Guild Wars 2

With all these topics about loot, rewards, meaningful results, and all manner of silly nonsense ripping and defending players’ preferred activities, I have to wonder a simple little thing. What about the story? Is it at all feasible for the stories in the world to be compelling enough to be an adequate reward in themselves, that whatever else is gained is noticed but not dwelt upon?

Is it a simple concession for those playing online games such as this that the world simply cannot tell these sorts of compelling stories? Is it that the personal story felt so weak to some, that they assume the same quality is found throughout the world?

What might be altered about the way in which the stories are told that they become the goal to be pursued, rather than the background noise to new killing grounds?

Is the storytelling of any interest to you at all, or is the world for you mainly a playground that can easily do without it?

The personal story WAS an interest to me until 1) it became Trahearne’s and 2) I found that they were all the same toward the middle.

The personal story was O.K the first time around but the quality deteriorated as it progressed. There were a few gems but they evaporated into the seemingly rushed plot and annoying characters.

I never once felt Zaitan had any real power or even a personality. It was Jormag then “Oh yeah, there’s this other dragon being a total kitten, lets do something about that”. As much as I enjoy zombie themed stories, this whole setup just ended up boring me.

Er…I want to emphasize that I’m asking about the stories alongside the personal story here. There are tales in the dynamic events and renown hearts too, after all.

I completely lost interest in the personal story when I found out that my “home” instance wasn’t customizable at all.