G-Rated

[Cynycal]

hey guys i haven't posted in a long time...but with good reason, my band has been doing alot of shows n' stuff its been pretty great n' all...i just thought that i'd say hi, and wazzap..etc...i was also wondering...just how G-Rated are you thinking that arcanity should be?...i mean how bloody, how much nudity, any sexual activity..etc..just a question...later guys

[Kintoun]

Just as with the idea of a realistic PVP system I think blood and gore should be in a realistic manner. But not to the extent where we have a person getting shot by a puny spell exploding into a shower of guts and blood.

[CrysDark]

This aspect needs to be looked at seriously.

There should be enough of everthing so much so that it is not offensive to people, but thier needs to be something in it for us adult gamers. Some companies forget that a vast majority of thier gamers are not 13 year old's with no mental contol.

Personal Opinion though, thier really shouldn't be any nudity, (it is a game after all) But there is nothing wrong with scantily clad charecters. Blood and gore should be kept realistic, (not absent like someother games).


Just my opinion. :)

[Rend]

Yes, it is still just a game. The blood and nudity don't bother me, but i'm sure theirs always people/parents and such that do get offend at too much realism in games. I think nudity should be avoided all together(its a very touchy subject fot some folks) and i'm sure BHT has the blood/ gore all figured out by now.

[Slitherrr]

There was a link on Blue's News yesterday about nudity... Group of highschool students and parents marched on the capitol preaching about outlawing pornography. One woman was even quoted as saying "I'd rather let my child smoke a pack of cigarrettes a day than let [him/her] view pornography." Rather silly idea to me, just look at all these lecherous old congressmen they're talking to. Besides, unless you're an extremely sheltered individual, you're going to see a naked body sometime in your life. Might as well let the people prepare themselves before they end up doing something they regret.

[Kymeri mac An Iolar]

Blood and Gore to an extent are fine. I would hate to see Arcanity taken to the level of FPS for graphic violence. I don't need that level of violence. Quite frankly that level isn't realistic violence anyway.

Nudity. Is just not needed in a game, realistic or not. If I want nudity or sex, I'll get it in the real world where it actually means something.

Ok there's my rant.

[Kintoun]

Very True Kymeri. Besides, I highly doubt that there would be any nudity. The closest thing may be light surrounding a naked god, but with no visible, err "areas".

But a certain amount of violence is needed to show the brutality of certain monsters, as well as their history.

[Indigo]

Personally I think only Americans (I am american) have such a staunch of view the nudity issue .. the human body is a beautiful thing, not ugly or dirty in any aspect.. however I think characters in a rp need never be totally naked, after all its rp, not a sex site, no matter how well screened the signup goes there will be children in the game. I think characters should have a choice just how dressed they are.. Meaning I dont wanna play another half naked character just cause it appeals to teenage boys. I got nothing but grief about the way "I dressed" in EQ.. including unwanted sexual attention with the person who was doing it blaming me for the way my character dressed...Like i had a choice...

violence .. graphic violence is totally unnecessary as well. I do not need to see my characters head fly off, or guts fall out to know I am dead:) So thumbs down on the gladiator graphics:).. frankly if I wanna see that, I will watch the news:P I play rp to get away from reality not to mirror it with exact realism.. you want realism, institute perminant character death.. well that wont happen either so lets make this what it really is.. a good roleplay where a good deal of what comes about is in your imagination.

[Cynycal]

i didn't mean that characters should run about in arcanity with no clothes on...but it is an RP game...not a Hack n' slash game...and part of playing a character is playing his or her emotions...and actions that those emotions bring on...such as love...and i'm sure that with the use of text only emotes people could do the whole sex thing...i was just wondering about the level that something like that was going to be taken to...i think that kissing between characters would add a nice effect though...espeacially at character weddings...etc...the rest could be handled with text only stuff...and im sure that there will be youngins in the game...so dont show anything too graphic..etc..but i like really hip roleplaying stuff...and not just hack n' slahs..blah blah blah

as far as blood and gore...i think that it'd be great to have it as long as its sorta realistic...bleeding to death should be shown...with actual blood...blood should be able to be spilled on the ground (it would eventually go away of course)...and limbs should be able to be taken off n' stuff...but im sure they have all that figured out....i guess that the gore should be sorta dependant on the level of the injury, but it should be pretty realistic, and blood is a definent necessity, it'd be great to kill somebody in the snow and see their crimson blood speckling or even splattered heavily all over the ivory white snow...

yay

[Indigo]

heheh.. ok kissing animations:) and how about hand holding too:P slaps on the back and hand shakes.. yah it would be nice to have animations that have nothing to do with fighting. if you can attach an animation to one of your emotes that would be great too..

I think you are dreamin on the blood in the snow effect though or even an arm falling off .. well unless the animators get really nutsy one night while drinking tequila:)

[Kintoun]

Oh no no no no no! Blood on the ground is a GREAT idea, and extremely simple to implement. And this would give rangers, shamans, and rouges a real sense of what it's like to play those classes. For instance you cast a Dot (damage over time) spell, or poison a MOB (monster) and realizing that it's about to die the MOB will run away. Lets say this MOB was a Cerebus found in the dark caves of the Harbringer of Entropy. Now your not about to go running after the beast in the darkness and aggro 50 more MOBS... But you CAN follow the blood trail and track down the dying beast in order to go loot it's corpse. Maybe even fighting along the way. Since some MOB's will most likely be running away from a fight, it's not that hard to have a few dots on the ground in the direction that it went representing blood. Might even add to the PvP experience. Blood coming from PC's would be realistic, but unfair in some aspects in PvP.

[Kymeri mac An Iolar]

Yes, some very good suggestions here. I would like to see more emotion animations. ie gives Kintoun Kiss/Hug/Slap on the back and my charactor actually does that.

Realistic combat graphics would also be nice. I just don't want to see the unrealistic gore at the level of FPS. Wounds appearing on a charactor as they become more injured, blood trails, someone dying or being knocked unconscious and looking it would all be great.

[Kintoun]

I'd accept a kiss/hug/slap from Kymeri any day!

/emote beams a smile towards his lovely goddess.

[UBIK]

step away from the goddess beep boop beep step away from the goddess, you may have the flu, step away from the goddess......

[Kintoun]

But! But!... It's Kymeri! and.. and it's ME Kintoun! Why must I suffer!?

[Morte]

Gods can get annoyed when you try to attract their attention all the time. As an archbishop, it's UBIK's duty to see that that doesn't happen. Be glad that you worship a benevolent goddess. I usually just zap annoying followers. Fellow gods sometimes come to me to handle problematic followers. It saves them time and it is my duty anyway. So Kymeri, my offer is still open. I'd be delighted to help, if for some reason UBIK fails to do so in a timely fashion, which I rather doubt since he is a very competent archbishop. I wish there where more of those.

* Morte kills his archbishop yet again for incompetence

[Kymeri mac An Iolar]

Ah, Morte my friend I love my followers and would never harm them. Ubik is a wonderful Archbisop as you say and I am not willing to lend him out, I already share him with Wrentia. I am a goddess of Light and Life, so I enjoy seeing my people happy, and I don't mind when they share it with me. Unfortunatily I can't say the same for yours, since your primarily creating Chaos and Death.

Kintoun you may approach me anytime you wish, I am probily one of the more social Gods. Also, I see you finally remember me correctly. UBIK is so busy with having to help out with 2 Goddesses I think he needs a little help so ..... Here's that appointment you wanted. As a healer I am making you the High Priest of my Clerics. You are directly under the supervision of my Archbisop. You goddess always has here I on you. :)

[Morte]

You are much too lenient with your followers, but then again, you're the Goddess of Light, so that is to be expected. And as for creating Chaos and Death and the like, you know as well as I do that that is needed to keep the Cosmic Balance. What would the universe be without Entropy?

[Kintoun]

/emote bows in appreciation to Kymeri.

[Edited by Kintoun on 03-03-2001 at 11:42 PM]

[BelDragos]

I don't punish my followers unless they don't share the knowledge they find or discover with others in my Guild. Usually I restrict magic from working benificially for them until they realize their mistake.

The foremost requirement for my followers is the persuit and sharing of knowledge.

[Morte]

Well, I must be very carefull with granting powers to my followers. They are easily corrupted by the powers I can grant, which leaves me to clean up the mess.

[BelDragos]

Maybe the deities should invest some of their powers to create a being that punishes those who we determine needs Divine Retribution. Like a bountyhunter for the gods but it doesn't kill them, only carries out the judgement of the Gods.

[Morte]

That seems a prudent idea, and it would save us a lot of bother. What might be an obstacle is getting all the gods, or at least the more important ones, to meet and do so. Given the various personalities and sanity or lack thereof of the gods required, that would require quite an effort. Of course, the bounty hunter could be created by fewer gods, but that would limit its power to certain areas of expertise, those of the gods involved.

[Kymeri mac An Iolar]

Hmm.. Interesting notion, but I think I will watch over, pass judgement and carry it out myself. That is one of the areas that allow me to have interaction with my people.

[BelDragos]

I'm just suggesting it because many mythologies had their versions.

I personally would punish anyone amongst my followers but if it was one of somebody elses, they would fall under the protection of their deity. The being I mentioned would be empowered to act on the behalf of the will of the councle of Gods which we would take the matter to for them to decide. Just an idea.