I've had Mia wrestle with culling animals for whatever reason the NPC said they needed to be culled. Â She recently killed four coeurls just for their whiskers - apparently just to make tea. Â That really annoyed her. Â But - she still did it. Gil is gil.
I ignore a lot of the slaying because it's just a game mechanic. Â But I do sometimes include it. Â I don't think it's possible to be an adventurer and not kill anyone at some point. Â People are going to try to kill you and you either kill them first or fail to survive. Â What I like to do in my head is substitute "slay" for apprehend. Â She captures the Redbelly's, for example, ties them up and walks them back to town to meet their fate. Â All this happens "off screen."
I know not everyone plays an adventurer. Â Mia is not actually an adventurer herself, she's just someone wandering around trying to find her sisters and falling into sometimes violent misfortune and opportunity. Â No where near as much as the game implies.
I think when playing an MMO one will always need to draw a line between what is a game mechanic and what's really real. Â When I played Secret World, it kept a log of how many monsters and zombies my character killed. My zombie count was well over 100,000. Â There's just no way that could happen in real life.
I ignore a lot of the slaying because it's just a game mechanic. Â But I do sometimes include it. Â I don't think it's possible to be an adventurer and not kill anyone at some point. Â People are going to try to kill you and you either kill them first or fail to survive. Â What I like to do in my head is substitute "slay" for apprehend. Â She captures the Redbelly's, for example, ties them up and walks them back to town to meet their fate. Â All this happens "off screen."
I know not everyone plays an adventurer. Â Mia is not actually an adventurer herself, she's just someone wandering around trying to find her sisters and falling into sometimes violent misfortune and opportunity. Â No where near as much as the game implies.
I think when playing an MMO one will always need to draw a line between what is a game mechanic and what's really real. Â When I played Secret World, it kept a log of how many monsters and zombies my character killed. My zombie count was well over 100,000. Â There's just no way that could happen in real life.
Carne armum ergo sum.
