tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558011570345628688.post7913240515551203088..comments2023-10-01T11:14:14.368-04:00Comments on The Egg Baron: Small changes in the Living StoryPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06525149260217843564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558011570345628688.post-73597403647406084272013-02-24T07:35:24.053-05:002013-02-24T07:35:24.053-05:00Was surreal hearing Richie mention my blog. Thanks...Was surreal hearing Richie mention my blog. Thanks for taking the time to check out this site out. I hope to keep on posting on the Living Story in the future, no matter how small the change :DPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525149260217843564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558011570345628688.post-53699238640838681992013-02-22T23:13:21.215-05:002013-02-22T23:13:21.215-05:00I just learned about this blog after it was mentio...I just learned about this blog after it was mentioned on Guildcast, I'm going to bookmark it now :)<br /><br />Thanks for checking into the Living Story. I'm a story hound and it's great to know that there are people like you keeping far better track of it than I could. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569494259223074245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558011570345628688.post-21036877910902269322013-02-22T01:43:28.011-05:002013-02-22T01:43:28.011-05:00Just reading the Dragon Season interview with Coli...Just reading the Dragon Season interview with Colin Johanson and I came across this little tidbit, "You’re not going to see a ton of stuff in February, [it’s mostly about the story] more setup stuff. (When) we hit the end of the year and decided to really make that a big thing for 2013 and as a result [this didn’t leave us much time to] build a lot of stuff yet, so I think [walking towards March and April we’ll get into the cadence of what a living story can be and then that will build from there as the year goes on."<br /><br />This seems to confirm my pet theory that they probably had some sort of Karka Island style event planned for the new year, but with how badly November went they decided to try something else, and that is where the Living Story comes from. It is Arena Net trying to stylize there monthly content to something that the players can enjoy.<br /><br />At this point though, I would have rather had a Karka Island style cluster.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525149260217843564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558011570345628688.post-31375813433418352282013-02-21T14:23:52.063-05:002013-02-21T14:23:52.063-05:00My opinion of The Living Story hasn't changed ...My opinion of The Living Story hasn't changed - it's a great idea - I'd love it if they'd do one someday.<br /><br />What's happening (or rather not happening) at the moment is neither living nor a story as far as I can see. Like many things that happen in MMOs, from the outside it looks as though it would be easier to do this better than to do it this badly. Since MMO devs repeatedly *do* do things this badly, though, I'm forced to assume that forces behind the scenes (cost, techincal issues, internal politics, personality cults...) mean this really is the best they can manage.<br /><br />All your critical points are valid. All your questions are questions I've been asking since this thing began. If this were an actual story in a book we'd still be on the first page. If it was a movie we'd still be in the pre-credit sequence. What would take another medium thirty seconds has taken this one three weeks.<br /><br />If stories are going to be told there needs to be a much smarter way of telling them than this.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.com