Support the RP community!
Nanamix
Soul Shriven
I don't know how many times this has been brought up, but I might as well go for it on my own term.
As you can see, one of the reason I bough the game was due to the announcement that RPers will get "phased" together from an announcement. Well, that turned out to be folly.
Remember this?
Where the heck is it? Because for some downtime other than leveling, I would love to be phased with other like-minded roleplayers and roleplay things out without people being a jerk or a troll about it.
Now then, moving on to the next discussion is the chat bubbles. Yes, I understand that you guys wanted to make a limited UI immersive game, but for the love of Talos, have you any idea on how to make a proper MMORPG? Hint hint, the keyword is "Massively Multiplayer Online ROLEPLAYING Game". And by that, you need some really good community for the long run. If you want to make a limited UI, social-less game, then go for the singleplayer route and develop The Elder Scrolls 6 or something. This is an MMORPG, and if you can't settle down with the chat/speech bubbles, and believe me, it helps when you also make it optional. This is where you gain another fraction of subscription, is through the roleplaying community. And believe me, they will be your longest lasting subscribers, and this has been proven in many MMORPGs out there, unless you decided to *** them off completely by not supporting the community and social aspect (RP).
In short, dear Zenimax, please realize the importance of building a community in an "MMORPG". I want to support this game, but I do not support the fact that I was cheated out from what you guys promised me that you were going to implement, especially about that phasing thing. If you value the game, then value the customers who is paying you guys just to play the game. The PvP and PvE gets what they want, now give the RPer what we want.
As you can see, one of the reason I bough the game was due to the announcement that RPers will get "phased" together from an announcement. Well, that turned out to be folly.
Remember this?
Where the heck is it? Because for some downtime other than leveling, I would love to be phased with other like-minded roleplayers and roleplay things out without people being a jerk or a troll about it.
Now then, moving on to the next discussion is the chat bubbles. Yes, I understand that you guys wanted to make a limited UI immersive game, but for the love of Talos, have you any idea on how to make a proper MMORPG? Hint hint, the keyword is "Massively Multiplayer Online ROLEPLAYING Game". And by that, you need some really good community for the long run. If you want to make a limited UI, social-less game, then go for the singleplayer route and develop The Elder Scrolls 6 or something. This is an MMORPG, and if you can't settle down with the chat/speech bubbles, and believe me, it helps when you also make it optional. This is where you gain another fraction of subscription, is through the roleplaying community. And believe me, they will be your longest lasting subscribers, and this has been proven in many MMORPGs out there, unless you decided to *** them off completely by not supporting the community and social aspect (RP).
In short, dear Zenimax, please realize the importance of building a community in an "MMORPG". I want to support this game, but I do not support the fact that I was cheated out from what you guys promised me that you were going to implement, especially about that phasing thing. If you value the game, then value the customers who is paying you guys just to play the game. The PvP and PvE gets what they want, now give the RPer what we want.
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Vyndeleron✭✭✭Heard about this feature and it seemed in beta or whatever it was quietly dropped....
I really don't know... heard about FOV increase along with other little things yet still not here....0 -
I hate to say it but I think that you RP'ers just don't constitute enough of a market share to really devote dev time to it. If you really want chat bubbles you may want to find a way to do it with an addon. You also may want to just pick an out of the way city or inn to use as a home. I just don't see them putting dev time into something where they won't get their money back out of it in the end, so if you want it you'll probably have to do it yourself.0
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NanamixSoul ShrivenWhat in the blazes do you mean we don't constitute enough of the market? We do play the contents, we do pay the subscription just like anyone else and share the same amount of playtime just like anyone else. Hell, we don't rush through the entire content and take everything slow, which even increase more playtime (subscription) throughout. So what do you even mean we don't constitute enough of the market?1
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angrychipmonk92Soul ShrivenEasy now. Easy. Let's all agree that the megaserver phasing needs to be worked out but no need to get to upset. However RPers do make up a community here and we deserve a little recognition for their input to the subscriptions. Now on the chat bubble subject there is an addon for it. So I'll get that. So...yeah I would like more RP stuff but I can wait. I'd like to get back in the game first xD0
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Laura✭✭✭✭✭
✭I'm not a roleplayer never have been but this game makes me want to try it. This game is ripe for it and I think they missed a target here. At least the survey thing that grouped you with like minded people and paired you within an age group. I would have really liked to see that.1 -
Yes you do play the game. Now I don't enjoy RP but I don't have anything against those that do. My point is that there are comparatively few of you. So you have to balance that vs how many code hours would be spent by how ever many employee's it would take to do it. I don't think there are enough RP players that could be enticed to play with those improvements for them (Zenimax) to turn a profit on it. That's all it is. It's not personal, it's just questioning if there are enough of you for it to be profitable to make the changes requested on an official level.What in the blazes do you mean we don't constitute enough of the market? We do play the contents, we do pay the subscription just like anyone else and share the same amount of playtime just like anyone else. Hell, we don't rush through the entire content and take everything slow, which even increase more playtime (subscription) throughout. So what do you even mean we don't constitute enough of the market?1 -
NanamixSoul ShrivenI know what you mean, but my point isn't directed soley for RPers, but those who seek out for community building and development other than just /zone all day, you know?
Besides, and trust me on this, there's actually quite a lot of roleplayers out there in general. Unless Zenimax did an actual statistic survey about how many of us are there. In terms of "profitable" thing, I think that the point is we're still paying for the subscription to play. I think our subscriptions altogether can round up to the amount that is being paid to simple chat bubbles and social development of the game. We're not asking for new contents, we're just asking for something to systematically be implemented to benefit virtually anyone who wishes to use it.Edited by Nanamix on April 8, 2014 9:09AM3 -
Twistedmind✭✭I'm not a roleplayer never have been but this game makes me want to try it. This game is ripe for it and I think they missed a target here. At least the survey thing that grouped you with like minded people and paired you within an age group. I would have really liked to see that.
Nice to see how persons that are not really in (yet) to RP but this game makes them interested... If you want to join in to RP @Laura I would suggest to be brave and when you see people standing around and talking in /s maybe just whisper to one of them or look the possibility to join in.
What I have seen was one moment at least where random person joined in to our talks at Ebonheart. Were were having drinks and he was either for a while standing around or making emotes ( drink / eat ) and then he kind of joined in to the talks because we were sharing a table and it is rude not to ask around who this lizard is.Egypt and Antarctica kills off more investigators each year than cancer does.
Old Call of Cthulhu fact.0