7th of september 2015
1.1 Work on the private lore and incoming publications
We want to gradually open the Lore to the players. Indeed, even if it's normal to keep part of it secret, a big part of what should be known by your characters, isn't. For example, what are your characters supposed to know what about the goo, the kitins, fire?
This lack of information is a brake for RP, and an open window for Lore slides, because the players, missing information on the Lore, start to invent it by themselves.
That's why Bepock and Gorias are working on writing a glossary listing one by one all the themes of the Lore. Each theme will be developped in three versions: A very private version, for the Lore group use only; an internal version, for the Event Team, which will include the Lore pieces to be brought to the players knowledge along the events; and a public version for the players.
Q: A suggestion, which I'm sure you will fix: please make sure it is up to date, so far the Lore says Yrkanis is still king, and very little mention is made of the second great swarming, etc.
A: It's scheduled, but it's also a very long work, so Bepock and Gorias start with themes which will be also used by rites and missions designers. Moreover, updating the public Lore (such as a king replacement) can be done without any problem by players in the Lore Wiki. This wiki is official-and-collaborative.
Q: Will the parts of the revealed Lore be revealed on RP manner? More precisely, will the informations be considered as new knowledge by our avatars? Or just a regularisation of what they should already know?
A: It will all depend of the kind of information. What will be in the public Lore is supposed to be known by your characters (sometimes according to their nation or faction). What will be revealed during events will be new knowledge. The goal is that the players know more easily how make their character act and how to create player event without diverging from the Lore.
Q: What's about fictional stories such as origination of known guilds or the like? How should this be verified?
A: If some players want to have their guild history or character history validated, just ask us and we'll look at it when we can. Once validated, the text will get the "Lore validated" stamp, and it will become a part of the official Lore of Ryzom. And regarding the texts without any validation request, they're not related to the official Lore, but they could be considered as homin legends.
1.1 Work on the private lore and incoming publications
We want to gradually open the Lore to the players. Indeed, even if it's normal to keep part of it secret, a big part of what should be known by your characters, isn't. For example, what are your characters supposed to know what about the goo, the kitins, fire?
This lack of information is a brake for RP, and an open window for Lore slides, because the players, missing information on the Lore, start to invent it by themselves.
That's why Bepock and Gorias are working on writing a glossary listing one by one all the themes of the Lore. Each theme will be developped in three versions: A very private version, for the Lore group use only; an internal version, for the Event Team, which will include the Lore pieces to be brought to the players knowledge along the events; and a public version for the players.
Q: A suggestion, which I'm sure you will fix: please make sure it is up to date, so far the Lore says Yrkanis is still king, and very little mention is made of the second great swarming, etc.
A: It's scheduled, but it's also a very long work, so Bepock and Gorias start with themes which will be also used by rites and missions designers. Moreover, updating the public Lore (such as a king replacement) can be done without any problem by players in the Lore Wiki. This wiki is official-and-collaborative.
Q: Will the parts of the revealed Lore be revealed on RP manner? More precisely, will the informations be considered as new knowledge by our avatars? Or just a regularisation of what they should already know?
A: It will all depend of the kind of information. What will be in the public Lore is supposed to be known by your characters (sometimes according to their nation or faction). What will be revealed during events will be new knowledge. The goal is that the players know more easily how make their character act and how to create player event without diverging from the Lore.
Q: What's about fictional stories such as origination of known guilds or the like? How should this be verified?
A: If some players want to have their guild history or character history validated, just ask us and we'll look at it when we can. Once validated, the text will get the "Lore validated" stamp, and it will become a part of the official Lore of Ryzom. And regarding the texts without any validation request, they're not related to the official Lore, but they could be considered as homin legends.