I find it completely sad. (Questing)

[Vespar]

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And that's okay. But it may just be your personal preference. I kinda like spending my spare time reading articles or forum entries the devs post when I cant be near my main PC.
It adds depth to me. I would be perfectly fine with the information being put in game as well. Sometimes that just not possible, but its awesome that they try to give us that info, even if its through another medium.

But as for the information presented Solely in game, I think its great. It does require the player to read and interact with NPC's to sift it out but a good chunk of what you were asking about is there via NPC or quest dialogue^^

[Nektulos-Tuor]

And that's okay. But it may just be your personal preference. I kinda like spending my spare time reading articles or forum entries the devs post when I cant be near my main PC.
It adds depth to me. I would be perfectly fine with the information being put in game as well. Sometimes that just not possible, but its awesome that they try to give us that info, even if its through another medium.

But as for the information presented Solely in game, I think its great. It does require the player to read and interact with NPC's to sift it out but a good chunk of what you were asking about is there via NPC or quest dialogue^^

Everquest 1 did that, a lot of it. Laying down books all over the place, making interactive race NPCs telling you how they felt. It really added to the world, you knew how Dark Elves, Wood Elves, Dwarves all acted like because of their npcs. You knew what they liked, and what type of things they did, or had a good idea because of how they all treated you. Every race you played mattered because races would treat you differently depending on your race.

I am saying, I would love it if they took effort to put more of something like that in the actual game. There are so many "out of game" sources, and especially as a roleplayer it is hard to tell what people say, treat, and people act.

[Tint]

there are some informations in the sightseeing log about the areas and cities.

[Fynlar]

So, your pretty much saying. The "best" way to learn about the game, is not playing the game?

You see, a lot of games are plagued by the fact that if they try to insert all of their lore directly into the gameplay, there's players that will complain about it or just tab through it all without really absorbing it *COUGH* because then suddenly they have too much to read, it's more like picking up a book, it doesn't feel like a game anymore, yadda yadda.

Therefore they put a good chunk of the lore in supplemental materials so that people who actually care about that stuff have to go seek it out.

[StrejdaTom]

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This was my problem with WoW. I bought the warchest or how it is called a few months ago just to try it out and each quest was a huge wall of text. I read ALL quests in ALL the games I play but I just couldn't get myself into it in WoW. I really like how FFXIV does it, you get small bubble with 2+- sentences and the whole quest is done in a few bubbles (there are exceptions ofc). When I feel like exploring more about the lore I can always find it online, but I don't feel like I missed something because I got lost in the walls of text.

[Vespar]

Personally, I learned alot about the intricacies of Uldahn politics, most especially during the end of 2.5 with Nanamo wanting to dissolve the sindicate and (well I wont say more cuz spoilers). Then there is the crises facing the forest in Gridania and how their citizens wont lift so much as a finger to fix without the approval of the elementals, or they'll suffer their wrath because the elementals may think they are harming the forest rather than helping it. (You see this alot in the WHM story line, where the Padjals wont help -- again wont say more dont wanna ruin peoples job quests)

[KaplanHomahru]

I went to send this troll a tell, but he's already on my blist. Eventually he'll quit and the game will be a better place.

[AskaRay]

First rule of RPGs: Talk to everyone all the time, no exceptions.
Do you talk to NPCs between quest goals? No? Replay the game and do that.

I have a friend who used to just...not read in RPGs. Ever. I told him, you can't get away with that. He asked me "what's going on in the story now?" and it was all because he wasn't reading what was being said. Sure....he saw the words but he wasn't READING the words.

[Eul]

Questing for DoH and DoL really have touchy story. Try it.

[Kurogaea]

That I know little to nothing about anything about the areas, the cities, how people live and are, or anything about the very race I play.

However, I can get a quest with a mediocre story I will forget in 5 minutes after doing it.

I would love to know more about how the world works, about the races, about the dungeons, about what is happening in it.

I think the only thing that the game lacks in information is the different race tribes. Not much is told between them individually, even in quests. Only bits we have is the menu selection information. Other than that I think the cities and dungeons already have been told their story.