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Trossa 80K Fairy Ring lore?
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OP, you are thinking too much about lore when you are playing OSRS. OSRS doesn't focus on lore and reasoning. As Mod Ayiza once addressed a similar question on the lore on a lot of things like origins of mobs/items, why can items be just breaking down and be used on other items without lore... he said the answer is just no lore. They just want things to happen the way they happen in OSRS, so there is no reason for a lot of things in OSRS.
Another even more recent example: Mod Ed was asked why the Elder Horn magically appeared and found its way into Sliske's possession in DT2 while previous canonical lore pointed to its location being in the Eastern Land, Mod Ed's answer was they just thought it would be fun and then he mumbled something like... Elder Horn, Forstenhorn... makes sense. Shrug to me, but it is all up to you or the other players to like this kind of "sense".
If you really have to ponder for a reason of why we need to pay this NPC or that NPC, I think the simplest answer is they are just greedy. Perhaps our membership is not enough for those NPC. They just need to charge us extra for value added services.
Another even more recent example: Mod Ed was asked why the Elder Horn magically appeared and found its way into Sliske's possession in DT2 while previous canonical lore pointed to its location being in the Eastern Land, Mod Ed's answer was they just thought it would be fun and then he mumbled something like... Elder Horn, Forstenhorn... makes sense. Shrug to me, but it is all up to you or the other players to like this kind of "sense".
If you really have to ponder for a reason of why we need to pay this NPC or that NPC, I think the simplest answer is they are just greedy. Perhaps our membership is not enough for those NPC. They just need to charge us extra for value added services.
22-Sep-2023 17:25:48 - Last edited on 22-Sep-2023 18:31:02 by Dilbert2001
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...Another even more recent example: Mod Ed was asked why the Elder Horn magically appeared and found its way into Sliske's possession in DT2 while previous canonical lore pointed to its location being in the Eastern Land, Mod Ed's answer was they just thought it would be fun and then he mumbled something like... Elder Horn, Forstenhorn... makes sense. Shrug to me, but it is all up to you or the other players to like this kind of "sense".
That sounds like something hardcore lore purist would care about and track. Unless I did that quest chain back-to-back, that doesn't sound like something I'd notice or care about in the moment.
There is some care to the lore of Trossa; they wouldn't have them standing there only to appear to care about WT if that was the case. They could have had them there doing nothing, or not present at all. Half of that NPC was done top-notch. The other half just sounds dumb; the NPC can be as-dense as they want with activating a magical ring, but even that seems silly considering who and where they are. What is my character doing not questioning it? I honestly expected a chat option to question what they would want 80K for since it's such an abrupt thing, but nope ok here you go?
This just seems like a rushed oversight. I would like to see this fixed, but truthfully I'll probably never talk to that guy again.
Eblis for the Ancient Staff is a perfect example how to implement a gp-sink in some kind of explainable manner. It's an ancient heirloom that they couldn't possibly part with, outside of that magical 80K number. It's a valuable item and Eblis wants paid; nothing ground-breaking or story-furthering.
Maybe lore is the wrong word; it's immersion. I felt immersed in giving Eblis 80K for a staff. My immersion was broken hard with the fairy ring purchase; I was ready to go kill some Greater Demons after figuring out how to get to the Catacombs, before dealing with this insult
...Another even more recent example: Mod Ed was asked why the Elder Horn magically appeared and found its way into Sliske's possession in DT2 while previous canonical lore pointed to its location being in the Eastern Land, Mod Ed's answer was they just thought it would be fun and then he mumbled something like... Elder Horn, Forstenhorn... makes sense. Shrug to me, but it is all up to you or the other players to like this kind of "sense".
That sounds like something hardcore lore purist would care about and track. Unless I did that quest chain back-to-back, that doesn't sound like something I'd notice or care about in the moment.
There is some care to the lore of Trossa; they wouldn't have them standing there only to appear to care about WT if that was the case. They could have had them there doing nothing, or not present at all. Half of that NPC was done top-notch. The other half just sounds dumb; the NPC can be as-dense as they want with activating a magical ring, but even that seems silly considering who and where they are. What is my character doing not questioning it? I honestly expected a chat option to question what they would want 80K for since it's such an abrupt thing, but nope ok here you go?
This just seems like a rushed oversight. I would like to see this fixed, but truthfully I'll probably never talk to that guy again.
Eblis for the Ancient Staff is a perfect example how to implement a gp-sink in some kind of explainable manner. It's an ancient heirloom that they couldn't possibly part with, outside of that magical 80K number. It's a valuable item and Eblis wants paid; nothing ground-breaking or story-furthering.
Maybe lore is the wrong word; it's immersion. I felt immersed in giving Eblis 80K for a staff. My immersion was broken hard with the fairy ring purchase; I was ready to go kill some Greater Demons after figuring out how to get to the Catacombs, before dealing with this insult
22-Sep-2023 20:22:42
"The issue is no immersive explanation as to why Trossa needs 80K, and it makes no sense for a magical being to treat it like some grass and to ask 80K to re-grow it."
I think Mod Ayiza's brutally honest comment (Page 1, Post 3) already told us OSRS is not as immersive and makes sense as some MMORPG players will like.
If you have to pick on OSRS's being non-immersive and doesn't make sense, there are plenty of better examples, like why some OSRS mobs like Zuk are so stupid to spawn a barrier for us to safe spot?
25-Sep-2023 18:00:08 - Last edited on 25-Sep-2023 18:24:59 by Dilbert2001
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