11-22-2015, 09:11 AM
Ballad Wrote:I pretty much agree with Okor here. 20k isn't THAT much. If you write like me, you can land that in 20 posts or less. But the fact that Diablo is the only way out not only completely limits the choices for characters (especially if they don't bow to authority quite as easily, making them being Diablo's subordinate out of character,) it is also a prime example of "story driving the characters" and not "characters driving the story."
I'll use Ballad as an example because I play him and he's an easy example to use. Say someone banished him, and he finds out the only way out is to basically do something he'd never do: try to play nice with an all-powerful demon. Unless something has happened prior to the Underverse to change his mind on things, anyone would be able to guess what Ballad would most likely do in a situation like this. Hint: It's not playing nice.
Personally, there should be other ways out. It shouldn't JUST be "you have to be Diablo's butt-buddy, haha." It should also have more unconventional questlines, like the aforementioned thievery and Mordor quest lines. Potentially reward players for doing stuff only their character would do, even if it means they might get fucked in the process (like forming a rebellion by using the nobles of the Underverse, for instance.)
I quite like these ideas too ^^ But yeah, like we mentioned, the 20-40k isn't the issue in our opinion either.
Just something we thought should be acknowledged, that it's there ^^
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