Comments on: On Not Reading

By: Mines of Moria™ Day 3: At the Gates | Kill Ten Rats

Mines of Moria™ Day 3: At the Gates | Kill Ten Rats — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:33:21 +0000

[...] than Scottish. I respect that. The voice-acting is also context-relevant. If you are the sort to skip flavor text, the NPC’s single line will still give you the idea of what the full paragraph is [...]

By: Syncaine

Syncaine — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:23:10 +0000

I also find that if you do actually stop to read the text on all those ‘kill boars’ quests, they don’t seem as bad. Sure the objective is the same, but the reasons behind it are different. Otherwise, yea, all the ‘kill x’ quests are basically the same thing in a different zone.

Also, reading all the quests gives you a much stronger understanding of each zone. Reading and doing all the quests in the Forsaken Inn, for instance, gives you a really deep background on what exactly is going on in that area.

By: Talyn

Talyn — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:19:20 +0000

WoW was the last “big” MMO I spent (too much) time in, and compared to that I find LOTRO’s quest dialogue interesting at least.

I think a lot of the “whatever… *clicks Accept*” mentality comes from attention span and the “the journey is not important, just do what is necessary to reach the end” mentality that WoW and other end-game-oriented games teach us.

I’ve been intentionally playing casually since launch (re-rolled on a different server than I did beta on) and just this morning reached level 44 with my main character. I intentionally take the time to actually read the quests and try to immerse myself into the NPC’s little storyline where possible.

It’s all about each player’s attitude and goals…