Re: A few words on the AO story
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Originally posted by JHÞ
May you live in interesting times ;)
I dont know, you come on these boards and your first action is to curse us all ;)
hugs, and thankyou for the info, cant wait to see how it turns out
lilnymph
very new so excuse me if im wrong...
But thus far I have been overall impressed with the roleplay in this game. I have come from a long line of diablo, diabloII, ultima, everquest, and even ancient MUD's for those that remember them, RPG's... and I have experience the best roleplay here in AO over any online game so far (well, not including the muds really jus cuz all they were was text anyway requiring a lil more char play) I just wanted to put in a couple of cents being new and what I have observed....
When i came to this game i thought of clanners as the "good" guys and Omni, being big business, must be the "bad"... I also took into account the storyline as far as I could understand it and had to accept the rational truth that if the game was in anyway true to the story the benefits are really gonna be more evident to the richer of the two...
Well it doesn't take a genius to figure out that a business is gonna be alot richer than some rebel factions that aren't supposed to really agree on everything... So I would think it goes without saying that Omni would recieve more benefits than Clan. NOW WAIT A SECOND! I kno that sounds really biased being this is a game and should have alot of equal oppurtunity, but fact is if you read along and think logically it would make sense to see more benefits available to Omni as opposed to clan. Thus my first characters as I have learned the game have been Omni. I mean even Omni gives you a shirt to start off with... Not much of a starter gift mind you, but a hint that if you join them oppurtunity is bound to be higher, or maybe a bribe to that affect. Nonetheless I just wanted to say that as an Omni it would make sense to recieve more benefits as you play the game in the start just because they have more to offer money wise, if it wasnt that way then why would they be in control??? Sure sure funcom is responsible for all its players and should open oppurtunities for all factions of the game, but fact is clans are on the low end of the totem when it comes to certain things I mean the screenshots of the apartments ive seen that clanners have even look more shabby than that of the omni apartments. Which again would just make sense. You dont join the rebels for the sake of the monatary benefits... You do it for the glory... THAT is the roleplay intended and if you think they dont offer enough benefits to be a rebel then simply dont rebel. The fact is as a clanner your play within the game is very important, but not likely to be heard as loudly... forget that funcom has something to do with that and realize the GAME has more to do with that, than any opinion. I mean how real would it be for the devil to have access to an air conditioner? would kinna take the burn outta hell...
Bottom line, I plan on one day making clan char's as well just to experience a fuller affect of the game. But all in all I imagine that the roleplay for clanners will differ and vary greatly from that of the omni's as it should. And finally I want to point out with all that in mind I chose to start Omni due to this line of thinking... Learn with those that will teach you... then take what you learned and use it towards your desires... Is that not just a fact of living?
Who's been aroung long enough
Looks like most of you haven't been around since the early days of AO.
Omni was supposed to have a monetary & gear advantage over the clans. This got implemented at the beginning.
Clan was supposed to get org advantages for skills.
Unfortunately its just another one on the list of broken promises.
:(
Instead they've given the org skill advantages to everyone in NW. Though Omni gear advantage is slowly being erroded away and even surpassed with new clan gear (Ahem, Tir ring quest for example). I expect they'll have to do something about the monetary advantage if they don't want to give Omni a severe unfair advantage in building towers over the long term.
Why can't you keep your original promise FC and make both sides unique with their advantages?