Thread: 2.0 lore/story

Originally Posted by Mudd

You must hate this game.

LOL. I didn't mean it like that. I like story line related stuff, it's pretty good albeit very long.

Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

I like lore like that being on the lodestone. I don't go in game to read I go in game to play.
Also, when I come to the lodestone, I love to see lore posts. I enjoy them. They should keep that how it is.

I don't understand statements like this.

Firstly, nobody is hurt if you have the option to read it in-game.

Secondly, you are bound to read in an MMORPG anyway. And if you don't like it (though, it seems you do), don't use it (sounds familiar..).

Thirdly, the time you spend reading Lodestone posts you can also spend in-game to read them there.
What's the problem? You can read something while looking for a party, too.

And lastly, it would make the world feel more organic. Maybe have that little moogle from the screenshot deliver an "Eorzea Tribune" to your house once a month. Now that would be pretty awesome.

Originally Posted by Payadopa

I don't understand statements like this.

Firstly, nobody is hurt if you have the option to read it in-game.

Secondly, you are bound to read in an MMORPG anyway. And if you don't like it (though, it seems you do), don't use it (sounds familiar..).

Thirdly, the time you spend reading Lodestone posts you can also spend in-game to read them there.
What's the problem? You can read something while looking for a party, too.

And lastly, it would make the world feel more organic. Maybe have that little moogle from the screenshot deliver an "Eorzea Tribune" to your house once a month. Now that would be pretty awesome.

Did you bother reading anything I posted? /shrug

I'm not pro or cons, i just think the two things can coexist. AS bad it is, ps3 have a browser so users can just use it while playing, like pc users could be in 2.0 without crashing with alt+tab or using 3° party scripts.
I don't see why we could't have both at the same time actually

Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

I'm not pro or cons, i just think the two things can coexist. AS bad it is, ps3 have a browser so users can just use it while playing, like pc users could be in 2.0 without crashing with alt+tab or using 3° party scripts.
I don't see why we could't have both at the same time actually

You do know ps3 can't run multiple programs right...


I shouldn't have to go to a stupid website to find something about the world. It should all be in game.

Originally Posted by Rokien

You do know ps3 can't run multiple programs right...


I shouldn't have to go to a stupid website to find something about the world. It should all be in game.

God I hate agreeing with Rokien but he is technically correct. I just tried this with a disc-based game. You can't run the browser while playing the game, it says you must quit the game to do so.

Originally Posted by Arcell

God I hate agreeing with Rokien but he is technically correct. I just tried this with a disc-based game. You can't run the browser while playing the game, it says you must quit the game to do so.

nvm then. I said that because burnout paradise happen to open a browser window on startup, so i think'd possible

Lore on lodestone works fine, SE isn't the first nor only current developer of MMOs that utilize their website for lore related posting, some other MMOs don't even bother with lore, just stupid fetch quests that's "supposedly related to x lore". This was the purpose of the Playonline Viewer, a hub type program which ran on the consoles too. That way they can easily go to Vana'diel Tribune and boom..read the latest lore articles lol.

Maybe SE already has something in mind 2.0's launcher with the PS3 that could be similar to POL. Thing is though, if it's in-game you can expect it to be largely ignored by players, especially the players SE is trying to ensnare for 2.0, unless of course it gives you gil and exp for reading it, then people will care for it -.-