[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Rewards

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Thus spake Jean, Yannick...
> What im reading :
>  
> 1) Social motivation are still second to achievement motivation ;
> 2) As you said, the Daedalus project does not include non-player. The
> non-players *could* be socializers, yes, they *could* also be soloers
> frustrated about the state of current MMORPGs. Basically, it is up to
> everyone guesses.
>  
> Can we agree there is a place in MMORPG for both the soloer and the
> socializer playstyle ?

If you want there to be - it's something that would need to be 
specifically catered for, however...

> Can we also agree (this is where it will get tricky) that the soloer has
> pretty much been relegated to second rank citizenship in the current
> raid/forced grouping-centric design of most actual MMORPGs ?


As above, absolutely - because of the "multiplayer" aspect, people seem 
to have neglected the usefulness of soloers. As Sean points out, you 
don't have to be grouped or even communicating to be socially 
interacting. Again, games need better ways of understanding and reacting 
to behaviour that isn't smacking something with a sword.