07-03-2005, 08:18 AM
fractaled,Jul 2 2005, 07:20 PM Wrote:although, building a house/town doesn't necessarily mean you discover anything... and i'm not sure crafting does either (at least not in WoW, since you know what you're going to get)...
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I'm not so sure about this. You are bringing a new thing into the world. And then you're discovering the changes that new thing brings. The new interaction possibilities that provides (you can hide from enemies in the house, or just open a door where none was before..) Granted these changes can be minimal, but still there is stuff to discover, to explore.
Even if I would set out to mass-produce gingerbread cookies, I could still explore what will happen with the game world by doing this. Probably nothing worthwhile, but who knows? Explorers are not only people who are mapping out the country side. Explorers are also people who are creating countless chars just to try different race/class combos, different skill-sets. Explorers could be farming Molten Core bosses alongside their achiever brothers and sisters just to get to that elusive weapon; because they want to explore its uses, etc.
Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm!