Seriously, I hate when they have you kill 10 Slightly Agitated Spiders and the next quest has you kill 12 Very Angry Spiders when you have to pass by the Very Angrys to get to the Slightly Agitateds.
Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 3
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Very very true, and I hate this too. Thankfully LOTRO has improved at this somewhat, but they haven't shaken it entirely.. even some of the new quests/areas in the newest expansion do it. Argh.The Great JT said:
Instead of guarding the food, I'd like to think they were figuring how to part it so each soldier has adequate nutrients for the battle ahead. It's the only RATIONal thing I can see them doing.
As soon as I got concerned that he might someday run out of the desire to write about loving clothes so much he'll kill for them, suddenly the murder becomes easier. I must admit, you've written yourself well out of a corner there Shamus!
I do agree about the quests too. I remember in some early World of Warcraft stuff they'd constantly be sending me back to the same place to kill different things, even though I've likely killed a dozen of them last time. Of course my favorite one is "You should collect these things off these guys!" Well, why didn't you tell me before I killed a dozen of them? They've probably cleaned up the bodies by now.
I do agree about the quests too. I remember in some early World of Warcraft stuff they'd constantly be sending me back to the same place to kill different things, even though I've likely killed a dozen of them last time. Of course my favorite one is "You should collect these things off these guys!" Well, why didn't you tell me before I killed a dozen of them? They've probably cleaned up the bodies by now.
i see what you did thereDeadlyYellow said:
OT:i find this to be very similar to when i played a trial for this with my GF
i got bored of killing spiders really fast (they're every where :{O <--surprised face with mustache)
i like they way you tell the story more, it makes it funny
P.S. are you gonna do more bits like this when you finish doing it with LotRO?
and if so, what MMO will you use next?
Outta the way, peck! (Willow)
All this talk of clothes brought me to think about what sort of undergarments hobbits wear. Is it boxers, briefs, thongs, panties, sumo wrappings, goblins? I also noticed in one of your screenshots with Mudbrick that you're simply a scaled down model, and that your hobbitish proportions are deficient. What cup size are you using, Shamus? And by the way, if the bardic career doesn't carry a tune for you, I know for certain, that at your stature, many a human could provide an alternative source of income.
These are just tangent thoughts though. I am enjoying your commentary on the paths of Middle Earth. Does your neck get tired of looking up at those mutant humies?
All this talk of clothes brought me to think about what sort of undergarments hobbits wear. Is it boxers, briefs, thongs, panties, sumo wrappings, goblins? I also noticed in one of your screenshots with Mudbrick that you're simply a scaled down model, and that your hobbitish proportions are deficient. What cup size are you using, Shamus? And by the way, if the bardic career doesn't carry a tune for you, I know for certain, that at your stature, many a human could provide an alternative source of income.
These are just tangent thoughts though. I am enjoying your commentary on the paths of Middle Earth. Does your neck get tired of looking up at those mutant humies?
The worst example is when the next step of a quest chain has you kill a boss who was wandering around the same area where you just were, and you likely already defeated them. Not sure if the quest chain works like this, but having to kill that Gaunt Man after picking up the Urn of the Red Maid.StriderShinryu said:
Maybe the next generations of MMOs will have it set up so you get a quest line like, "Next, I need you to....oh wait, you already did that! Here's your reward!"
You get just one popular MMO doing that, and people wouldn't want to go back to the ones that don't.
I don't know about MMOs, but there are RPGs that do this, in very unrealistic ways. As an example, let's say there's a quest to find a lost locket for some clueless bimbo. You don't have the quest, but stumbled on the locket by luck. You approach the NPC (you've never met before) and are immediately met with, "My locket! You found it! Here, take this reward, and my thanks!"lluewhyn said:
Excuse me? You have X-Ray vision? See right into my pocket/pack? Locket, what locket? Oh that, my mother gave it to me years ago. Now get away from me you crazy *****.
You can adjust this example as needed, to cover pretty much any quest. In many games these days, the player has zero dialogue choices. The game designers get around the above situation by assuming a lot of things on your behalf. I hate it.
