I find this hero complex hilarious and amusing.
I mean... it's an MMO. Let's be honest here. An MMO's story simply cannot work if every single player is this or that special individual who is destined for extremely great things. I mean, you can PRETEND you're the only one who's gone through the events in question but that is obviously never going to be in true in actuality. An MMO's story is much easier to stomach when they (the writers) assume you're simply one of many, who happens to be slightly more competent and slightly more lucky than the uninteresting masses (re: the NPCs).
And yes, the story DOES change as you rise up in ranks. Because they recognize just how accomplished you are. Which means, y'know, you can't expect them to treat you as a "hero" because YOU'RE A BLOODY NEWBIE. You're RANK 1. People like you DIE TO GIANT INSECTS AND RODENTS IN DROVES (and don't forget the dodo birds!). If you want to be treated as a hero you have to get stronger, get noticed, become someone who is actually of consequence and not a useless nobody with a bizarre sense of entitlement.
*Ahem*
Seriously, I don't get this mindset. It's an MMO. Screw stereotypical "I'm special" heroic stories, I want the story of my character and not the story so many silly children pine for to fulfill their power fantasies.
I mean... it's an MMO. Let's be honest here. An MMO's story simply cannot work if every single player is this or that special individual who is destined for extremely great things. I mean, you can PRETEND you're the only one who's gone through the events in question but that is obviously never going to be in true in actuality. An MMO's story is much easier to stomach when they (the writers) assume you're simply one of many, who happens to be slightly more competent and slightly more lucky than the uninteresting masses (re: the NPCs).
And yes, the story DOES change as you rise up in ranks. Because they recognize just how accomplished you are. Which means, y'know, you can't expect them to treat you as a "hero" because YOU'RE A BLOODY NEWBIE. You're RANK 1. People like you DIE TO GIANT INSECTS AND RODENTS IN DROVES (and don't forget the dodo birds!). If you want to be treated as a hero you have to get stronger, get noticed, become someone who is actually of consequence and not a useless nobody with a bizarre sense of entitlement.
*Ahem*
Seriously, I don't get this mindset. It's an MMO. Screw stereotypical "I'm special" heroic stories, I want the story of my character and not the story so many silly children pine for to fulfill their power fantasies.
