Where's the Good Versus Evil?

 

May I give a new player's perspective?  This game is ideal for social networkers. Take for example my sister. She's a stay at home mum with two young children and spends a lot of time online (as do I but with different purposes). She likes social networking. She likes face book. This sort of game is just what she likes as she can run it in the background while doing other social based stuff online. I may send her a mail about it actually. She would likely ignore any 'lore' or 'roleplay' aspect to the game and when heading to GC or forums would be there with the perspective of the player behind the character, rather than the character.

 

That's fine. It's not a criticism of how many play this game. It's just what I've observed.

 

I've also noticed the divide between those who enjoy PvP and PvE. It's a bit of a weird set up in that respect. I'm used to games where servers are one or the other. But I think its something the devs need to address. Either make up their mind which direction they want to go in, or give players the tools to restrict their accounts to the type of activity they prefer - and so end the ooc disagreements over playstyle and the right to play how one wants to, that seem to have arisen.

 

This whole sand box thing? Again its a lack of lore thing. If the Devs are happy with it, and presumeably they are if its bringing in sufficient new players and selling the prestige, then that is how it will stay.  I did find it odd that when signing up and choosing a race, there was no information on the consequences of choosing a specific race. I went for human, as they are usually the jack of all trades master of none types in fantasy games, tending to the neutral good. I now realise race means very little here except for some IG specialisation, I think? Basically roleplay is not a predominant aspect of this game for most players.

 

That's fine. Not a criticism. Just an observation.

 

Will I be continuing to play here? Well, I'll give it a fair crack of the whip. I am disappointed at the lack of game lore and storyline, and the whole sandbox thing that predominates - but I think I can carve out some sort of character without upsetting too many people and find my own fun. I am not going to expect those I run into in chat to go into character to accommodate my thirst for storytelling and roleplay. I'll likely just restrict the rp I do to the fiction part of the forum and may be mails and just chat as the player behind the character with everyone in GC and AC. I accept the game for what it is and would not presume to tell others how to play their accounts here. 

 

To answer the question in the OP though - what you seek is not here.

 

But it could be here in small doses if you can find the right crowd who want to rp such things - and who will risk their cities for the cause of that rp.

 

The key will be to find players who don't get ooc attached to what they have built up, but instead view their cities as something overseen by their characters. And therefore the fate of the city depends on how they rp their character. Thus, if it ends up razed to the ground, then that is the end of a chapter in that characters story - and not something to get bitter about as a player. Finding players with such a sense of separation of player and character though may be hard.

 

Does that makes sense?