So as has been the case for MANY years, iwot has decided to grace us with teasing a Wheel of Time video game. A RPG no loss. And OPEN WORLD RPG no less. AAA no less. From the core group that was Turbine - of LOTRO fame. It is iwot however so it will either fade to dust as per the norm. Or it might come to pass and be a turd sandwich. or maybe, just...maybe... it could be a good thing? So indulge with me a bit of fantasy, lets talk once again about what we would want from a Wheel of Time game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visuals: Since they said AAA game I expect visuals damn near to what we get in the TV adaptation. But I want them to take the opportunity to use the game to be a faithful RECREATION of the novels. That way I get to have my cake and eat it too. I can have a adaptation in the series and a faithful following of the actual words from the actual paper. Soundtrack: The tv series has nice music but give me something more traditional. Games need emotion to rise and fall with action and the discordant tone of the show does not work for such. Caddy wants her full orchestra tyvm. Mechanics: A wishlist. 1)The whole map please. 2)Don't trip on the story. If you DO plan to trip on the story then do it like in LOTRO. Near the main actors but still distant. 3) Classes - not everyone wants to play magic every playthrough. 4) Make the world feel alive. NPCs with schedules etc. 5) Explain why when I die...twas just a flesh wound 😛 6) Pay actual voice actors - every line fully voiced. Including background npcs 7) If I pick Aes Sedai I want to see parts of my novice and apprenticeship 😛 8 ) Male channelers need an insanity mechanic. Nothing that makes the char unplayable after a point but...maybe make them see "trollocs" occasionally and its actually just people 😛 9) Horsies and Ferries 10) I want house.

Im just hoping we get more seasons for the inevitable "Main character is now Cadsuane" energy. Its gonna happen. Just wait. My time is nigh.

From a Lore perspective it actually makes a ton of sense - to me. And would be on brand. Wilders do all channeling based on need. They would not see the OP the same way as those trained within the rigid constraints as Aes Sedai. There are ups and downs to this though. It would allow for more flexibility and "inventing" but also would not allow for as much finesse. Take for example Lan and Rand early on. Both had killed a trolloc using a sword. Rand out of the need to survive - and Lan because he's just a certified badass. Nobody would argue that luck didn't play a HUGE role on Rands early survival ... maybe the Creators hand tipping the scale a bit. But still they were both officially "swordsmen" in that they had done battle, drawn blood, and survived. Lan would have absolutely wiped the floor with Rand. ------------------- Also Aes Sedai who are already locked into the mentality that - there is a specific weave...with specific motions and specific amounts of power drawn from threads would immediately blame - lack of training. Because in there eyes if they haven't seen, learned, and practiced a weave - how could they do something? Its that rigid mentality that likely caused much to be lost in the breaking, and why we "rediscovered" weaves later. That said there are ups and downs. A Wilders shield likely wouldn't be up to snuff against a full trained AS who put in the hours. I'd take Cadsuane shielding me over a billion wilders.

Want to play along? XD

Fun little AI music thread over...hmm Where did I put that thing.. ah.. here.

My reply to SD's Graendal. Mesaana https://www.udio.com/songs/vwZCj4PgNansXPHiZ6B3Cn

Here is one based on the Yellow 🙂 Seraphim of Yellow https://www.udio.com/songs/woLnUitLow7hdZCD4Fnu6t

Here is a Greenie - last battle inspired song. March of the Green https://www.udio.com/songs/6bk11hStZ3NRQTzDn32RjL

The reason SD says "supposed to be" is that udio does not allow covers to be created in order to avoid copyright issues. That said you can DEFINITELY tell what he was shooting for haha. Especially in Graendal.

Figured I would start off with my most recent and best tuned one. It was inspired by Saidar. So.. yeah 😛 This is the glamrock version cuz SD said it should be more like ABBA then Dolly - which was my original version lol. Calai'shin Saidar (glamrock mix) https://www.udio.com/songs/idQLFPdDLYiCheyULSAD9a

So recently SD and I have been sorta dueling banjos over on Udio, plugging lyrics into an AI assisted music generator. Some of the creations have been straight fire so I figured I would drop a thread here letting us and anyone else who wishes to play along's creations.

Out of curiosity was it an original work or just a midi of a song from the game?

I still have my original but I might get a backup...for...reasons lol

Bronze. I actually love bronze jewelry

I still had my greenie necklace so...maybe the Forsaken Chosen seal next hehe