What's your opinion on sidequests?

[Gallia]

Old post or not, i just reply them anyways.

Sidequests are needed , if they're not ingame then there is a linear story and grinding.
It works mind you, as long the story is good.
The fetch this and fetch that are quests for MMO's.
Sidequests that are the best if they end with maybe some character development, like crafting a gift for a girl that your "hero" have feeling for, maybe the sidequest end with a flashback, telling the player why "insert name" became the way he/she is, for example a typical lone wolf or a battle scarred warrior.

You give players a reason to do sidequests if they have nice payoffs.

If the sidequest is "Cut the biggest tree with a herring" or "kill 200 Dark Dimension Dragons" and the resulting payoff is like 1 bronze dagger, 20 Exp and a pebble, then no, that is bad design.

 

[Nutty171]

@Gallia Just a heads-up, there is a rule against necro-posting.

 

[Gallia]

@Gallia Just a heads-up, there is a rule against necro-posting.

I live by my own rules XD, if the post is old it should be closed, if its open then i can crawl in and post

 

[Nutty171]

Living by your own rules could get you banned if you do it too much. The necro-posting rule exists likely to avoid a mod needing to come in and close every old thread. Oftentimes, necro-posting can be excused, but only if the offender has something important to say that needs to be added to the conversation.

 

[Kes]

I live by my own rules XD, if the post is old it should be closed, if its open then i can crawl in and post

Actually no, if you are on this forum, you live by the forum's rules, not your own.

Threads may still be open for a number of reasons - including the fact that only a small percentage of Members Report their thread for closing. It is not realistic to expect volunteer Mods to constantly read every thread to find out if it has finished. And so...

[necro]Gallia[/necro]