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Hello fellow gamers!
I could really use some help, Im currently writing my masters thesis about character creation in MMORPGs and I would like your input on some questions.
Feel free to just answer one or two, or answer them all
Really appreciate all the help I can get!
So here goes:
When you are creating a character:
Thank you all!
/Sahga
Comments
Just a friendly thought here, and I say this with all due respect. These questions are pretty elementary for a master thesis. I would go a lot deeper than this if you're really planning on writing a thesis on character creation. Your questions barely scratch the surface on this. You have a good resource of gamers to tap into here, if you can sift through some bull. If you're really planning on incorporating players' opinions into your thesis, I would also plan on coming up with far more compelling questions for us to answer.
I really hope that *insert game name here* will be the first game to ever live up to all of its pre-release promises, maintain a manageable hype level and have a clean release. Just don't expect me to hold my breath.
Thank you so much for your answers and opinions!
First of all I think maybe masters thesis is the wrong name for it, here in Sweden we have a different system and according to google translate (!) this was the best word to describe it. I do think a masters thesis a one step higher than what Im currently writing...
Second, this is only a small part of the thesis, Ive allready conducted interviews with a number of players, and the questiones posted here were a result of these, I guess I wanted to see if there is a lot of different opinions about these topics
Third... Thanks again!
/S
PvE
Character customization is completely uninteresting to me. What I want most from a character is that it isn't a distraction from the game. Many players are uninterested in playing a spaceship in EVE Online while I don't have any problem with it. That's because I'm not playing a spaceship. It's just my game piece in the game, like the top hat in Monopoly.
I also don't get deeply involved in my characters. They're just a way of getting to game content. Sometimes I find myself roleplaying a little bit because the situation naturally invites it. However, that's fairly atypical.
I don't require uniqueness in appearance for my characters. I'm what that makes my characters unique.
1) I use my characters (yes, it's usually plural) to play the game. Most often, that means PVE, but it can mean PVP in a game appropriate to it.
2) Physical size. I know where my character is on the screen, as it's always in the same spot, in the middle horizontally, and somewhat below the middle vertically. What I need to see is everything else that is going on. A smaller character blocks less of the screen and lets me see more. So I make small characters.
3) There is no such thing. Sorry, there just isn't.
4) It doesn't need to feel unique. If I can make a unique character, I likely will, so in Champions Online, for example, my characters have a wide variety of backstories and costumes. If I can't, it's not that important.
Very happy for all your answers, thank you all so much!
This thread will be open until sunday, so I hope I can get a few more answers