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@ ZOS Reincarnation System thoughts / ideas

Wing
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the general idea behind a system like this is essentially allowing you to take a current character and start the game over with some kind of benefit. there are a lot of reasons to do this (mechanical, cosmetic, extended game life, etc.) but the concept stays the same, this is my outline / ideas for how such a system could work in ESO.
you would be given the option to choose if you want to reincarnate at Vet rank 1 (or whatever this turns into in the future) this means if you made a mistake or don't like your current character you have the option before progressing into the long term grinds.


now, what this does and the possible benefits of this system:

-allows you to pick and choose a new class / race / faction for your character without completely loosing all investments in that character.
-allow you to keep skill ranks you have previously unlocked (meaning if you had a rank 50 enchanting it would still be rank 50 when you reincarnated)
-allow you to keep alliance and vanguard rank / rep
-allow you to keep all achievements and achievement progress you have made thus far

possible other bonuses
-keep skyshards / skill points?
-a reincarnation buff allowing all xp (non vet) to count towards champion points (meaning 1-50 would count towards champion points)

the reason behind said system?

some people enjoy the "hero" aspect of the game, and enjoy the 1-50 (and possibly the Vet 1-14-16) leveling and questing, however without the ability to repeat quests there does come a point where you have nothing left to do but end game repeatable content (trials, dsa, etc.) or pvp.

at this point all you can do is delete a character you have played and for however long amount of time and start a new one from scratch, and that's a very sad prospect as a lot of us get attached to our characters. (I understand some don't, but you don't have to participate in said system)

on the game side of this it grants no meaningful bonus over someone who has progressed to vet 14, and someone who has reincarnated and progressed to vet 14, if they both played the same amount of time they should be on the exact same playing field.

and in the end this provides a single character a theoretical endless amount of content, as well as gives players ways without deleting characters to play every race / class / faction combo in the game. . .possibly on the same character if they so desired.

PS: you could create specific tiny passives for reincarnation so that it granted a mechanical bonus (ala DDO) but I am personally against this sort of thing.
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  • UltimaJoe777
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    I have played my share of games with rebirth systems and I do not believe this game needs one. Also doing this would completely unbalance non-veteran PvP.
    Edited by UltimaJoe777 on August 21, 2015 5:53AM
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  • Wing
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    Also doing this would completely unbalance non-veteran PvP.

    okay that's legit I forgot about that. . .but to be fare ZOS did too HA!

    Edited by Wing on August 21, 2015 5:57AM
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  • TheShadowScout
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    Considering how long it can take to level a character... I doubt many people would enjoy discarding all that effort and starting over again.
    Wing wrote: »
    ...however without the ability to repeat quests there does come a point where you have nothing left to do but end game repeatable content (trials, dsa, etc.) or pvp.
    Or -blech- grinding. Or waiting for the next DLC.

    The only way I see as viable for any reincarnation idea would be as some sort of class change mechanic - keep your crafting research you spent so much time on, keep any motivs you learned, keep your character appereance and name, restart at new class with level 1 with all skills reset and redo the story. That -would- be benefit enough, keeping your months of research... and a viable way to change class while avoiding the "skills" question, albeit with a "redo" penalty that would please the "no to class change" crowd...


  • Rosveen
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    I'm against class change and this is basically what your idea is.
    Wing wrote: »
    at this point all you can do is delete a character you have played and for however long amount of time and start a new one from scratch, and that's a very sad prospect as a lot of us get attached to our characters. (I understand some don't, but you don't have to participate in said system)
    You have 8 character slots on each server you play on.
    Edited by Rosveen on August 21, 2015 11:25AM
  • Gidorick
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    I actually think the champion system acts sort of like a reincarnation mechanic, if you play it a certain way. Keeping all your skill levels would be interesting but I would think you would need to gather all the skill points again and perhaps crafting research is retained.

    There needs to be just as many decentives to NOT reincarnate as there are incentives to reincarnate. Oh, and I think it should be a ritual that you perform in game. Something you do to ensure your journey along the dreamsleeve back to Mundus.

    I had outlined a different concept but similar in spirit. Character offspring...
    http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/153977/eso-character-offspring-a-phylogenetics-concept/p1
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  • willymchilybily
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    I just am not on your wavelength sorry OP.

    You enjoy playing the same quests over and over and have done so enough times to have 8 VR 14 characters? and you want to be able to do the quests again (without losing certain progress) even if it gains you absolutely nothing?

    ....im just going to throw it out there; I think this option will only be appreciated by a very niche market that should still be playing diablo 3

    As such I would rather ZOS spent time and effort to bring out new zones and new quests, rather than time developing a system to repeat it all again for fun( without deleting one of your 8 characters)
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  • NewBlacksmurf
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    No thanks.
    All that is missing is character cosmetic changes (not in the game right now) and respect scroll (in the game now)

    If someone feels they messed up they would just make a new character and level them
    Edited by NewBlacksmurf on August 21, 2015 1:22PM
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