You hear a knock at your door, and as you rise to get it, a slip of paper is slid through the crack at the bottom. Upon opening it, the letter informs you that you’ve been granted an exclusive one-use-only power to completely wipe out a trope that plagues MMORPGs. You stand there for a minute, your brow furrowed most adorably, and then you open your mouth to speak…
For me, I’d put the kibosh on dragons as fearsome foes. Just, you know, wipe them out entirely. They’re so overdone that any time they appear, it’s totally hackneyed and unimpressive. Yet as a staple of the fantasy market, dragons are an easy go-to for developers who don’t actually want to spend time thinking of an original and truly frightening foe. I figure, get rid of dragons, force devs to get outside of their comfort zones.
What would you say? What one trope would you banish forever?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
