Very funny journal from Stephanie!  I've been a 'lurker' up until this point.   I have to admit, while my  husband is excited about Vanguard, I'm hoping Hero's Journey will be the one we choose in the end.  Customization of my character is very important to me also and multi-classing is icing on the cake!

-Tessa

I also must add a 'Woot'! for Serenity :)

Wonderfully written article. I love the ideas and I too love character customization, and indeed diversity of items to relate back to our own character tastes. Sometimes I will use a crappier item in game because it looks better for my character, that's just how I am.

I can't wait for Hero's Journey as the devs seem to have the same ambition and taste as my favorite game in waiting, Vanguard.

Best Dev journal article I've read in awhile. I've had my eye on HJ for some time now. Every update on character customization I see makes me drool that much more. If the game can handle the lag induced by such ambitious customizations then HJ will go extremely far and I hope to be there when it happens!

Hey there, Im a Lineage II player who greatly sympathises with this particular topic.

There is nothing more boring than toodling around an online world, after spending months even years levelling a character up to a decent standard only to find that your other 1500 identical twin brothers have done the same. Lineage, although fun, is just a pure grind.

In HJ can you get scarred from battle, and what items of clothing can you actually design. Also one more thing... if you are wearing a cape or helmet, does it appear in the game? 

This game looks lie an online heaven in terms of freedom, creativity and most importantly, gameplay. I believe that in order to truly attach yourself to a game you have to first create a character that you would be pleased to show off to others. 

 This is just one of the many aspects of HJ that makes it so appealing. I'm an incredibly new member to this MMORPG website forum thing, and the only reason i suppose I am is cos i LOVE the look of this game. Congratulations and a further good luck to all working on it!

Arfa 

Every time I read something about Hero's Journey, or see screenshots, I keep thinking this will be THE game ... which scares me.

I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, for them to say something really bad like:

"Ahhh errr by the way the game will be 99% instanced, you will still need to group with 11 other players to do any combat, and the max level is 10 which you can reach in about two days, and your character MUST be named from our Name-a-matic-generator, for example: Gafrilneeatzadumbbell, and, huh, what's PvP mean?"

So far they have not said anything I have not liked.

But I still cringe thinking, "Whoa, man, this is waaaay too good to be true, and the Devs are actually literate and don't speak Bureaucrateze-Techno-Mumble, and OMG they communicate well and OFTEN, and even have a sense of humor."

So please just say some "bad stuff" like, "Errr our quest-writer's medication, ummm, is not working too well so, ahhh, some of the quests might be a bit wierd ... or buggy ... or insane ... or non-existent."

I can help you out here! Some of the quests will definitely be weird and/or insane!

Mitra

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Originally posted by SpiritofGame
So please just say some "bad stuff" like, "Errr our quest-writer's medication, ummm, is not working too well so, ahhh, some of the quests might be a bit wierd ... or buggy ... or insane ... or non-existent."

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