06-22-2020, 12:32 AM
It's a very controversial, as well as divisive opinion to broach. However, I for one welcome the idea of embracing a new sort of format for Eternia. I fully understand that a core concept of it in the past has been its longevity- the thought you could create a family which lasts a couple hundred years, make a character who has a profound impact on the story. Great in theory, but it never really translates well in-game. Families collapse, characters are forgotten. Characters have a big burst, but then they die out and fall to relative obscurity very, very quickly. So much so that their existence begins to serve as a detriment to newer characters, which in my opinion is not very engaging or fun.
With a suggested episodic format I would love the idea of checking out other parts of the Eternia universe and world. There is so much out there that we've heard about in the background, but haven't ever really gotten to explore in-depth because we constrain ourselves to one setting for a prolonged period. We could see some real world-scale wars if we explore one region to the next. Each arc could have a lasting impact on the world itself.
As an older player I definitely see the concerns with it, but at the same time the state of the game we have at current is not ideal either. I think with enough care and planning that something like this could potentially work out, but again it'd require a lot of us to let go of what Eternia WAS and rather look to what it CAN be.
With a suggested episodic format I would love the idea of checking out other parts of the Eternia universe and world. There is so much out there that we've heard about in the background, but haven't ever really gotten to explore in-depth because we constrain ourselves to one setting for a prolonged period. We could see some real world-scale wars if we explore one region to the next. Each arc could have a lasting impact on the world itself.
As an older player I definitely see the concerns with it, but at the same time the state of the game we have at current is not ideal either. I think with enough care and planning that something like this could potentially work out, but again it'd require a lot of us to let go of what Eternia WAS and rather look to what it CAN be.