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LoadedInc presents us an interview with Gnostic Lab's Travis Cannell about Escaton Online, a multiplayer space action game with RPG elements, at least that's what they announced back in June. Does it still have those RPG elements? Judge for yourself:
How will player's develop their persona as they continue to play the game?
The main road of advancement is through promotion in an existing organization or economically by gaining money.
To gain economic status players can create sub-communities within the larger organizations. Companies, bands of pirates and small mercenary forces are a couple examples of what is possible.
Players who join a player run nation can develop their persona by gaining political or militaristic power. In the government, players can take on positions such as consul, senator, dictator, or even police chief performing all the duties of a virtual government. Once in a position of power their persona will become recognized throughout the empire as the leader who defeated the enemy in a decisive victory, or a consul who ran the nation.
Developing an Eschaton persona is not a trivial process of improving statistics through repetitive tasks. Character development in the game will take skill recognized by other players. In the political arena, many of the same rules will apply and people familiar with politics in life will have a distinct advantage. The military is more specific for Eschaton, but players who are naturals at the game will find themselves quickly advancing up to the upper commanding ranks.
With such an open-ended system, advancing your persona resembles a question often asked in real life. What do you want to accomplish or change in the world around you? |
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Eschaton Online Interview at LoadedInc
