-IMPORTANT- How would you like me to do Vigilant Commentary?
Added 2023-01-12 03:10:44 +0000 UTCHey folks! While Vigilant Commentary is still a way's away, (Version 3.5) I've started planning for it, along with some awesome fans of the mod who've been willing to lend their time to help with the writing.
However, while planning, I realized that Vigilant is a PC-only mod. That means Xbox users, a huge portion of the SDA fanbase, would not be able to enjoy this piece of content. For one update cycle, other than Custom Names the Xbox people would effectively receive nil content, if I go all out with Vigilant (the amount of lines I'd require for a commentary is a huge amount and easily enough for an entire update).
There are three options we can choose from going forward.
Either...
1. I dedicate an entire update to Vigilant, which allows me to do the most narratively with Serana. However, from a practical standpoint it may not be that worth it. I'm leaving out Xbox people, and its for a mod patch (not everyone will download it compared to main SDA content, even on PC).
2. I go with a minimalist approach to Vigilant while still keeping it faithful to Serana's character. Have her only speak when absolutely necessary, and maybe even leave her out from key questline moments. This allows me to work on Vigilant, plus other exciting things (like Hearthfires Child Interactions, follower banter, new quest content) that everyone can enjoy.
3. Tackle Vigilant in multiple parts, while still making the commentary in-depth. This allows me to work on other SDA content as well, Vigilant will just be incomplete for a while - might be a bit unimmersive for Serana to comment a lot on the start then stop saying anything midway through.
Comments
Oh, ok! Sounds good then.
Martimius
2023-01-30 23:27:13 +0000 UTCI never said anything about killing her, just that I would like more opportunities to disagree on views and faction loyalties. Things that would make her more interesting instead if being so agreeable all the time. That's what I meant by fighting her, not physically but verbally or philosophically.
KeK StrayHALO_MAN
2023-01-30 18:22:22 +0000 UTCI can consider that, but it's not a priority since it contradicts the whole point of SDA and Serana's character arc. Not to mention Serana is an essential NPC and killing her would definitely break things for your game.
Martimius
2023-01-30 03:34:08 +0000 UTCJust please let us fight serana since some of us like Molag Bal, I don't want the whole thing to just be "Muh Trauma" the whole time while not having much to say outside of just coddling her. I love Molag Bal and being able to argue a bit more would really make SDA more interesting.
KeK StrayHALO_MAN
2023-01-29 18:26:13 +0000 UTCThank you for the suggestion! Will consider this, along with the others.
Martimius
2023-01-23 04:36:34 +0000 UTCWhy not do both Vigilant and the hearthfire update in one update and the daedric quests commentary in another so they aren't broken up? Yeah it might take just a little bit longer but at least you're appeasing both PC and Xbox users
Boshilo
2023-01-22 20:15:52 +0000 UTCVigilant is a go hard, or go home sort of situation. Yeah, it’ll suck for xbox players to “miss out” on an update - but its mostly done in one update then, rather than xbox players missing out on content every update for awhile if you were to break it up into pieces. It’d also be a bit annoying for PC Vigilant players to have to hold off on completing the mod to wait for the next SDA update, which could potentially take months to complete.
2023-01-13 21:25:55 +0000 UTCVigilant is one great mod! When it comes to Serana there's only a few quest mods I'd like to see her in: - Vigilant - Legacy of the Dragonborn - Beyond Reach Still... she's already amazing, more than anyone could wish for!
Tomas
2023-01-13 18:37:39 +0000 UTCXbox user. Up to you but I voted 2 for the Hearthfire updates.
2023-01-12 11:58:09 +0000 UTCI’m an Xbox user and the only reason why I would chose number 2 is because of the hearthfire interactions
2023-01-12 11:07:41 +0000 UTCI’d like to see it done in one go. I play vigilant on every play through, and would be willing to help on the discord channel as well.
HUP06
2023-01-12 05:41:01 +0000 UTCIf possible, I think taking a modified approach to option three would make sense. Rather than doing in-depth recordings step by step in chronological order, you could draft an outline and record dialogue for key moments first before adding smaller immersive commentary moving forward.
greenfaerie38
2023-01-12 04:54:32 +0000 UTCI wouldn't like to see it done in multiple parts. It would be silly to release any of the parts at all. if anything, if you were going to do it in pieces, I would implement the pieces but not activate them in each update. It needs to come out all at once, It's not the kind of quest line where you just stop doing the quests and go off for a few real life months and come back to it to pick it up because Serana doesn't have matching dialogue. You would just need to do multiple playthroughs of it for every time there was a new update which would suck for people who want to do Vigilant just for Serana or have been waiting for the update to play it all together again. I think whole heartedly that the entire thing should be done and done well in one single update, even if there isn't as much content for the xbox people, well... they are never going to get that content either way so there's no reason to make it smaller or worse content for the people who are actually going to receive it just because some of the community won't get it. That would be like Beyond Skyrim Cyrodiil only releasing Bruma and never releasing the main project because it won't fit on xbox.
Firebeard
2023-01-12 04:31:59 +0000 UTCThere a litteral shit ton of mods I'd love to see come over to Xbox but I know it's not going to happen, ( everything deserterx) lol. It's awesome that martimius is giving us the option via a poll but PC users are also contributing with their cash so to be perfectly fair a vigilant update should happen regardless of it not benefitting Xbox players like myself
Jarrod Jepson
2023-01-12 04:25:00 +0000 UTC
