The emotion bank argument is actually in favor of handcrafted emotes either way you look at it. Either it is incomplete and thus cannot handle everything, in which case handcrafted emotes can serve to fill that gap... Or it is too big for any player to reasonably remember every option, at which poin...

I saw disagree, but it was a yes/no question. I didn't want to risk it mid-scene. ^^;

I kind of wanted to comment here too, since I'm new to Genesis but not really new to MUDs. I definitely agree there's a feeling of being "out in the cold" once you complete a particular stage of the game, not just the initial tutorial but outgrowing the orc dungeon too. I'm not sure handin...