Teams - whats better?

[Zihm]

The teams don't have to be good versus evil. Just divide the classes up evenly, even if it means putting seemingly random races together. If people are tired of "stale" EQ this shouldn't be too disconcerting for people. Ogres and dwarves on the same team, for example, would be an interesting element. You'd be attacked by NPCs of that race, most likely, but you'd be able to group with one another. Like two enemies that have come together to work against a common enemy (like Horde and Alliance working together against the Burning Legion, for instance).

In a FFA system, ogres and dwarves (to use the same example) can group together without reconciling this. Or we could just make up some shitty backstory to justify it and boom, total immersion.

The good vs. evil thing is just another stale element of the game.

[runlvlzero]

Originally Posted by Zihm [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The good vs. evil thing is just another stale element of the game.

Indeed good and evil is all a matter of perspective and there is not much that can be considered wholey one or the other...

Sacrifice... both good and evil versions
Loyalty... both good and evil versions
Mercy... lol (how many times have you seen mercy end in great evil in tragedies and drama?) (Or RL for that matter =/)
Love...

Everything has its positive and negative attributes and can be altruistic or vile.

Even hatred and vengeance. Its peoples irreconciliation of these attributes that leads to bad things.

[Faerie]

Originally Posted by runlvlzero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Indeed good and evil is all a matter of perspective and there is not much that can be considered wholey one or the other...

Sacrifice... both good and evil versions
Loyalty... both good and evil versions
Mercy... lol (how many times have you seen mercy end in great evil in tragedies and drama?) (Or RL for that matter =/)
Love...

Everything has its positive and negative attributes and can be altruistic or vile.

Even hatred and vengeance. Its peoples irreconciliation of these attributes that leads to bad things.

We could talk pseudophilosophy until everything is literally meaningless (I've done it a bunch, can be fun), but SZ teams are the only ones that really make the most sense. VZ teams could be awesome too, but 4 is kinda pushing it with our population.

[runlvlzero]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We could talk pseudophilosophy until everything is literally meaningless (I've done it a bunch, can be fun), but SZ teams are the only ones that really make the most sense. VZ teams could be awesome too, but 4 is kinda pushing it with our population.

Agreed