players to skip content (and thereby story!)?
I feel this will break a consistent story-line that was making this MMORPG different from other MMOs. I like to play a story and while I do have sympathy for those that only like the contest-side of the game, I do think there are many MMOs out there were they may get the satisfaction they seek, while i do not know any other MMO that offers a consistent and rich story to be played.
Please discuss!
with all this tamriel unlimited news, buzz and speculations out there I might have missed a post refering to this, more roleplay-releated, topic.
Currently ESO offers a continuous story to be played, with a TES graphics and Set-Up (in many parts at least). This was accomplished by integrating some "well-known"-TES-things like: One always starts in a prison... or ... NPCs reacting to accoplishments done by the hero... or .... revealing quests by exploring an area.
Now, I was wondering ... with the tamriel unlimited going live, everyone has the choice to buy specific content and ... as a consequence, neglegt other.
What do you think, how will this choice affect roleplay ? How will this affect character progression of the role your hero plays in the story? What do you think about the possibilty for new players to skip content (and thereby story!)?
I feel this will break a consistent story-line that was making this MMORPG different from other MMOs. I like to play a story and while I do have sympathy for those that only like the contest-side of the game, I do think there are many MMOs out there were they may get the satisfaction they seek, while i do not know any other MMO that offers a consistent and rich story to be played.
Please discuss!
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Bloodystab✭✭✭✭It doesn't matter now, enjoy Cash shop items - its gonna be core of ESO sooner or later.0 -
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✭@Elsterchen, at this time it's impossible to know, because ZOS have explicitly said they're not prepared to talk about it yet, just what content model for DLC they're going to use.
There are many F2P and hybrid games, each with a Store, whose Stores vary quite markedly in how much content is packaged into a single piece of 'content'. Thus it's impossible to know just how much 'pick and choose' there will be.
If you take LOTRO, there is no 'landmass' type content that isn't part of an 'expansion' pack, which is simply a huge item of 'content' but without which you effectively can't progress in the game.
Other games have far small bits of 'content' that add small bits of a map which are entirely optional to one's overall progression in the game.
We have to wait for ZOS to talk about it before knowing what's in Store (pun fully intended
) for ESO. 0