The World of Layonara
The Layonara Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: shermantank on September 05, 2006, 08:34:58 AM
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There is a bounty being told of by the town criers, but the cantacts quoted in Hurm of Commander Kallihan and the patrol office don't seem to exist. Is it a mistake and the criers shouldn't be broadcasting this?
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Oh, they're real. It's just rather than being static NPCs, they're pulled out for the quest.
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So, is there a way to tell the difference between genuinely important or useful information, and set-dressing for somebody's quest?
Or do the criers NEVER have game information like that anyway and I should just ignore them?
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The bounty is available for anyone, its just Commander Kallihan is a busy man and doesn't take visitors very often.
But there really isn't much of a way to tell the difference between these two things. But then again, IC-wise, is there really a difference? The town crier is a way to send little tid-bits that should be well known to players in an IC fashion. So if its hard to tell whats a scrpited quest or what is a GM quest set-up or the result of a quest... well, that's the problem with the system in a sense. But frankly, I don't see it as too much of a problem. If you frequentlyy check the calendar, you can usually tell what info is based off an up-and-coming quest and what is just rumors or other tid-bits.
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It's not a problem, it's a good way for people to know SOMEthing is going on in the world. The only weird part is that the same news is available all over the world, and why Hampshire gets Hlint news or why the foresty outpost of Vale gets any news at all, I've no idea. ;) It makes sense for Hlint to get news from all over, no matter how small the actual place is. Other places, well... hehe.
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Ah well, why not? After all - you can't believe everything you read in the newspapers!