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I'm busy atm, but I scanned through your review. A couple of things I happened to notice:
- It is explained why the Myreque are in more trouble than normally; rogue Vyrewatch, people in Burgh de Rott being slaughtered and Vanstrom having been tasked with the Myreque's annihilation.
- Safalaan being unlikeable in Legacy and Branches is a plot point, it's part of his character. Him acting nice again in Branches would be inconsistent.
- Safalaan isn't going to meet "Vanstrom" because he's too important, this is clarified in the quest.
- Meiyerditch is divided into sectors, this is found out when you first visit in Darkness of Hallowvale. Sector 4 was inaccessible pre-Branches.
- "Vanescula makes up an odd irrelevent section and the magic really isn't explained" - sorry, what?
- "We chose a name with little to no knowledge of vampire society." - Well that's the point. We have no idea what we're doing and have to try and mingle in with vampyres. Our name being ridiculous is part of that, and it's sheer luck that the vampyres bought it.
- "The Myreque series has always been lore lite and the trend continues here." - Not that more lore is necessarily good, but the Myreque series have always been very lore-heavy, just saying. Lots of (optional/hidden) dialogue and books.
- "The actual balls the puzzle uses are poorly coloured making the puzzle harder as you aren’t 100% sure what colours they are." - Only if you're colourblind...
- "It is also incredibly tedious to try to swap two balls around when the rest of the puzzle is nearly complete." - Then clearly you aren't doing it right.
I'll hopefully get round to responding to the rest of your review soon(TM). Thanks for posting either way!
Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire.
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- It is explained why the Myreque are in more trouble than normally; rogue Vyrewatch, people in Burgh de Rott being slaughtered and Vanstrom having been tasked with the Myreque's annihilation.
- Safalaan being unlikeable in Legacy and Branches is a plot point, it's part of his character. Him acting nice again in Branches would be inconsistent.
- Safalaan isn't going to meet "Vanstrom" because he's too important, this is clarified in the quest.
- Meiyerditch is divided into sectors, this is found out when you first visit in Darkness of Hallowvale. Sector 4 was inaccessible pre-Branches.
- "Vanescula makes up an odd irrelevent section and the magic really isn't explained" - sorry, what?
- "We chose a name with little to no knowledge of vampire society." - Well that's the point. We have no idea what we're doing and have to try and mingle in with vampyres. Our name being ridiculous is part of that, and it's sheer luck that the vampyres bought it.
- "The Myreque series has always been lore lite and the trend continues here." - Not that more lore is necessarily good, but the Myreque series have always been very lore-heavy, just saying. Lots of (optional/hidden) dialogue and books.
- "The actual balls the puzzle uses are poorly coloured making the puzzle harder as you aren’t 100% sure what colours they are." - Only if you're colourblind...
- "It is also incredibly tedious to try to swap two balls around when the rest of the puzzle is nearly complete." - Then clearly you aren't doing it right.
I'll hopefully get round to responding to the rest of your review soon(TM). Thanks for posting either way!
Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire.
OSRS: POH ideas
&
RS3 minigames
&
achievement ideas
!
Perhaps you're half right; perhaps we can't win. But we can fight.
— Zanik
09-Nov-2015 15:57:47
Lord Drakan
said
:
I'm busy atm, but I scanned through your review. A couple of things I happened to notice:
- It is explained why the Myreque are in more trouble than normally; rogue Vyrewatch, people in Burgh de Rott being slaughtered and Vanstrom having been tasked with the Myreque's annihilation.
- Safalaan being unlikeable in Legacy and Branches is a plot point, it's part of his character. Him acting nice again in Branches would be inconsistent.
- Safalaan isn't going to meet "Vanstrom" because he's too important, this is clarified in the quest.
- Meiyerditch is divided into sectors, this is found out when you first visit in Darkness of Hallowvale. Sector 4 was inaccessible pre-Branches.
- "Vanescula makes up an odd irrelevent section and the magic really isn't explained" - sorry, what?
I'll hopefully get round to responding to the rest of your review soon(TM). Thanks for posting either way!
To respond to your points
- But why Vanstrom is suddenly targeting the Myreque is not explained. There are suddenly more of a threat. Perhaps if players had been using the Flail to kill vyrewatch, which isn't a guarantee. It is a flaw Vanstorm suddenly bothers to start harassing the Myreque unless that was his job all along and he just forgot for the last 2 quests which is a sin of connivence.
- OK, its a plot point. To what end? All it is doing is making him unlikable and with the limited characters the rest of the group are, currently I'm not rooting for the Myreque. If all but 2 died, I'd be totally fine. Unless we get to call him out, I'm not seeing what it adds.
- Yeah that just sounds weak
- Never noticed that, I'll have to reread the Darkness transcript
- The Nessie part with the fake Vanstrom story and act. The entire part is pointless.
I'm busy atm, but I scanned through your review. A couple of things I happened to notice:
- It is explained why the Myreque are in more trouble than normally; rogue Vyrewatch, people in Burgh de Rott being slaughtered and Vanstrom having been tasked with the Myreque's annihilation.
- Safalaan being unlikeable in Legacy and Branches is a plot point, it's part of his character. Him acting nice again in Branches would be inconsistent.
- Safalaan isn't going to meet "Vanstrom" because he's too important, this is clarified in the quest.
- Meiyerditch is divided into sectors, this is found out when you first visit in Darkness of Hallowvale. Sector 4 was inaccessible pre-Branches.
- "Vanescula makes up an odd irrelevent section and the magic really isn't explained" - sorry, what?
I'll hopefully get round to responding to the rest of your review soon(TM). Thanks for posting either way!
To respond to your points
- But why Vanstrom is suddenly targeting the Myreque is not explained. There are suddenly more of a threat. Perhaps if players had been using the Flail to kill vyrewatch, which isn't a guarantee. It is a flaw Vanstorm suddenly bothers to start harassing the Myreque unless that was his job all along and he just forgot for the last 2 quests which is a sin of connivence.
- OK, its a plot point. To what end? All it is doing is making him unlikable and with the limited characters the rest of the group are, currently I'm not rooting for the Myreque. If all but 2 died, I'd be totally fine. Unless we get to call him out, I'm not seeing what it adds.
- Yeah that just sounds weak
- Never noticed that, I'll have to reread the Darkness transcript
- The Nessie part with the fake Vanstrom story and act. The entire part is pointless.
09-Nov-2015 20:42:30
Lord Drakan
said
:
- "We chose a name with little to no knowledge of vampire society." - Well that's the point. We have no idea what we're doing and have to try and mingle in with vampyres. Our name being ridiculous is part of that, and it's sheer luck that the vampyres bought it.
- "The Myreque series has always been lore lite and the trend continues here." - Not that more lore is necessarily good, but the Myreque series have always been very lore-heavy, just saying. Lots of (optional/hidden) dialogue and books.
- "The actual balls the puzzle uses are poorly coloured making the puzzle harder as you aren’t 100% sure what colours they are." - Only if you're colourblind...
- "It is also incredibly tedious to try to swap two balls around when the rest of the puzzle is nearly complete." - Then clearly you aren't doing it right.
- It just seems rather weak and a missed opportunity. If you are going to do a behind enemy lines story, the advantage is learning more about that enemy in a previously unexplored way. Branches fails at this - we stumble around incompetently and fail to get any realised view of vampiric society. The great insight behind enemy lines brings is forgotten wasting a chance to do something great.
- More lore isn't necessarily good but its something. I see it in a way like rewards. Say a quest is bad but at least you get access to a decent reward its not all negative. If a quest is bad and you don't get a reward its just poor all round. The quest is the most important bit but the reward is a nice addition. Lore is the same. As you can tell, I'm not in love with Branches or the Myreque series. Some lore would have been something. In this case theres nothing.
Can you give an example from Branches?
- The balls had coloured rims. The entire balls could have been coloured and that would have made it easier. I'm fine with puzzles as long as the set out is done well. This wasn't.
- "We chose a name with little to no knowledge of vampire society." - Well that's the point. We have no idea what we're doing and have to try and mingle in with vampyres. Our name being ridiculous is part of that, and it's sheer luck that the vampyres bought it.
- "The Myreque series has always been lore lite and the trend continues here." - Not that more lore is necessarily good, but the Myreque series have always been very lore-heavy, just saying. Lots of (optional/hidden) dialogue and books.
- "The actual balls the puzzle uses are poorly coloured making the puzzle harder as you aren’t 100% sure what colours they are." - Only if you're colourblind...
- "It is also incredibly tedious to try to swap two balls around when the rest of the puzzle is nearly complete." - Then clearly you aren't doing it right.
- It just seems rather weak and a missed opportunity. If you are going to do a behind enemy lines story, the advantage is learning more about that enemy in a previously unexplored way. Branches fails at this - we stumble around incompetently and fail to get any realised view of vampiric society. The great insight behind enemy lines brings is forgotten wasting a chance to do something great.
- More lore isn't necessarily good but its something. I see it in a way like rewards. Say a quest is bad but at least you get access to a decent reward its not all negative. If a quest is bad and you don't get a reward its just poor all round. The quest is the most important bit but the reward is a nice addition. Lore is the same. As you can tell, I'm not in love with Branches or the Myreque series. Some lore would have been something. In this case theres nothing.
Can you give an example from Branches?
- The balls had coloured rims. The entire balls could have been coloured and that would have made it easier. I'm fine with puzzles as long as the set out is done well. This wasn't.
09-Nov-2015 20:54:47
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