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Ashes of Creation Dev Discussion Wants to Know Moments in MMORPGs Which Broke Your Immersion
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Ashes of Creation Dev Discussion Wants to Know Moments in MMORPGs Which Broke Your Immersion
The latest Ashes of Creation dev discussion is here and wants your input on immersion breakers.
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Using voice chat.
And also, yes. No built in, non-consensual voice chat. Nothing takes me out of it faster than hearing some randos voice.
But what about my alluring sexy dances on the main square mailbox?
Signed
err... Santa
Im not a Combat Pilot .. im a Knight. I dont wanna see Overlays all over the place that look total
High tech. Same for the other UI Elements. Absolut turn off in BDO.
I couldnt bear it...
Strange Outfits and Mounts i agree…
I dont wanna see Elvis popping up and an Rainbow Unicorn comming around the corner
Missing wandering NPC. Damm for the Love of god, noone stays around the same place like a statues for Months. Let them move a few steps. Even better if they are at total different Positions as the day Progress.
That Counts for NPC's in Cities and out at some encampment or small settlement. Heck even Monsters, noone stays in one position forever.
Also.. i really dont like he fact that you get the same "Trivial" loot regardless how the critter said goodbye to the world.
It would be great if you get "Bone Chips" from critters that you Smash, "half a Bone" if cut and surely no Pelts when you use a Slash weapon on them.
Also too many Pop up Messages.. God i dont Need 2 or 3 GIANT sized Pop ups whenever something MIGHT come up that warrants a help window ..
theres more .. but well this are the majors
Experience given for doing quests,your character should not be more experienced at their role just because they did some fetch me quest.Your character role should be tied into your skills and those should be used to get better at them.Pretty simple concept really,if your mom sent you to the store to get a loaf of bread would you then become a better Warrior?
Enemies should only drop loot they are using and especially not drop something stupid like mounts and pets unless of course they happen to be using that at the given time.
I don't want to see players jumping in the air 20 feet or zooming in from 20 feet out.
Objects that stand out like a sore thumb.Example is i shouldn't look at something and think it looks placed or not a natural part of the world,example nodes should look natural and not have glowing lights.On that same subject i can't stand seeing glowing lights coming off loot either.
Phased in content or instances,i want the world to at least look persistent.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
No lolly pop maces, no candy houses, no popsicle axes and stupid crap like that.
Cash shop button should not be in game. Should be on the website only with no advertisements in game at all for cashshop stuff. And absolutely no auto play features.
I am also not a fan of out of place mounts and armor. Not a fan of a tank wearing a bikini and sunglasses to a dragon fight or a flying mount that has no business flying. Everything added including cashshop stuff should be fitting to the game.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED
When a quest / NPC tells me something is going to be difficult and it's a faceroll... I know most MMOs use vertical progression, but enemies within your level range should at least present some challenge / danger.
When gear becomes +1, +2, +3, etc. ... High level gear especially should present a variety of options, come from a variety of sources, and allow a variety of builds with different strengths and weaknesses.
In your face UI
Corpse inappropriate loot
Rigid crafting
Level scaling
Glued to the ground NPCs
Enemies spawning from thin air
Static environments without weather, wildlife and day and night cycles
I could go on.
/Cheers,
Lahnmir
Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
Well come on man, you're 40 years old. She shouldn't have to tell you anymore.
just kidding
No mounts/costumes/skins that don't fit with the world. No santa hats and no steampunk cars, unless it's a santa world or a steampunk game.
No links in my UI that sends me to the web/premium shop.
autopathing. no thank you, octopus.
Music that doesn't fit the world
Inventory is a whole animal in itself. No, I shouldn't be able to carry 100 stone blocks in my pack, but is it realistic i can swing a hammer 6 times and get a perfect stone block out of a quarry? But at the same time I don't want to play Inventory Tycoon all day either, that's hurts more than realistic burden values.
If you look at the history of mining and logging and such, you see it took a lot of expendable men and a lot of mechanical advantage to get things done. A lot of horse power, whether from horses or not, is needed. That's not realistic either. I can't be expected to team up with others just to get some bags of coal or iron. I don't have an army if immigrants looking for a new life in a new land. I have a backpack, and hopefully a mule or a cart or both.
Meaningless and/or repetitive quests. This is a biggie. It shows me, right away, whether my time is valuable to this game or not.
Meaningless and/or absurd loot. Why did this saber-toothed vampire cow drop a chipped ruby and a studded leather epaulette?
There is immersion in the sense of your attention remaining focused in the game world, versus the real world, because the game world is sufficiently engaging, be it realistic or not.
And there is immersion in terms of whether you feel you are experiencing the game world as your character; e.g., are you a wizard, or just a generic avatar?
And there is immersion in terms of how realistic the world and your character in it are. By realism I mean is it what it was intended to be?
Some things break one type of immersion but not another.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Mounts, clothes and UI were the biggest offenders. In your face UI (do I really need giant You accepted a Quest text after accepting it?). Mounts which look out of place all the time. Everything done in the name of cuteness.
When I went to check out housing I found a medieval japanese castle standing right next to a modern looking house. Everything in that game felt out of place.
The moment developers start puting things into a game just for a fan service's sake it's the end for me.
On the other hand good weather effects (mist after a rain or in the morning) are a very good features.