Alcohol effects. the warnings on the box

[Elexia]

Never played Ultima Online then did you? Was practically impossible to do anything while intoxicated in UO. Spells hardly ever fired, couldn't heal yourself, tripped all the time...

Not that much, I was still playing MUDs at that time lol.

[Wolfie]

Fun fact: alcohol in WOW also decreased a monster's displayed level by up to 3 levels.

I got a good laugh out of that.

[Jokerz]

Please god yes please...Tho I can't recall a FF where my characters actually got drunk....

And drinking games for your chars while they are drunk? That sounds like too much winXD

[Mushy]

Why is this linked to WoW? Tons of games even MMO's have had intoxicated players long before WoW made everything and everything somehow related to it.

I was just using my experience from WoW. I know a lot of games did it. but I wasn't aware they also did the drunk text - that was the first I had seen. again I just used WoW as an example as it was the best time I had in an MMO while only 2 days of playing... so no its not about WoW.

i knew mentioning WoW would get some kind of negative response... hence the bolded part

[Genome]

You know you could actually just drink and get all of these results. Just a thought.

[Duelle]

world of warcraft did it well, and from what I remember it got worse if you kept drinking. from a few *hic*s to 'what the hell is that guy talking about'

Yeah. The game added speech parts to anything you were saying in /say, /guild and /party. Things like "This is sensational!" turned into "thish ish shenshational! *hic*".

Then you have events like Brewfest, where you HAD to be drunk in order to complete some of the activities (seeing pink elekks, wolpeltinger).

[Nakiami]

You know you could actually just drink and get all of these results. Just a thought.

But it's cheaper to get drunk in game than in it is in RL. And instead of your character puking, it's you who is puking and will have to clean it up.

[Akujin]

I absolutly agree with this idea! It goes along with my Pipe smoking thread nicely. People can lounge in the tavern/guilds, smoking a pipe, or stumble around after consuming a few ales.

You can even have victory toasts with your party after taking down a big boss! Bring it into 1.23, let us raise our cups high and rejoice as we start to tear down the Empire!

[Mushy]

Yeah. The game added speech parts to anything you were saying in /say, /guild and /party. Things like "This is sensational!" turned into "thish ish shenshational! *hic*".

Then you have events like Brewfest, where you HAD to be drunk in order to complete some of the activities (seeing pink elekks, wolpeltinger).

Thanks for the more elaborate text to drunk example! it was done quite well I must say.

And the brewfest thing sounds awesome, a whole event focused around this game mechanic [=

I absolutly agree with this idea! It goes along with my Pipe smoking thread nicely. People can lounge in the tavern/guilds, smoking a pipe, or stumble around after consuming a few ales.

You can even have victory toasts with your party after taking down a big boss! Bring it into 1.23, let us raise our cups high and rejoice as we start to tear down the Empire!

I remember the pipe smoking thead, I like that idea too! there could be an accessory slot for misc items, like a pipe, glassess, an eye patch, a bandit mask. those last ones are already in the game but are a part of the head slot. I gues I think there should be a different slot of head, and face. but also a misc slot that can add a pipe or other things to you I cant think of that dont involve your face. maybe a ball of yarn that can be played with(the miqo'te are im sure waiting on this!) 3balls to juggle.. and there could be an emote that triggers the use animation of these until you stop it. sort of how /sit sits you until it is stopped. but it triggered by one /command, and uses whatever is in this slot. this of course would not be how I want drinking to work but that is a good idea you got there Akujin

[Mushy]

this thread has nearly 900 views and only got 11 likes... I was hoping to see a near 1:1 on views and likes. WHO WOULDN'T LIKE THIS IDEA? its all in the fine details that make a good game great. and this is one of those details along with the pipe smoking that would add a lot to the game. There should be more to an MMO than battle/crafting/gathering. there needs to be minigames, card games, breeding chocobos! getting drunk and staggering through town. Thats how you make it a world. currently we just have those 3 basic things fight craft and gather, and its bland