05-29-2009, 03:57 PM
Hoofhurr Wrote:Yeah I'm not in favor of declarations either. Still I'm worried that while this sounds fun to create, once players align themselves with a faction and do everything they can to move that faction forward, aren't all the choices they make sort of defaulted? Where are the difficult and interesting choices players have to make? Where are the trade-offs 3-4 weeks into the game?
It is limiting if their are only 20 factions. We are talking about a 1000 factions. Plus alligning yourself to man made factions like guilds.
The idea of this type of game is to try and be part of the evolving world. The world evolves with out you but you have some say so in how it evolves.
What is the point of faction I guess is what you are asking.
The end result of faction is the following:
*To get the faction to do your bidding (attacking your PC enemies, attacking other NPC factions that are aligned with your PC enemies)
*To use the faction to gain rewards (money, items, quest rewards, skills)
*To use the faction to further your personal or guilds advancement (building castles, resourses, taking over lands, participating in large wars)
With so many factions (as one is destroyed the game replaces them with new ones potentially) the game isn't about just alligning yourself with a single faction. It is possibly using multiple factions for advancement. You may be so inclined to start a civil war etc.
With the shift from players dictating the changes in worlds like Shadowbane and Planetside to the NPC's doing it this make the MMO more like a rollercoaster ride rather then pushing a cart. You create an enviorment where people take part in PVP as part of an NPC team instead of trying to drive the PVP team.
Vllad