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Innert
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Yeah, that would have been a fantastic quest. It clearly was just a case of plans being cancelled as the game's focus shifted away from quests, and they felt they had to address it now that Owen was playing a role in the story again.
It's a shame what's happened to questing in recent years. I used to play constantly, back in the days when we got 10+ quests a year. These days it's rare I subscribe for more than a couple months per year, as there's almost no quest content anymore.
While I generally agree, there is a reason for there being fewer Quests these days. Think a moment. Back in the Fifth Age there were hosts of Quests coming out all the time because there was no dominate storyline , sure there was Lucien and Mahjarrat matters, but mostly it was a bunch of independent and mostly unrelated Quest series along with some stand-alone ones. Well, now most - not all, I admit, but most - of those old Quest lines are finished and it is the Sixth Age. Meaning that now there is a dominate storyline : us being the
My first loyalty is to protecting Gielinor. My second is to the patron of the Myreque.
My third is to
Yeah, that would have been a fantastic quest. It clearly was just a case of plans being cancelled as the game's focus shifted away from quests, and they felt they had to address it now that Owen was playing a role in the story again.
It's a shame what's happened to questing in recent years. I used to play constantly, back in the days when we got 10+ quests a year. These days it's rare I subscribe for more than a couple months per year, as there's almost no quest content anymore.
While I generally agree, there is a reason for there being fewer Quests these days. Think a moment. Back in the Fifth Age there were hosts of Quests coming out all the time because there was no dominate storyline , sure there was Lucien and Mahjarrat matters, but mostly it was a bunch of independent and mostly unrelated Quest series along with some stand-alone ones. Well, now most - not all, I admit, but most - of those old Quest lines are finished and it is the Sixth Age. Meaning that now there is a dominate storyline : us being the
World Guardian
. When every Quest has earthshaking potential and is part of a much larger story-arc it is only natural that fewer come out. As to
Death of Chivalry 2
, I think Jagex got caught in a trap of their own making: They wanted to involve Sir Owen in the Elder God Wars, but focusing on EDW had delayed
Death of Chivalry 2
- but making
Death of Chivalry 2
would then throw off their EDW timetable. So they did the Quest via dialogue. A regrettable situation that should not have occurred, yes, but we all make mistakes.
Saradominist
World Guardian
emeritus
My first loyalty is to protecting Gielinor. My second is to the patron of the Myreque.
My third is to
Tumeken
and the bloodline of Senliten.
27-Jul-2021 15:51:12
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