2.0 lore/story

[Rokien]

Make lodestone available in game. Problem solved. Also a lot easier than going to "X Y Z" area to go read something.

as I said, in game newspaper.

[AmyNeudaiz]

as I said, in game newspaper.

So what you want is.... the lodestone available in game but it not be the lodestone but be a newspaper instead. I'm going to assume you don't understand the pointlessness of this so I'll spell it out for you.

I do not want my sub fee money going towards developing a news paper system when there is already the lodestone and it would be a LOT easier if they just made the lodestone able to be accessed in game at any time in place of your news paper idea.

[Rokien]

So what you want is.... the lodestone available in game but it not be the lodestone but be a newspaper instead. I'm going to assume you don't understand the pointlessness of this so I'll spell it out for you.

I do not want my sub fee money going towards developing a news paper system when there is already the lodestone and it would be a LOT easier if they just made the lodestone able to be accessed in game at any time in place of your news paper idea.

Sub fee? I was just talking thinking gil. The newspaper can have other things as well, like who killed what when stuff like that.

[AmyNeudaiz]

Sub fee? I was just talking thinking gil. The newspaper can have other things as well, like who killed what when stuff like that.

/facepalm
I'm talking about game development money that would otherwise be spent on other things. The main reason I'm even paying for this shitty game is to support 2.0 and if they spend that money on making pointless newspapers when they have the same thing on the lodestone then I'd be pretty pissed off.
And your "other things" can be on the lodestone if they choose to do that. Drop the newspaper idea, it's pretty redundant since there is the newspaper here on the lodestone and it would just be easier to implement an in game menu based source of accessing the lodestone.

How interesting would Xenogears have been if you had to read all it's information on a website rather than in-game?

The game should tell you the story, not a website. This is why the grand company leaders are so boring to me. Yes they have a cutscene that makes them look cool, but if you want any information about, instead of doing it in awesome quest line where you fight/talk with them. You have to go to the website.

That is how you get attached to characters. I used to not like the Ul'dah grand company leader, till I say that he seemed like a pretty cool guy when he swore his loyalty to that little, adoreble, queen/princess of Ul'dah lalafel.

Or Hildibrand, you don't read about him on the website, you see his actions in game and he is a riot. Which is why I like him.

This makes no sense. You interact with characters in game and you learn about the story in game not on the lodestone. The lodestone just has extra info that was not fit in game. I don't see how an autobiography fits into any type of quest.

[Elexia]

/facepalm
I'm talking about game development money that would otherwise be spent on other things. The main reason I'm even paying for this shitty game is to support 2.0

Technically Amy, your money doesn't 'pay for development of x' as much as you think, unless you happen to be one of the investors of the XIV project and/or SE, then sure.

[AmyNeudaiz]

Technically Amy, your money doesn't 'pay for development of x' as much as you think, unless you happen to be one of the investors of the XIV project and/or SE, then sure.

Source?

Legit curiosity as much as fact checking your statement.

[Rokien]

Source?

Legit curiosity as much as fact checking your statement.

You really think $10 is going to produce anything?

[Rokien]

/facepalm
I'm talking about game development money that would otherwise be spent on other things. The main reason I'm even paying for this shitty game is to support 2.0 and if they spend that money on making pointless newspapers when they have the same thing on the lodestone then I'd be pretty pissed off.
And your "other things" can be on the lodestone if they choose to do that. Drop the newspaper idea, it's pretty redundant since there is the newspaper here on the lodestone and it would just be easier to implement an in game menu based source of accessing the lodestone.



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I'm sorry you don't like lore in your video games. It was just an idea, though I would much rather them have a quest or some sort with that info. Or just talking to npcs

[AmyNeudaiz]

I'm sorry you don't like lore in your video games. It was just an idea, though I would much rather them have a quest or some sort with that info. Or just talking to npcs

There is plenty of lore in game and I like that lore. What I don't like is "tacked on lore" that has no real place, enter lodestone where you can place lore that doesn't fit anywhere in game. How are you not getting this?

You really think $10 is going to produce anything?

You completely miss the point. Also, last time I checked I payed for far more than 1 month.

[Rokien]

There is plenty of lore in game and I like that lore. What I don't like is "tacked on lore" that has no real place, enter lodestone where you can place lore than doesn't fit anywhere in game. How are you not getting this?

What makes it tacked on? There is a lot of good info on those lodestone posts that should be in game.