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Dorganath · 03-23-08, 09:12 AM

Role-play has been known to break out on WoW...I've even heard some good things about it, but it's all a matter of finding it.

As for whether or not we'll go back to NWN, I think orth mostly answered this. We are striving to make a game that encourages RP. Clearly, not everyone who plays MMOs is terribly interested in that, but that doesn't mean there won't be any. In any case, reverting to NWN after a "failure" would probably not be high on our priority list, given the time and monetary expense involved.

That said, your question seems to assume that we'll release the game and then sit back and wait. This really would not be true. For example, if we see that we need to encourage RP in more ways, then we'll work at improving the game rather than throwing up our hands and deciding it's a failure. This can come through developing new systems, new content and so on. Even WoW does this.

The game won't be just some release-and-forget thing. I'd expect it to be much like NWN is now, with continual updates and improvements.

03-23-08, 09:12 AM	#4
Dorganath Administrator Characters Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago-ish Posts: 8,774 Thanks: 69 Thanked 2,019 Times in 958 Posts	Re: just wondering about something Role-play has been known to break out on WoW...I've even heard some good things about it, but it's all a matter of finding it. As for whether or not we'll go back to NWN, I think orth mostly answered this. We are striving to make a game that encourages RP. Clearly, not everyone who plays MMOs is terribly interested in that, but that doesn't mean there won't be any. In any case, reverting to NWN after a "failure" would probably not be high on our priority list, given the time and monetary expense involved. That said, your question seems to assume that we'll release the game and then sit back and wait. This really would not be true. For example, if we see that we need to encourage RP in more ways, then we'll work at improving the game rather than throwing up our hands and deciding it's a failure. This can come through developing new systems, new content and so on. Even WoW does this. The game won't be just some release-and-forget thing. I'd expect it to be much like NWN is now, with continual updates and improvements.