Hi. I haven't played Alteraeon in a while, and it's not because I have anything against the game, it's because with the clerric reshuffle and massive changes I'm not sure where to start or what to do with Thelok, my clerric warrior. I did consider starting a new character, particularly to perhaps try a different job like primary necro or druid, however I don't want to lose the good few hours work I have put into getting Thelok through all his levels and quests and I don't want to abandon Thelok and all of that.
I was having a think about this problem and an idea occurred to me regarding secondary characters. Namely, using the Alteraeon account system for legacy characters. Suppose when you reach level 30 and get to Ralnoth city, you have the option of creating a son or daughter for your current character. When you create a child character, that character starts off on Slo at level one and you can play her or him and progress as normal choosing whatever classes you like. When that character reaches level 30 and also gets to Ralnoth you can go to see your characters father and mother and then have a choice. Either you can continue with that character, whereupon the child and the parent are both now two characters the player can play in the game, or, you can have the child "recount their adventures and settle down" This means your child character tells their parent all about the adventures they've had, but then decides the adventuring life isn't for them and goes off to do a more standard job. If you choose this option, you effectively perminantly kill the child character, however because the child has told their parent all about their adventures, they impart a certain proportion of their accumulated xp to their parent, perhaps half. This system has several advantages. It would mean that players who'd already progressed in the game could try out other class combinations and yet not abandon their old faithful characters completely, it would also mean that both new and old players could bennifit from changes to Slo, Kordon and Arcase. Also thematically, it would use the account system for a rather fun purpose, (you could stick in details of your original characters' npc spouses and/or home in ralnoth for kicks). If people (especially dentin), don't like this idea, fare enough, however it is something that has always occurred to me in long running online games, that sometimes it'd be nice to go back but I don't necessarily want to let my old characters go. All the best, Dark. There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
