What I mean is, an encounter that the PCs stumble upon where two groups are fighting each other, and the player decides to help group A, group B, neither, or just get out of there. Why have I never seen such a thing before in a cRPG? I''ve seen it in all sorts of FPS'' (zombie marines vs imps in Doom, soldiers vs aliens in HL, etc.) but in nothing else. I think that maybe something like that would be interesting, could possibly have effects on the storyline (making friends/enemies that come back later). coldacid Meldstar Studios

Yeah, I would like this sort of thing more often. It would work well with a simulation type of world where NPCs naturally fight each other. I thought EQ did something like that but I forget for sure...


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Then you, my friend, must then play Fallout 2!

I''m not sure if I got it as a result of my super high "Outdoorsman" skill (which governs random encounters in the game) or some of encounter perks I took, but some of the most fun I had in that game was wandering around and encountering different groups fighting each other.

I made most of my money and travelled throughout the game without a party (which is really hard) because I''d encounter two factions, hide, and if they were both neutral to me, pick through the corpses of the losing group. (Got lots of expensive Powerfists that way )

Of course, when it was a good group fighting pure monsters (geckos, aliens, deathclaws *shudder*) I''d play sniper and help ''em out. But sometimes, the battle wouldn''t go our way, and I''d be the last survivor running for my life into the desert!





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