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Do you read the quest text?

charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
edited August 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
Trying to solve a suspicion of mine about mmo players and this.
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  • tardagaintardagain Member Posts: 47
    edited August 2014
    LOL Why bother putting the "always" option in the poll? That number there is going to remain firmly at zero. :)
  • twilightwatchmantwilightwatchman Member Posts: 2,007 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Like most players I read it the first time through. Why bother on subsequent runs through the same quest?
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  • zshikarazshikara Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 796 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I started playing this game for the lore and the setting. So yes, I do read/ listen to the quest text when its new to me. If I already know what they are going to say though, I just click accept and go do it.
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  • jintortlejintortle Member Posts: 655 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Does "sometimes" mean anything?

    lol and why would you read it more then once or even once per character :)
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  • sonofraistlinsonofraistlin Member Posts: 178 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    charononus wrote: »
    Trying to solve a suspicion of mine about mmo players and this.

    ok, so you got me curious...and what is your suspicion :) ?
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  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I'm ashamed to admit it but I've played Neverwinter since day one of open beta and I have no clue wtf is going on , something about Valindra and a Dragon xD
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  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    sonofraistlin wrote: »
    ok, so you got me curious...and what is your suspicion :) ?

    I want to try to get a bigger sample before I say. I will say once it looks like the poll is dead as far as more people voting.
  • bazgcbazgc Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 184 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    I've said the first time through, however I tend to read them 3 or 4 times rather than just once.
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  • thestaggythestaggy Member Posts: 1,102 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    It went between first time only and sometimes. On my first character in the early levels I read them, but by the time I was in the late 40s I just wanted to get to 60, so I followed the dotted lines and just looked to the right to see how many of 'X' I needed to collect and how many 'Ys' I needed to kill.
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  • frishterfrishter Member Posts: 3,522 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I like to read the story and hear the voice overs properly. I feel a little bad if there's dialog in skirmishes though as I don't want my team to wait for me for that so will just end up skipping that.
  • myowmyowmyowmyow Member Posts: 1,923 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    I'm ashamed to admit it but I've played Neverwinter since day one of open beta and I have no clue wtf is going on , something about Valindra and a Dragon xD

    Hard-core gamer alert!! :)

    Or as a French-speaking guy had in his history, "I am a hard gamer." :)
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  • rayrdanrayrdan Member Posts: 5,410 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    no.
    they can write "trolololol lol ololooooolo yolo swag lolo lol" and for me the story goes on.
  • kattefjaeskattefjaes Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 2,270 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    myowmyow wrote: »
    Hard-core gamer alert!! :)

    Or as a French-speaking guy had in his history, "I am a hard gamer." :)

    Or even...
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  • myowmyowmyowmyow Member Posts: 1,923 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    kattefjaes wrote: »
    Or even...

    :) Good one!
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    myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
    pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
    looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
  • sexwax45sexwax45 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I never read any of the text, maybe if i have a hard time figuring out what to do i will open the quest log but other then that its F 1 1 maybe a 2-4 to close the box that's about it, i have limited time to play reading all the bs is time that could be spent actually killing or collecting stuff.
  • hefisdohefisdo Member Posts: 709 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    myowmyow wrote: »
    Hard-core gamer alert!! :)

    Some people just play because of the mechanics; not necessarily elitists or hardcore players.

    @Topic

    I read when I see it's something interesting. When it's absolutely disconnected with the main story or it's something dispensable (Blacklake for example) I just finish it and gg.

    But it's not always like that. In some MMOs I really enjoy reading every single quest because the writers make the story be fun, interesting or misterious in its own way, and in others I just don't read the story at all because I don't like it and just enjoy the gameplay. (e.g. WoW. I hate the lore but I love the gameplay)
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  • valwrynvalwryn Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,620 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    One day an NPC will tell a story........and in that story they will mention how to enter the secret path that will bypass all the bosses and lead you straight to the final chest. None of you will read but post on these forums as to how impossible it is to beat the final boss. :confused:
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  • tardagaintardagain Member Posts: 47
    edited August 2014
    LOL Some ppl have answered that they "always" read the text. Really guys? You've done the quest on 5 diff chars, but you stop to read it EVERY SINGLE TIME?

    I'm calling shenanigans on that. :)
  • sirrodneysirrodney Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I tend to read through a quest's text carefully the first time I do it, and then often skip over it (and any associated voice-over, some of which are longer than is really necessary) on subsequent characters since I already know what's going on. Similarly with lore, although I do sometimes go back and reread a given entry when a subsequent one provides new insight on something that was unclear at the time.

    That said, I have reread some texts for quests I've done more than once, because I was either teamed the first time and hadn't much opportunity for a proper reading, or solo and accidentally closed the window too quickly.

    Some of the texts are, unfortunately, rather uninformative, so even a rereading doesn't help. This is especially the case with some 'find X of Y' quests, as a result of which I'm forced to follow the glittering path in order to actually have a chance *to* find them in anything approaching a reasonable time-frame (see: Remorhaz nest daily in IWD)
  • naicalusnaicalus Member Posts: 645 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    tardagain wrote: »
    LOL Some ppl have answered that they "always" read the text. Really guys? You've done the quest on 5 diff chars, but you stop to read it EVERY SINGLE TIME?

    I'm calling shenanigans on that. :)

    The game actually does have a fairly decent storyline from 1-60, some quests of which are quite enjoyable/moving. So yes, I do read the quest text on every character.
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  • akemnosakemnos Member Posts: 597 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I read the entire story on my first run through. On my second one I started to read everyone but if I remembered the quest after the first line or two I would skip the rest.
  • nightjustinenightjustine Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I read them if I go through them for the first time. Then I usually skip.
    Unless these are quests given by Flint Vreesh (guy that gives AB quests done in Icewind Pass). I love listening to his voice. (◡‿◡✿)
  • harkinharkin Member Posts: 135 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    First time through, sometimes a second time if its been awhile since i did that area or forgotten parts about it. Sometimes everytime if its a funny written dialogue.
  • jorifice1jorifice1 Member Posts: 1,042 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I DO read and listen to everything the first time through.
    I've missed out on too much cool stuff in games over the years by ignoring that stuff.
    Second time through infinity?
    If I enjoyed it the first time.
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  • tardagaintardagain Member Posts: 47
    edited August 2014
    jorifice1 wrote: »
    The Demilitch in the Neverdeath Graveyard is NOT to be missed :)

    "NO no NOO! this won't do AT ALL!"

    LOL I have to admit that I love the demilich, and of course, Old Lenn at the blackdagger ruins. He suffers from like 25 sailor-related diseases all at the same time.

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  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    valwryn wrote: »
    One day an NPC will tell a story........and in that story they will mention how to enter the secret path that will bypass all the bosses and lead you straight to the final chest. None of you will read but post on these forums as to how impossible it is to beat the final boss. :confused:
    Actually that was my thought sort of. I thought that the numbers of never would be far far higher maybe 50% or more.
    tardagain wrote: »
    LOL Some ppl have answered that they "always" read the text. Really guys? You've done the quest on 5 diff chars, but you stop to read it EVERY SINGLE TIME?

    I'm calling shenanigans on that. :)
    I'm not surprised. It's probably the RP community. I can see them reading every time.
    tardagain wrote: »
    "NO no NOO! this won't do AT ALL!"

    LOL I have to admit that I love the demilich, and of course, Old Lenn at the blackdagger ruins. He suffers from like 25 sailor-related diseases all at the same time.

    "You're lucky my Lumbago's flarin' up!"

    How many people even know what lumbago is anymore? :)
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  • juleadreamjuleadream Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 372 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Love Old Lenn! Every time I want to break the bad news about his "Sweet Rohini" to him :P
  • nohbdy42nohbdy42 Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Like almost everyone, I read them the first time through. Then, I just speed level with the rest of them.
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  • berylgreenberylgreen Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 66
    edited August 2014
    I chose First Time Through, but it is actually the first couple of times through each area.
  • reiwulfreiwulf Member Posts: 2,687 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I play very few chars, so I mostly always read the quests, most of them at least.
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