tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post3937796652599850978..comments2023-10-17T08:35:27.492-07:00Comments on Ixobelle (archived): Arugal Lives!Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01024497755617725448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-59369425326796579362009-02-26T03:12:00.000-08:002009-02-26T03:12:00.000-08:00I liked the quest chain, in the end I wished there...I liked the quest chain, in the end I wished there would have been a bit more about the werewolves in the Grizzly Hills. There was, but not enough, I really loved all the Werewolf quests there! :)<BR/><BR/>What I liked was that the plot was inspired by a "Conan" short story by Robert E. Howard. They could add some more quest chains based on fantasy literature classics. The sexy vampire princess Akivasha is one of my favorite characters, she only had a very minor role in only one novel.<BR/><BR/>Time for WoW to add a sexy vampire princess model to the game, hmm? :) <BR/><BR/>http://www.enworld.org/Inzeladun/conan/akivasha.htm<BR/>http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/akivasha.htmLongaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-42123461758825936322009-02-25T18:47:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:47:00.000-08:00One of my favorite things was when Nef was watchin...One of my favorite things was when Nef was watching over the Rend fight and you could summon Vael by clicking the UBRS key, before Vael was known about (other than releasing him from his cage thing in RFD/K whatever). Awesome stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-28972838182032709862009-02-25T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:44:00.000-08:00Watching Nef just stand up there taunting us durin...Watching Nef just stand up there taunting us during UBRS definitely gave me incentive to go fight him in BWL. Having recurring characters that do more than just stand around saying the same thing, or handing out the same quest over and over, and even bosses that do more than just stand around waiting to be killed definitely help make the world come alive to me. I'm pretty sure I said this before, but immersion is huge to me when I play games and if the game world has life, if the NPCs do more than something a signpost could accomplish, then I start caring about the people and places. That's the difference between a climactic encounter with a high cost of lives and a climactic encounter with a high cost of lives that leaves me in tears for several minutes lamenting the people who died.<BR/><BR/>Taking the other side into consideration, however, every NPC that changes location or moves to a new base of operation has to be replaced where he/she/it used to be by someone new. In some cases, it can work out, like when Rexxar was replaced by that one wandering lady. In other cases, such as where the NPC has a specific lore or ability reason for being there (Only Frank's bloodline can summon the dread demon Ricardo and he's the last one!) it becomes a bit harder to put forth a contrived excuse for why they're not there and the B-stringer is trying to fill those shoes.<BR/><BR/>It's a cool gameplay idea and it's one I love, but if you've written yourself into a lore corner, you're SOL, because those NPCs can't go anywhere.Krunchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864601535116559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563653272708826682.post-45197427128050259892009-02-25T18:43:00.000-08:002009-02-25T18:43:00.000-08:00I love it when lore characters come back and becom...I love it when lore characters come back and become more than just a someone in an instance to kill for loot. Arugal had pretty much an entire zone devoted to him, along with the instance. Pretty much all of BRM worked with this, with all the lore figures and stories being shown before the instance and presented as true enemies.<BR/><BR/>I was glad to see Arugal come back, but it would have been nice to see more of him. Hopefully Grizzly Hills will be merely a setback.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.com