PW Humans are Jerks

Khalfani - Harshlands · October 2009

How many people read quests?
I occasionally do and some are interesting and some are stupid.
I can relate one of the stupid ones to this one game which was part time hip-hop, part time shooter and full time ****. But I'll spare thee.

Anyway, in the winged tiger quest, it tells of this rather vivacious and charming fellow known as the Winged Tiger. Because his parents was an Untamed and a Winged Elf, he was able to transform into a tiger and still have the ability to fly. He was loved by all the people of the untamed and winged elves. And all the ladies would swoon over him. When the humans learned of this special feat, they decided to capture him and tame him as a mount. He resisted of course, but with that resistance, he was then killed. His body thrown into the etherblade lake and his soul lost forever.

What a bunch of jerks.

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Lol, well, not to entirely flame the human race in PWI, but I just find these storyline quests interesting at times. Anything memorable from any of you who reads the quests?

Pegasi - Lost City · October 2009

I know. oO
I was playing on this Cleric and doing all her quests and it kinda struck me... Humans seem to start most of the **** that happens. 0_O;; Untamed and Elves were getting along great then the humans pop in and go crazy on people. I never noticed anything like this being said while I played on my BM, I think most of those quests revolved around Humans trying to take stuff from others or further their own power/preserver, I have to remember it all. But the thought crossed my mind not to long ago, too. XD

Pervs - Lost City · October 2009

Khalfani - Harshlands wrote: »

How many people read quests?
I occasionally do and some are interesting and some are stupid.
I can relate one of the stupid ones to this one game which was part time hip-hop, part time shooter and full time ****. But I'll spare thee.

Anyway, in the winged tiger quest, it tells of this rather vivacious and charming fellow known as the Winged Tiger. Because his parents was an Untamed and a Winged Elf, he was able to transform into a tiger and still have the ability to fly. He was loved by all the people of the untamed and winged elves. And all the ladies would swoon over him. When the humans learned of this special feat, they decided to capture him and tame him as a mount. He resisted of course, but with that resistance, he was then killed. His body thrown into the etherblade lake and his soul lost forever.

What a bunch of jerks.

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Lol, well, not to entirely flame the human race in PWI, but I just find these storyline quests interesting at times. Anything memorable from any of you who reads the quests?

I don't think anyone reads the quest givers dialogue. That's some pretty messed up stuff though. Maybe I should start reading them. o.o

Calliope - Heavens Tear · October 2009

Poor Linus. I always felt sorry for him.

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Humans killed my family and turned my pets into coats.b:cry
I was probably the humans that started the war with the wraith.b:angry

I stopped reading quest dialogue at around level 30 though. It just became so stale.

"[insert boss] is a powerful monster that did lots of bad stuff. Go kill it."
"[insert mob] are evil creatures that kill people and ****. Go kill them."
"I need [damn item that never drops] from [damn mobs that are hard to kill]. Kill the monsters and get me [insert number here][items that never drop]"

The quests for the first 20 levels were pretty interesting. The merchant's **** wife, Winged Tiger, that blind elf chick's brother, etc. Yeah, it's still the same **** that you do at higher levels (kill mobs) but the reason they send you out is more in-depth than the variations of the three I listed above.

Remember the errant knight near Arrowhead? "Oh, I want to prove to this one girl how much I love her by getting items from those shrunchkins but I'm too weak to kill them. Can you kill them for me instead?" ****ing pansy.

Actually, I really don't care. I just want to kill some wraith and if someone wants to reward me for it then that's fine.

Aquilonian - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Pegasi - Lost City wrote: »

I know. oO
I was playing on this Cleric and doing all her quests and it kinda struck me... Humans seem to start most of the **** that happens. 0_O;; Untamed and Elves were getting along great then the humans pop in and go crazy on people. I never noticed anything like this being said while I played on my BM, I think most of those quests revolved around Humans trying to take stuff from others or further their own power/preserver, I have to remember it all. But the thought crossed my mind not to long ago, too. XD

Untamed and elves had an EPIC war of EPIC proportions! They did not get along fine yo!

Apparently the elves wanted to use the Untamed as slaves, and not cool minion style slaves, oh no, they wanted Kunta KInte style slaves.

The Untamed refused. So they had a war. A hero emerged and his story is told on the Untamed quest "braveheart". Which is a parody of the movie (you guessed it) Braveheart. The Elves were "strong jerk" towards the Untamed as well.

b:bye

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Aquilonian - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Untamed and elves had an EPIC war of EPIC proportions! They did not get along fine yo!

Apparently the elves wanted to use the Untamed as slaves, and not cool minion style slaves, oh no, they wanted Kunta KInte style slaves.

The Untamed refused. So they had a war. A hero emerged and his story is told on the Untamed quest "braveheart". Which is a parody of the movie (you guessed it) Braveheart. The Elves were "strong jerk" towards the Untamed as well.

b:bye

I just remembered that quest. O_o

So basically the untamed get shat on by both humans and elves?

Lesthar - Heavens Tear · October 2009

The stories I loved were Liang the assassin (Elves vs. Humans), Aged Deity (who does not leave this world after all), the potion that craftswoman Wu Min needs to make for her mother (dang, who said NPCs were peaceful/passive?), blind elf Yun, etc.

WaffleChan - Sanctuary · October 2009

I love the end game cultivation stories (pertaining to quest dialog topics here) where the wraiths corrupt elemental gods to start a rebellion against the sage and demons o:.

Also if I recall right, the untamed were elven slaves until they rebelled lol. Humans also fought with elves over HT too. Humans arent the only arses in PW

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Lesthar - Heavens Tear wrote: »

The stories I loved were Liang the assassin (Elves vs. Humans), Aged Deity (who does not leave this world after all), the potion that craftswoman Wu Min needs to make for her mother (dang, who said NPCs were peaceful/passive?), blind elf Yun, etc.

Yeah, I loved those low level quests. I need a good reason to mindlessly slaughter harmless little monsters.b:sad

Edit: Huh? We get cool quest stories at higher levels? Time to mindlessly slaughter innocent monsters and level up.b:sin

Lesthar - Heavens Tear · October 2009

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I just remembered that quest. O_o

So basically the untamed get shat on by both humans and elves?

The Untamed is the most peaceful race of the three. So yes, they basically were bullied by the Elves (then the winged tiger settled all up) and the Humans.
But their determination and courage kept them going strong. It's not like they did not retaliate either.

Even when you go meet the Elder for the first time, your Barbarian or Venomancer goes 'I don't trust them, but I will do it'.
Seems that even the new generation did not forget about the all-out wars that happened.

Epidemik - Lost City · October 2009

where do you think the fur from the cosair comes from? b:lipcurl
thats right, its from the untamed!! the humans did it!!
your wearing your brothers and sisters as a stylish jacket!!b:shocked oh the humanity!! ...oh the irony o.o

Khalfani - Harshlands · October 2009

WaffleChan - Sanctuary wrote: »

I love the end game cultivation stories (pertaining to quest dialog topics here) where the wraiths corrupt elemental gods to start a rebellion against the sage and demons o:.

Also if I recall right, the untamed were elven slaves until they rebelled lol. Humans also fought with elves over HT too. Humans arent the only arses in PW

Nuuuuu! Spoiler alert!

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Epidemik - Lost City wrote: »

your wearing your brothers and sisters as a stylish jacket!!

b:cryb:cry
But it's so pretty.b:dirty

Wait a second! No sane person would fight a tiger up close and a wizard's spells would damage the fur too much. The only (sane) way to get the fur would be to kill them from range with a small, sharp object.

O_o
o_O

DEATH TO THE ARCHERS!!!!b:angry

Epidemik - Lost City · October 2009

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

b:cry
But it's so pretty.b:dirty

Wait a second! No sane person would fight a tiger up close and a wizard's spells would damage the fur too much. The only (sane) way to get the fur would be to kill them from range with a small, sharp object.

O_o
o_O

DEATH TO THE ARCHERS!!!!b:angry

darn, you ruined my plan to mislead you all!! and i wouldve gotten away with it too, if it werent for you meddling foxesb:angry

Hazardus - Heavens Tear · October 2009

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Wait a second! No sane person would fight a tiger up close and a wizard's spells would damage the fur too much. The only (sane) way to get the fur would be to kill them from range with a small, sharp object.

O_o
o_O

DEATH TO THE ARCHERS!!!!b:angry

ROFLMAO! Its pitchfork time b:laugh

Aye, death to the archers, hunters, trappers, rangers and anything else they called in this game or any other. b:laugh

Yes I too stopped reading quest descriptions some where around the mid 40s.
Maybe I should start reading them again. b:chuckle

Telarith - Sanctuary · October 2009

Untamed peaceful? They are rapists. Read the quests, venos regularly bewitch and enslave males from other races, even those already involved, and keep them trapped to forcefully have sex with them. One veno let up on the enchantment and their slave ran away, and the veno whined about how heartbroken they were. And you really believe the male of the species is any better?

Yeah, I really wonder why the other races started defending themselves against the untamed. *eyeroll*

MystiMonk - Sanctuary · October 2009

I would say you are taking to much of this game but I once read in dialog boxes that it was Elves who last to get involved.

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Telarith - Sanctuary wrote: »

Untamed peaceful? They are rapists. Read the quests, venos regularly bewitch and enslave males from other races, even those already involved, and keep them trapped to forcefully have sex with them. One veno let up on the enchantment and their slave ran away, and the veno whined about how heartbroken they were. And you really believe the male of the species is any better?

Yeah, I really wonder why the other races started defending themselves against the untamed. *eyeroll*

What are you talking about?b:cute
****! I think she's onto us!

HolyNymf - Heavens Tear · October 2009

LOL @ this topic.

I never read the quest stories... i just *click*...*click*... *open quest list* ...*check what i need to kill* ... *Flies away*

b:chuckle

Vitenka - Dreamweaver · October 2009

I quite like the story of how the war started - it's interesting how they've managed to get everyone agreeing on the basic facts (winged tiger was hawt!) but the whole 'who started it' thing is, basically: "The other guys!"

I'm kinda expecting the chrono-quests to expand on this. Don't spoil it for me

And yes, it's well worth reading the quests. Some are hilarious. Some are utterly stupid too, of course.
My current favourite one goes something like:
(click quest name) "Yeah, sure." (click) "Hurry up, ok?" (quest goes into your log)
Probably a bug, but still, it touched me.

And doing the whole 'winged elf tien will you PLEASE get back together with your girlfriend' at more or less the same time as the 69 cultivation (the love of these two twisted by the wraiths) is... pretty clever, really.

Drazo - Dreamweaver · October 2009

The elder at hidden hero's village touching story of his long lost loved one, now oddly enough that was motivational. But the resurrection part at the end kinda killed it (pun not intended). b:chuckle

After that though, I read less and/or cared less about the story behind each quest.

Lyra_Rose - Lost City · October 2009

aww i never read quests and kinda regret it. i actually like hearing the stupid stories about random bankers love lives XD but in game never have the patience to sit and read them. Is there anywhere where i can read questline stories online? would give me something to do during wq =(

Ixiel - Sanctuary · October 2009

Hmm, what role do the Tideborn play in all of this?

Or are they just like "Yo we're mermaids, we're down here in the sea. Ya'll land lubbers is craaaaaazy."

Khalfani - Harshlands · October 2009

Ixiel - Sanctuary wrote: »

Hmm, what role do the Tideborn play in all of this?

Or are they just like "Yo we're mermaids, we're down here in the sea. Ya'll land lubbers is craaaaaazy."

Probably. All forms of Atlanteans in every universe, in games, comics, etc, loathe land breathers.

Maiya - Lost City · October 2009

I remember reading part of the Winged Tiger one, and Lady Wraith. I try to make an effort to read, but sometimes I forget.

I remember one quest I had a couple levels or two ago. Which was to ask an NPC about "Ultimate Weapons." And the quest was pretty much like this...

"Go ask [name] for more information about the Ultimate Weapon, he may know."
-go to the NPC and talk-
"Ultimate weapons require ultimate materials."
-end quest-

Lairian - Sanctuary · October 2009

So far, I've read all the quest dialogue except for repeatable. Those I read once or twice, then just go through them. I enjoy reading up on the story and background of games like this, even if it isn't all that important. I feel that story is one of the most underrated parts of MMO's, and I very much encourage people to pay more attention to this. After all, someone worked hard to make up all the story aspects in the game. By not reading them, your letting that person's (people's?) work go to waste.

AlbireoTwo - Lost City · October 2009

Lairian - Sanctuary wrote: »

So far, I've read all the quest dialogue except for repeatable. Those I read once or twice, then just go through them. I enjoy reading up on the story and background of games like this, even if it isn't all that important. I feel that story is one of the most underrated parts of MMO's, and I very much encourage people to pay more attention to this. After all, someone worked hard to make up all the story aspects in the game. By not reading them, your letting that person's (people's?) work go to waste.

I bet they copy+paste half of them,and then stick in a different one after like 10 lvls. But yeah,I've read them all too. Pretty boring storyline....

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · October 2009

AlbireoTwo - Lost City wrote: »

I bet they copy+paste half of them,and then stick in a different one after like 10 lvls. But yeah,I've read them all too. Pretty boring storyline....

Exactly! As I said on the first page, after level 30 all the quests are variations of the same 3 formulas:

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

"[insert boss] is a powerful monster that did lots of bad stuff. Go kill it."
"[insert mob] are evil creatures that kill people and ****. Go kill them."
"I need [damn item that never drops] from [damn mobs that are hard to kill]. Kill the monsters and get me [insert number here][items that never drop]."

Those lazy NPCs just copy+pasted what everyone before them said.b:angry

Magicsaber - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Lyra_Rose - Lost City wrote: »

aww i never read quests and kinda regret it. i actually like hearing the stupid stories about random bankers love lives XD but in game never have the patience to sit and read them. Is there anywhere where i can read questline stories online? would give me something to do during wq =(

See quests for levels
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
90-99
100-109

Here, for example, quest about post to "Untamed"

Guard of the Exiled Lands sent a highly classified communique by post to the Untamed. En route the letter was intercepted by monstrous bandits. If the beasts trade this valuable information to the Wraiths then the consequences would be disastrous for us all!

Vitenka - Dreamweaver · October 2009

Ixiel - Sanctuary wrote: »

Hmm, what role do the Tideborn play in all of this?

Or are they just like "Yo we're mermaids, we're down here in the sea. Ya'll land lubbers is craaaaaazy."

Tideborn origin story:
http://pwi-wiki.perfectworld.com/index.php/Tideborn

Basically, they were deep in the sea during the whole three-race conflict, but they had their own wraith-started problems at about the same time.

Edit:
Oh, the "Yan the traitor" buildup (cultivation) has interesting text.
Though it does kinda forget to explain the "How did you know it was him?" at the end. "Well, he was big and evil and his name has 'the traitor' built right in, so I figure..."

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