"you will probably have to marry your friends."
I'm already married to my best friend.
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Just kidding, I'm not married. Nor do I have friends. That would've been sweet if it was real, but whatever.
On a serious note, I don't think marriage will be that awkward. Aside from some jokes, I don't think that's a major turn off. It's little more than a game mechanic.
Ehhh.
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In the kingdom I'm in, a lot of the higher nobles have already started to pair themselves off. Oddly enough all with the opposite sex, if that was by choice or flat our random no idea there. Personally I would take someone I could trust, no matter what gender they happen to be. But I don't see that happening so NPCs seem to be the way to go. Of course that's even if marrying them is even really needed. As you pointed out the cons maybe too great.
Posted By Desophyr at 10:05 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
I'm already married to my best friend.
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Just kidding, I'm not married. Nor do I have friends.
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Welcome to the club.
Maybe if I had any friends in CoE who wanted to play the same tribe and area as me I'd consider marrying them.
But at the end of day I'm just more comfortable personally marrying NPC, I have allot of reasons but I guess it comes down to I trust NPC More than players. Gamers are some of the most awful and dickheaded people so no thanks.
They focused marriage around people to play together that knew each other in RL..I remember during one the Q&As saying they doubt people would actually marry outside of knowing the person in RL.
But ... but ... I'm the most eligible bachelor! Who wouldn't want to marry me!!?? Step right up ladies. Don't be shy. Show me what you've got ... and I'll show you mine.
Posted By Deftly at 8:39 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
They focused marriage around people to play together that knew each other in RL..I remember during one the Q&As saying they doubt people would actually marry outside of knowing the person in RL.
Unless it requires knowledge of social security or something outrageous like that, its far more likely most of us would have more trust and comfort with our e-friends having our backs in an mmo whom we've known for years than most people we know in rl.
Posted By Vucar at 11:52 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
Posted By Deftly at 8:39 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
They focused marriage around people to play together that knew each other in RL..I remember during one the Q&As saying they doubt people would actually marry outside of knowing the person in RL.
Unless it requires knowledge of social security or something outrageous like that, its far more likely most of us would have more trust and comfort with our e-friends having our backs in an mmo whom we've known for years than most people we know in rl.
I guess it's possible to be different per person..I don't really call people E-friends if I know their names and if I know your name you would be the person I would trust to marry if I had to pick between them and a random guy in my guild I just know via his online handle.
Posted By Deftly at 9:32 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
Posted By Vucar at 11:52 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
Posted By Deftly at 8:39 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
They focused marriage around people to play together that knew each other in RL..I remember during one the Q&As saying they doubt people would actually marry outside of knowing the person in RL.
Unless it requires knowledge of social security or something outrageous like that, its far more likely most of us would have more trust and comfort with our e-friends having our backs in an mmo whom we've known for years than most people we know in rl.
I guess it's possible to be different per person..I don't really call people E-friends if I know their names and if I know your name you would be the person I would trust to marry if I had to pick between them and a random guy in my guild I just know via his online handle.
Hanging up on the name of someone is a pretty weak argument. I know my cousin's real name, and i know the handle of my best friend of 9 years online, and ten out of ten times I would trust my online friend with way more of my life (and certainly my mmo accounts and mmo endeavors) than my cousin.
The point being, this is a video game online. It will be dominated by crews of people who have been tight with each other through past online games, so it makes sense that marriage will be dominated by crews of people who have been tight with each other through past online games.
Posted By Vucar at 01:43 AM - Wed Jan 17 2018
Posted By Deftly at 9:32 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
Posted By Vucar at 11:52 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
Posted By Deftly at 8:39 PM - Tue Jan 16 2018
They focused marriage around people to play together that knew each other in RL..I remember during one the Q&As saying they doubt people would actually marry outside of knowing the person in RL.
Unless it requires knowledge of social security or something outrageous like that, its far more likely most of us would have more trust and comfort with our e-friends having our backs in an mmo whom we've known for years than most people we know in rl.
I guess it's possible to be different per person..I don't really call people E-friends if I know their names and if I know your name you would be the person I would trust to marry if I had to pick between them and a random guy in my guild I just know via his online handle.
Hanging up on the name of someone is a pretty weak argument. I know my cousin's real name, and i know the handle of my best friend of 9 years online, and ten out of ten times I would trust my online friend with way more of my life (and certainly my mmo accounts and mmo endeavors) than my cousin.
The point being, this is a video game online. It will be dominated by crews of people who have been tight with each other through past online games, so it makes sense that marriage will be dominated by crews of people who have been tight with each other through past online games.
That's why I said it's different for some and not the exact same for everyone..Of course, I know my family member's real name and you also left out when I said "random guy" and not someone I knew for 9 years..For me, e-friend is more like saying online acquaintance, people I call e-friends I wouldn't consider them anything more than an acquaintance. No matter how I melt someone I call them friends when they get to a certain point. We're just splitting hairs lol.
My friend and I already plan to get married if we don't find better options. In-game, he's married irl.
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Despite SBS's stance on multiple accounts, I think there will be quite a few people who create a second account just to have someone to marry/have kids with. They will do this in order to remove all risk from the situation and keep all resources to themselves.
My spouse is planning to play, so I will have a ready-made in-game spouse. However, neither of us are comfortable with our characters having incestuous relationships, so that may throw a wrench in things after the first generation.