grimace
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"I want you to make a shameless virtual property cash grab not seem like a shameless virtual property cash grab even though that's exactly what I am going to boast to the press to ward off anyone burned from Tabula Rasa."
The first BIG LIE was that there would be "meaningful PVP" and dangerous "forced PVP" scenes. Player Killers (PKers) were told that they were welcome inside Shroud of the Avatar. As the whales poured their cash into the pool to buy larger castles to place on more lots the PKers had their features underdeveloped. The world grew safer and items could not be pickpocketed. Cash store items could not be stolen by other players. There was no risk of death, losing XP, or loss of items.
Tabula Rasa had interesting combat. Shroud of the Avatar had a shuffled deck minigame that was never balanced for player versus environment or player versus player. SotA combat was not fun. SotA players spent hours in a fishing minigame away from keyboard.
The last gasp of this was by Roe R. Adams III of the ubiquitous Skara Brae providing the basis for the Virtues as well as he did for Wizardry IV's lore.
Lord British Dick Garriot never mentions Roe R. Adams III when talking about Truth, Love, and Courage. He will cite Wizard of Oz before he names the name of writers who wrote his game scenarios.