"Twinking" is a concept that only exists in the tired old achiever-hamster-wheel model of MMORGPs, like Everquest.
In ATITD there are no levels, no l33t uber-gear that lets you slay a dragon with a different texture on it, etc. Twinking is actually looked upon favorably. In fact there are whole guilds devoted to twinking new players, letting them bypass the stone age technologies and move up the tech tree faster. After all, that's what civilization is about right? Why do guilds do this -- because more higher-tech guilds and players are needed to work on the truly big projects.
Interestingly, PvP games like Shadowbane also encourage twinking for the same reason but in the reverse way... get newbies past the tedious work and to the massive-scale war combats. Same thing in ATITD, but instead of siege engines and guild warfare, it's more like trade negotiations, scientific research, and political warfare.
... it's funny because IT'S TRUE.
No really, there are a lot of clueless newbs thinking that ATITD is a FPS, or Everquest, and the mentors in the game do waste a lot of time explaining to them why they should go away.
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"Twinking" is a concept that only exists in the tired old achiever-hamster-wheel model of MMORGPs, like Everquest. In ATITD there are no levels, no l33t uber-gear that lets you slay a dragon with a different texture on it, etc. Twinking is actually looked upon favorably. In fact there are whole guilds devoted to twinking new players, letting them bypass the stone age technologies and move up the tech tree faster. After all, that's what civilization is about right? Why do guilds do this -- because more higher-tech guilds and players are needed to work on the truly big projects. Interestingly, PvP games like Shadowbane also encourage twinking for the same reason but in the reverse way... get newbies past the tedious work and to the massive-scale war combats. Same thing in ATITD, but instead of siege engines and guild warfare, it's more like trade negotiations, scientific research, and political warfare.
... it's funny because IT'S TRUE. No really, there are a lot of clueless newbs thinking that ATITD is a FPS, or Everquest, and the mentors in the game do waste a lot of time explaining to them why they should go away.