Best posts made by Kanye Qwest

"Only/mostly combat characters get to affect the plot" is just not even true, perceptions aside. I'll be frank, even the most beastly combat characters do not stand a chance in a straight up fight against the outside antagonists of Arx. Even in groups. There are always minions to beat up on, because that's an easy way to get people involved in doing things, and progress can be won or lost in that way. But the PCs of Arx are not in any way remotely equipped to just be like "LET'S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE CARDIANS", etc.

People get jealous when other people are getting attention. That doesn't change with titles, from either side.

@thenomain Um. Really?

@auspice said in Coming Soon: Arx, After the Reckoning:

So I really do get why new people are feeling like they'll never be able to find a place to fit in.

Not only that, but a glance at the site indicates Anders is chillin in Skyhold? With Cassandra? And I guess she hasn't broken him in half and tossed him over the wall for Reasons. If you are going to insist on playing canon characters, play them.

@auspice My bad if that's how it came off! I probably should have said "when you spoke about your activity" or something less formal sounding.

@tek Lazy, and a little rude in some cases? That's my weirdness, but when people like, mod games so they can have straight romances with canon gay characters it just squicks me out.

It's a bad idea to create a setting where people can be spread out all over a universe from the beginning. If you have a game that successfully runs for awhile and attracts players through story and atmosphere, you can work on adding other places, other destinations. But first, you should definitely create a reason for players to be together.

If people want to play in depth ship and planet simulators, they can go play Eve online. People log into MU to roleplay. Everything else is just downtime/minigame.

Waitwaitwait. You can't be a dwarf mage due to 'canon lore', but you can completely invalidate 'canon lore' when it suits someone who wants to play Anders?

many creators are obligated to say no, even if they don't care, by their lawyers. I don't think GRRM is under any concern about having his trademark co-opted, because it's so well known, but legal teams do as legal teams do.

@Thenomain How do you figure DA2 isn't gritty if DA:O is? You literally lose your entire family in pretty much the worst ways imaginable and are stuck in a shithole where everyone is going insane and summoning demons all around you.

@sockmonkey An Incredibles/One Punch Man sort of hero game would be so fun.

@ghost is mad that some people play games with their friends in private.

I'm mad that some people get to spend their days raising baby otters.

There's a lot of pointless babyrage in this thread.

@deadculture said in MSB, SJW, and other acronyms:

I wonder, if somebody you're taught to hate, viscerally hate, espouses some ideas, would you be more or less opposed to them?

do you actually wonder this

I applaud them for running the 100. Even if they were telling stories for themselves, that's a lot of dang work and misuse doesn't remove use. People had fun there, clearly - it was a popular game.

I have .5 - 5% interest in things like demons and mummies and mages, and 0% interest in vampires, werewolves, and changelings. I don't follow these gamelines, I don't know anything about ooc power comparisons or options, but just speaking from a "what is a cool setting" standpoint...I'm over even hearing vamps and werewolves and changelings discussed. Do something new and different, if you are going to do anything.

This is hilarious to watch, by the way. Can't even decide on an alt-history period without the exhaustive history arguments.

I propose a game be opened where the purported purpose of the game is to settle on a theme and setting for a historical MU*. It would never die.

'moon gifts' sounds like archaic code for menstruation

Srs question, aren't they ALL super op compared to like, hunter/mortal? or is vampire considered kind of the standard? Where do the changelings fit in? (not the bunnygirls, I assume they aren't terribly threatening overall)

I think frankly if you are doing Historical Accuracy, that should probably be the focus of the game. It should be for people who specifically want to explore themes in a certain time period.

I think what you DON'T want is people who want to just play Sexy Emma Frost or Brujah Biker with a different skin.

@Anadventurer No, they will never stop talking about it. Then you'll have to move 60 pages of this thread to a hog pit thread, and it will STILL come up on occasion.

Just hazarding a guess.