I can honestly tell you this..There are things I would love to say yes to players for every day but they are either a) so complex in their enacting Im reluctant due to time restraints to touch, b) Pushing the boundaries of what is fair to other players, c) Impinges on other players fun on Layo, d) Borders on the preposterous, e) Is reasonable but was something they could Rp out ic themselves and f) Perfectly reasonable and able to be accomplished with relative ease.
NWN has been Layo's Identity for what... 7-8 years? Runes is a nice way to get some notice, but if NWN folds up, I don't think the MMO has any legs to stand on, other then some loyal fans clinging to some hopes and promises.
Thanks, Dezza.Do you tell the players so? For example, do you reply to an especially complex idea, "Hey, nice thinking but you may be stretching things for the resources we've got." Maybe ask them to cut back, or even offer an idea or two if you're feeling it?That's important because it's a different experience to get a negative response - at least it's a response. I know I'm not the only one who doesn't get answers, and being left without answers is worse than being told 'no.' If there's a 'no' given, there's a reason given, too, so there is often still some possibility. No answer at all is just the death of the idea.
Could you expand on why you don't think you can affect the gameworld? I ask because I don't play a WL, yet I feel like Steel has and continues to affect the world. Moreover, I strive to involve others and give more players the opportunity to leave a mark on the world in their own way or as part of Steel's adventures. As a WL, you potentially have more resources available than my non-WL character, so I'm unclear as to why you would feel stifled.
Pseudonym: (and don't read a tone into my text that isn't there!)
Could you not argue that Honora, having actually written most of the deity writeups, should be the NWN deity person as opposed to the person hitting find on the documents? What about all the DMs that sent Honora information that she put in the writeups, the content that she only summarized rather than created? What about all the stuff she has to do?
Sorry, late to this debate. Out of curiosity (and don't read a tone into my text that isn't there!), what lore exactly has Steel changed in the last three years that was already in existence?
As a WL, you potentially have more resources available than my non-WL character, so I'm unclear as to why you would feel stifled. ...Storold is one of the most well known PCs OOC, and IC he is recognized all over Mistone, as well as various other regions around the world. If he wants to meet with nobility, what's stopping him? If he wants to perform magical experiments, what's stopping him? If he wants to start a holy war against Rael for stifling the use of the Al'Noth, what's stopping him?
I envision Storold having a quite high position within the protectors of the weave as a result of a successful quest. Maybe even Weavestrike, but this is not required. He will be leading some of the protectors with a stern hand as he has done with all of his students so far, however he will also be more of a friend than a leader who just shout out commands for the people under him.
(being the investigation of Storold's claims of corruption in the church and the pursuit of a certain creature in the Pits at the request of a certain general)