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Posted - 2007.11.03 04:28:00 -
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 Originally by: Pattern Clarc
As for the lore, yeah, EvE is one of the few games that needs it.
Imagine lucas arts nerfing the light sabre? They just couldn't do it, EvE needs that value on the content within the game - it promotes growthand respect in the community, instead of contempt when groups don't get there way.
Star Wars Galaxies drew on the socially embedded lore of the Star Wars movies that had been integrated into common culture over the previous 20+ years. What you're proposing for Eve is extremely burdensome for both Eve's developers and for Eve's non-roleplaying players because there isn't any greater Eve experience shared outside of game. Accordingly, to make your idea have any impact on the common Eve player, the Lore would need to be mandatory to understand and operate your ship effectively. Otherwise, the Lore becomes tertiary to most players (like it is now) but nonetheless wastes a tremendous amount of Dev budget on a small portion of Eve's population. It's hardly fair for the bulk of the players to have their needs have less attention paid to because of Lore-ho's.
In my personal opinion as a non-roleplayer, I vomit every time I see some RPer trying to make me care about Lore. It's a game I play to relax, not a way to build a better future... if I wanted to care about the backstory, I'd choose to do so. I don't so I would strongly resent it if I had to care in order to play.
I have no problems with Lore being explored both by players and Devs, but spending RL isk (dev time=money) disproportionate to the players that care about it is not the way to go about the game.
That said, more content should be made for the RPer, since they have gotten the shaft for quite a while. I doubt it will change the orientation of players and their call for nerfs etc, though.
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