I always welcome your (and anyone's) input, Rad - you speak your mind and are honest, and that to me is a whole lot better than someone just saying "WOW GREAT!" all the time. In the US, we call this "constructive criticism", and as any creative person will tell you, we all need to learn EARLY to take constructive criticism in the spirit it was intended - not as a rebuke or a condemnation, but as a suggestion, or a different point of view.
Having different points of view, IMO, makes the world a MUCH more interesting place! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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You know, most people desiring their own character in the game so far have been content to have a custom skin so we can play as our own persona or have ourselves in Nathaniel's officer contingent (which is what I usually do) - and I think a lot of us have tinkered around with that. If this is changing, well, I think it's only a natural extension of our own creativity to want to mod ourselves into a quest.
It would be fun, for instance, for me to do something with my own (historical) persona as she was quite the renegade - thief, in and out of the Spanish military in Peru and other parts of South America, dueling, gambling, killing, heroic in battle, &tc... All while masquerading as a man. She was never really a shipboard pirate per se, mostly a rascal on land, so if I were to author a quest involving her, it would have to be something like stealing the gold train, or getting her into many many many many duels.
Heh, I could have her duel against Nathaniel repeatedly, in random places at random times - always stopping when the match got to a certain point, so no one dies. That might be a fun thing to add to the game. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Modding this game is only limited by our imaginations, and of course as has been the watchword of the modders here - TOGGLE-ABILITY is the key. Make it so that the regular player can switch it on or switch it off if they so choose.
In the case of the quest v.Grimm proposes, I think it would only be a matter of playing or not playing the quest, if you wish. It's like the Animists quest, or the Assassin quest - you can do it, or not do it. Heck, the way we have it now, you don't even have to do the main quest to play the game, you can just play without it (as I usually do, until I get the urge to twit Silehard and the French, HA!).
I hope, that with the advent of SEVERAL new things (the new locations, for one) we will see a lot of new side quests - so many that we won't be able to choose which to do first! I myself have a couple of ways to generate side quests - my Sneaky Trader is one, and if all goes well with that mod, he'll be able to send you out on treasure hunts, get you involved with the guards if you have "stolen goods" (however accidentally you acquire them) in your possession - which may necessitate a jailbreak with keys the Sneaky Trader provides, or perhaps you will have to break into a house to find something to prove your innocence, by using the prybar the Sneaky Trader will provide... There are COUNTLESS things he'll be able to generate - my creating him and setting him up in business will give other modders the chance to run mods off of his base.
Same with my (hopefully) continuing characters of Armand and Estrella, from the Fred Bob/Help the Lady quests. They can be set up on one of the new locations - hiding from the Spanish military - Estrella running the inn and Armand as the pirate king who can have more adventures with Nathaniel...
You see what I mean by "only limited by our imaginations"?
I WISH I had the TIME to do all these and get them done NOW... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I'd luv nuth'n better than ter see a location filled wid PA characters,generat'n fun quests,O' course this jest be this humble pirate's opinion <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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