tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post1732880070139827923..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: The Good, The Bag and The Ugly : GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-81327734364490441102018-03-13T06:10:02.096+00:002018-03-13T06:10:02.096+00:00I doubt the whole 'Praise Joko' meme has e...I doubt the whole 'Praise Joko' meme has ever been something more than sheer irony. I've never played Nightfall, so can't tell if people seriously liked him, but in abridged story I've read on wiki he seemed to be a 'necessary evil' guy. Probably even that would've changed if Arena.net released Elona Beyond instead of focusing on GW2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-415182850735465272018-03-12T14:50:20.193+00:002018-03-12T14:50:20.193+00:00Well, that's true enough. It's always been...Well, that's true enough. It's always been an uncomfortable mix of knockabout humor and grimdark. I somehow missed that delightful part about Joko in the griffin quest. He's a real charmer. I find the gleeful adoption of Joko by a segment of the playerbase quite disturbing.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-34842947033449630332018-03-12T06:51:29.505+00:002018-03-12T06:51:29.505+00:00It's not like the story was happy-go-lucky up ...It's not like the story was happy-go-lucky up to this point. We've lost many to defeat Zhaitan, many people died during Lion's Arch assault, almost all Pact fleet was wiped during assault on Mordremoth, including Eir and Trahearne, then we learn that we can't kill dragons anymore, because consequences will be far worse. That's not even including some even more brutal stuff like princess story in griffon quest, where we learn that Joko cut off her tongue, then blinded her, than killed her and awakened with minimum energy, leaving her lying around in the sanctuary for centuries in form of helpless living corpse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-35352330294541267982018-03-09T09:19:23.077+00:002018-03-09T09:19:23.077+00:00Interesting. As Jeromai points out below, a few of...Interesting. As Jeromai points out below, a few of the behind-the-scenes names have changed but I definitely feel it's more than just a few new people with somewhat different individual writing styles - it seems like a complete overhaul of the narrative to me. And that, I guess, would be just why you'd employ a "narrative designer", especially one from outside the existing structure.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-45385902427822634082018-03-09T09:16:28.451+00:002018-03-09T09:16:28.451+00:00Well, it's not like it's a big time commit...Well, it's not like it's a big time commitment! You can knock it out in a couple of hours, probably. The 2-3 months thing is a major problem for me, though. Is there any other popular, narrative medium that attempts to engage an audience over such an extended timescale with such limited, discrete episodes? Imagine watching a tv show one episode at a time, four or five times a year, or reading a novel one chapter every three months.<br /><br />I'd far rather have the little "Current Events" to keep us amused for 11 months and then the entire Living Story episode as a semi-expansion once a year.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-51974888295786755752018-03-08T23:20:14.392+00:002018-03-08T23:20:14.392+00:00There’s definitely been a change of guard writing/...There’s definitely been a change of guard writing/narrative-wise since Angel McCoy left. I seem to recall Matthew Medina and Michael Yichao mentioned as names involved with the newer story too; possibly all the newer inclusions have shifted the overall approach/tone somewhat.<br /><br />Admittedly, I’m just speculating with no real clue, even more so because I haven’t found any impetus to play through the new episode in a hurry. I’m full on in the throes of PoE addiction and there’s probably going to be another 2-3 months before the next episode drop anyway.Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-44803708311390814622018-03-08T20:57:59.606+00:002018-03-08T20:57:59.606+00:00For what it's worth, a former SWTOR writer mov...For what it's worth, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthawallschlaeger/" rel="nofollow">a former SWTOR writer</a> moved to become "Narrative Designer" at ArenaNet six months ago. Considering the production pipeline for content like this, she might have had a hand in the change of direction...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com