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Reincanation ?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:52 am
by Stonie Immerdurst
A ferw years after VG i played a game named DDO. In this game you could reincarnate to lvl 0 again. While doing so your toon grew a little (not much) stronger after each reincanation. And each reincarnation took a little more effort to reach the point where you could reincanate. To be specific you gained a buff from the class you left (up to 3 times) and you could use this advantage in your next life. Players were playing the game in all lvl ranges again and many new players profited from the experience of the older veterans.

From my point of view, it was the problem in VG, that after the first rush you only have to wander in lower level areas when you seek gear for another char, to craft or to simply farm for money. Every real action was in the endgame areas. BUT VG has such nice zones, that it is a shame you only need the real farm/grind areas when you reach the cap.

I dont know if you can do this, but it would surely help new players and also veterans to keep their motivation for a much longer time.

Re: Reincanation ?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 6:02 am
by Jehlicka
Well, I am not dev skilled to answer your questions, but I want to share my bit different feeling regarding the "restarts". I played VG till the very last day and I had never such a feeling of starting again and again the same game routine (grinding, farming). I tried to play every class and race, plus above all, be as good as possible crafter and diplo. Believe or not, I was not able to finish my mineralogist career...besides other skill trees :). Also, I was biggest fan of the lowbie zones (for their story telling) and all those low lvl dungeons and caves. Raiding game aspect...hmmmm, it was too time consuming part of the game to me..and I regret that a bit now, cause we will prolly never resurrect this game aspect again. CĀ“est la vie.

Anyway, happy you still think of any VG improvement, which SOE never did! ;)

Finally, I hope VG veterans/returners will keep their motivation to stay with us until VG is rebuilt and fully playable :)

Re: Reincanation ?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:27 am
by Jakkal
Well, nothing stops a player from just making a new toon and that's really what most people did. VG also has mentoring.

I always felt like there should be a reward for mentoring as well - the one we came up with was to allow players to gain POTA slivers, because the traditional way to get them was super grindy and boring. I would have loved to help run people through lower level dungeons (KE, TK, Tricksters) instead of doing more and more boring ass KDQ stuff.

Re: Reincanation ?

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:38 pm
by Koralith
Same boat as Jakkal. We made alts and explored the world. There was so much world to explore it took us years to do it, and many many alts.

I don't think VG needs a grindy life extender when it has so many places to go and see.