HJ-Dune Walker
Cadet
So, as is par the course for me, I'm yet again listening to strange and powerful musics whilst I browse the forums and I find I am drawn back to my days in DragonRealms (as is also par the course for me).
In particular, I'm interested in how players and music will interact. With DR, a major part of being a Bard was having musical skill training of some sort. You actually went and got your hands on an instrument and sat around and practiced it until you could play a tune half-decently, just like in reality. Or you sang yourself hoarse, preferably somewhere hidden away from easily offended ears.
Of course, DR being text-based, all you could get were the colorful descriptions written into the game, but it didn't stop people from having amazing ballads and songs. "Listeners" just had to rely on their imagination, and it worked for what it was. Music without sound inspired and attracted writers to be Bards, because the playing of the instrument was far blander than the actual lyrics created by the Bards themselves.
Thus, I come to my queries. Will HJ have musical instruments? How deeply developed will any music system be? Are custom songs possible? Or will we just have to emote? Will Bards just be goofy hybrid fighters lacking in their true vocation of song?
Discuss! *grins*
~Dune~
In particular, I'm interested in how players and music will interact. With DR, a major part of being a Bard was having musical skill training of some sort. You actually went and got your hands on an instrument and sat around and practiced it until you could play a tune half-decently, just like in reality. Or you sang yourself hoarse, preferably somewhere hidden away from easily offended ears.
Of course, DR being text-based, all you could get were the colorful descriptions written into the game, but it didn't stop people from having amazing ballads and songs. "Listeners" just had to rely on their imagination, and it worked for what it was. Music without sound inspired and attracted writers to be Bards, because the playing of the instrument was far blander than the actual lyrics created by the Bards themselves.
Thus, I come to my queries. Will HJ have musical instruments? How deeply developed will any music system be? Are custom songs possible? Or will we just have to emote? Will Bards just be goofy hybrid fighters lacking in their true vocation of song?
Discuss! *grins*
~Dune~