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On the Kings Debate:
I'm actually for NPC Kings. It's an original idea that will in fact work better. And if you relied on a KING to help you RP, well you are not that good of an RPer. Back in the day of dwindling Graal2001, back when there would be like 10 people on, I used to just log on and Rp my Samurai warrior. Go off on adventures, keep a journal, etc.
Part of Role Playing is making your own adventure. The game is just there to help you, make a setting. And frankly, I'd be delighted to have my character speak with the king, and perhaps gain some new quest through misinterpretation of kings words =P.
One critisim that I do havbe is, knoi, you'd have to make one hell of a npc script for that. I mean I've already tried to do something like this back in the day, and it's tough. You might also want to generate a full court to the king, with high ranking offciers/maids and so on,a s wella s a "drama generator" that for example creates a relationship between a maid and the king, or one of the stable boys kills a high ranking officer. That would be awesome. Or even better (And this would probably be doen as a customn event), the king gets slayn, and a new hier rises to power by withdrawing a club of power from some sort of wooden cove o.0
Anyway, I say take the NPC King idea and run with it. It makes sense, and those that complain probably do not see the potential.
I mean seriously, how many times did you fail to have a fun time RPing because someone broke out of character, or started doing something completley incoherent. It happens alot, ALOT! RPing with friends in a preset environment that NURTURES your Role Playing world, that is fun! I mean, my funnest time role playing has always been in small groups, that do not rely on some king or any kind of higher power. If I want to go around killing things for suposedly higher purpose, I'd go load up UT2k4, or just go gank in Bomboria. To me, majority of the time, it'd be same as Kingdom Wars. |