2020-10-13 16:31
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One of the worst immersion breakers in UO is using the real life year. the only other huge RP breaker equivalent to using the RL year, is saying the shard name on items.
from a very quick calcuation using UO time, the year in Sosaria 404. saying "written in 2020" was a terrible choice for anyone concerned with game immersion (most game designers try to maintain a coherent in game world, independent of the real life world). i can understand the RL year being using for things like anniversary items, because by nature an anniversary already is outside of game.
but a book called "Book of Lore" i think its safe to assume this means IN GAME lore, not the lore of the real life year of 2020. i read the book, it contains nothing having to do with real life 2020.
from a very quick calcuation using UO time, the year in Sosaria 404. saying "written in 2020" was a terrible choice for anyone concerned with game immersion (most game designers try to maintain a coherent in game world, independent of the real life world). i can understand the RL year being using for things like anniversary items, because by nature an anniversary already is outside of game.
but a book called "Book of Lore" i think its safe to assume this means IN GAME lore, not the lore of the real life year of 2020. i read the book, it contains nothing having to do with real life 2020.