I've fallen in love...with an NPC

[Seoulstar]

Big feels, OP! I don't think yoshi's gonna let our WoDs/WoL's have romantic subplots.
Immersion breaking EB was supposed to satisfy the romance need and I ain't having it.
Anywho there is some primo almost professional quality fanfic out there and a lot it is built with self insertion in mind. Give those a shot if you haven't already some of these people can really write.

It would be nice though to have an optional romance subplot at some point. Our WoDs/WoL's are probably getting lonely without an actual companion..at least mine is.

[Arrius]

It would be nice though to have an optional romance subplot at some point. Our WoDs/WoL's are probably getting lonely without an actual companion..at least mine is.

And most likely be taken captive, used as leverage or even killed off sooner or later.

Nothing cries out more to be a target than being a companion of a powerful, primal-slaying, world(s)-saving entity which you can possibly exploit for your own purposes.

[Ryaz]

It would be nice though to have an optional romance subplot at some point. Our WoDs/WoL's are probably getting lonely without an actual companion..at least mine is.

The Star Wars MMO did it well. I just don't see it happening here.

And while I love a lot of the characters in the game and my WoL would spark up a romance with a few, I don't feel real romantic attraction towards fictional characters. It's fine to feel attraction and emotion towards a well-written character, but taking it seriously like those guys who marry 2D girls? There's some emotional disorder going on there.

[Gwenorai]

The Star Wars MMO did it well. I just don't see it happening here.

And while I love a lot of the characters in the game and my WoL would spark up a romance with a few, I don't feel real romantic attraction towards fictional characters. It's fine to feel attraction and emotion towards a well-written character, but taking is seriously like those guys who marry 2D girls? There's some emotional disorder going on there.

Yeah, SWTOR did it well for the most part. Though there was one issue where you got 'locked' into a romance for just being nice. Anyone who played male consular probably knows what I'm on about. But SWTOR was a lot more story-driven, basically being an MMO version of KOTOR - and the character had a lot more depth to them, but you were limited to dialogue options. That being said, I loved Lana as a character in SWTOR - I can't help but romance her in SWTOR. In regards to this game, I do also really approve of Lyna - that emotional outburst she had was very well done and had you resonate with her character a little. A well-written character is always going to have the reader/player to show some emotion and connect with them. But yeah, your last point regarding the 2D girls - that there is where I cross the line in regards to that fantasy type stuff.

P.S Give me Scourge.

[Ashennae]

It would be nice though to have an optional romance subplot at some point. Our WoDs/WoL's are probably getting lonely without an actual companion..at least mine is.

Isn't that what the Ceremony of Eternal Bonding is for? So that you can have that with another player? It would be nice if NPCs referenced it though.