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Honestly, dancing is one of the things I find really annoying in a game. I've got nothing against dancing in real life, but seeing someone in full armor break out into a dance in the middle of any situation just because the macro exists is silly and does little for immersive RP, especially when the dance is WoW style (goofy take-offs of real life dance styles/moves like moonwalking).
Now, if it was a more fitting group activity like Aeioun suggests, which could be done at festivals, weddings, and the like, then fine.
Honestly, dancing is one of the things I find really annoying in a game. I've got nothing against dancing in real life, but seeing someone in full armor break out into a dance in the middle of any situation just because the macro exists is silly and does little for immersive RP, especially when the dance is WoW style (goofy take-offs of real life dance styles/moves like moonwalking).
Now, if it was a more fitting group activity like Aeioun suggests, which could be done at festivals, weddings, and the like, then fine.
+50! Well said Hobs. PFO is breaking the mold in so many ways, lets continue the practice with dancing!
Waffle, I'm thinking of that scene in Shrek where Robin Hood and his Merry Men sing about their criminal activities. XD
But I'd agree--the "real world dance in fantasy world" joke is kind of old by now.
Walking (animation), since it's the thing we do the most in a mmorpg.
Guys, this is the dancing thread. If you want to talk about walking, that's a whole other matter. It's not our problem if you don't have your priorities straight.
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Introduce the Hakka as part of the intimidate check!
Hmmm ... then a mini-game comes up, where if you succeed you intimidate the opponent, but if you do badly you give them a bonus because of your comic antics.
But wed need a friendly fire option for that, because all your teammates will want to kill you after giving bonuses to the opponents.
Unless the comedic dancing is SO bad that it acts as a Tasha'a Hideous Laughter spell. In which case your team will love you.
Oh my head, I need to sit down.
most important thing in a MMORPG...
...being able to utilize the furniture.
Seriously, the last MMORPG I played, you couldn't sit in the chairs or sleep in the beds. That seriously annoys me and kills rp.
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Bluddwulf,
I knew a player who RPed a Dwarf in Ultima Online. He had each verse of several Lord of the Rings songs prewritten into macros so that as we walked from place to place (such as in a caravan), he would hit each marco button in the proper order and appear to be singing the song without having to stop and type out the words.
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Another important thing in a sand box MMO are the purely social activities and live server events that take place during the course of hours, days, weeks or even months.
Perhaps there could be a pandemic that is killing off the NPCs of the River Kingdoms, and all PCs, regardless of alignment or settlement have to work together to discover a cure and then distribute it.
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Im with Being. I would really like fishing, but not so much as a profesion as much as a past time.
On the other hand, dancing and any well scripted emotes are welcome..... just dont allow people to be able to do them in battle.
No, allow them to to dance in combat, and when they do, give the the same penalties as if they were under an Irresitible Dance Spell.
