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I'm Playing: LOTRO, SWTOR, STO, Fallen Earth
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When I saw this quest I laughed for about five minutes and then took a screenshot.
The distilled essence of MMOs and the hero’s journey.
wasn’t there a quest in which you had to kill 10 boars, and the questgiver asked why you as player were rolling your eyes so hard ?
This is the second time recently I’ve seen this quest highlighted on a blog. Extra points for actually calling it “Kill Ten Rats” but I think the same joke has been made in most MMOs I’ve played in the last few years. I’ve started rolling my eyes at the supposed satire when i come across a new version. I’m going to start noting them down as I find them for future reference.
I’m as much for postmodernism and metafiction as the next guy, but I’m not convinced that it best serves the purpose of MMO questing.
I think my favorite reference to the hated “kill ten rats” quest is in DDO. I wish I could remember the exact text, but the questgiver is a dwarf hanging out in a bar. He asks you to go down into the sewers and kill 10 rats, then laughs and says he’s just kidding.
I suppose I may have dreamed it all up, though, as I can’t find that text noted anywhere online.
I have not come across this one yet, and I’m not sure I’m looking forward to it either.