Originally posted by alerum Originally posted by Iceman12321 I'm in the same shoes as you are alerum. what sort of mmorpgs are you/have been playing? currenty nothing i gave up on eq nw im hopping eq2 will be reminisent of the old eq when it releases.
- I think many are hoping this --at least, im one of them
Well, the first virtual world that someone gets into is very special to them. It's a magical, enchanting, never-to-be-repeated experience. You thought it was only you who looked back wistfully on your early days like that? Nah, it's everyone.
and then:
In general, players view all their subsequent virtual worlds in the light cast from their first one. They will demand that features from their first world be added to their current world, even if those very features were partly responsible for why they left the first world. They'll say they hate treadmills, but if their first experience was in a virtual world with treadmills, then they'll gravitate towards other virtual worlds with treadmills, all the while still hating them.
There's a long explanation for this, to do with the search for identity, which I won't delve into here because you only need to know that players do behave this way, not why (that's a different rant). Read my book (Designing Virtual Worlds) if you want the full story.
People on these forums are a great example of this!
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- I think many are hoping this
--at least, im one of them
You guys should read this:
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20041103/bartle_pfv.htm
specifically he talks about:
and then:
People on these forums are a great example of this!
Very true too, if you ask me.
But now for some smilies:
Stoopid Double Posts. Ah well, heres some more smilies:
