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Faxxer 5/24/08 4:45:28 PM
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Joined: 11/19/05
Star Wars Galaxies, R.I.P. NGE was your final death blow. |
I have a couple ideas...just to throw out there... I don't know if it's useful or not, but maybe it is.... background... When I first played SWG, I had not yet been trained in languages, and thus it was VERY interesting to find myself asking for someone to translate something for me.... My first day, I served as a translator for 2 other races conducting business..... now THAT WAS FUN! ....of course there was the time of newness that wore off, but a simple "click -- now you know X language" was certainly underwhelming as well....how about learning languages actually takes time.... so that you really do have to work the system to communicate (unless they're in the same race) This is not just an SWG idea.... What is to keep a race from being unable to speak at all? just gesture? yes it's alot of programming, but the novelty of some kind of race that has to communicate that way in game seems to me to be worthy of exploration... again, ANY mmo could use this idea.... or some languages simply can't be learned by some races.... an insectoid can't learn humanoid no matter HOW much training u give them...you have to have some translator system in place in the form of other players or some help tool. an MMO by nature asks to have these challenges as part of it's makeup IMHO< ...why now accentuate that into a lore of some game? just an idea.... feel free to smack and bash as desired. faxx SWG, Wow, SL, RFo, Entropia,eve, AoC , etc. |
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HumbleHobo 5/24/08 4:50:33 PM
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I like it. But many, many others would find it limiting. That's the hard part about MMO design, that you have to try and cater to so many people with extremely different wants. The best solution is to give people content that's fun for some, and optional for those who don't want to do it. But let's say that this isn't a "WoW Killer"... You're not trying to cater to everyone, just a niche. Then go for it! I would love to see a class or skill as a 'translator' where you could bridge the gap between languages of people. That would be really cool! |
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