@gasket said in Star Wars: Insurgency:
There's no equalizing the playing field for Luke Skywalker vs. your 'OC X-Wing pilot' because they will never be the same thing, not even by your own description of them.
There's a certain validity to this. Luke is the one who pulled the trigger and blew up the Death Star. There's never going to be someone else who did that. He'll always have that under his belt. And Leia will always be Leia, Han will be Han, etc. No escaping that.
Superman will always be Superman. And while the analogy to the supers genre isn't exact, @Auspice , there's a huge difference between the popular superhero FCs like Captain America and, say, Moonknight. I've personally never had any desire to play any of them. Maybe Han. But I think turning him gay wouldn't work well.
All I can say is that FC or not, famous established background or not, once a PC hits the grid, they will have the same opportunities to be involved and make a difference.
@Ghost Fair. I played on a Star Wars game where staff had every single FC doing Great Things and all the rest of us were spear carriers whose sole purpose was to be there in the background and 'oo' and 'ah' at how wonderful they were. I'll be damned if my own OC is going to do that and I don't think the other staffers without FCs will either. We look forward to Insurgency being 1 out of 72.
I personally invite all skeptics to come give us a chance and flame us here if we end up being one of the 72. But. If you think it's happening, please let us know and give us the chance to correct things. Different perspectives, forest for the trees, etc.
Caveat: this is alpha. The game went up ONLY 3 weeks ago. @ixokai is an amazing coder and the builders were truly inspired. We're moving remarkably fast but we're still changing things as we discover they're not working (notably in the mechanics of the Force). On the other hand, it's the perfect time to get in on the ground floor and help influence what's happening. Sheets are not final since we're tweaking things and RP before approval is doable so you can flesh out your PCs once you have the basics set.