This is a couple days later and unfortunately, people don't do very much during the week. As such, the group search wasn't the greatest but I did get into one or two groups, mostly very small ones where we had computer allies assisting us. In this case, our group work centered around accomplishing one goal, beat the mission. In most cases, this is kill enemy "x" and sometimes it adds in "defend y also."
This group was formed through alliance chat. Like in town, a shout went out over the channel asking for assistance and I offered my help. While doing the mission, chat was fairly quiet and things took on a semi professional tone. Neither of us messed up, and as long as we did our job no one said anything. The most chat throughout was basic stuff like, "oops, wrong way" or asking if we're ready.
Now, after experiencing this there is one more big question to be answered this week, what is the main purpose of this online community? From what I can tell, it is to progress to the end, to beat all of the story together, and to then enjoy a series of events with your friends you have made through your adventures. But unlike other games, the social aspect isn't the focal point. This is like a single player game that had multiplayer integrated in to make things more entertaining.
My next post will be into next week where I will be discussing the culture of the game, who plays it, what they buy, etc. I will also attempt to engage in more group dynamics to better explore this today's post in more detail.
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