@Apos Is there any player alive who is truly 100% chill?
I'd also like to offer a mild correction to @Tat's post: @roz CUT OFF HER OWN GODDAMN ARM.
I think it is a lot easier to deal with your character being wrong if you aren't also wrong ooc. Because choosing to be wrong when it's ic for your character is a thing that can happen but if your character is wrong because you're wrong then you AND your character have to own it; much harder.
Lordy lordy. Readin this thread about other people's experiences just makes me feel really relieved about my previous ic relationship partners. I think I must have really dodged some bullets.
@roz You were a great husbando. A++, would recommend.
Just not the case. The conflict between sourcebooks and helpfiles only exists in rulesets where the systems are not purpose built for MU** play.
Every time we have one of these conversations, these are exactly the attitudes that confirm why I tried WoD twice and now never shall again.
We have all grown up since those days. I also remember Sabella. Hey, you generated a lot of rp!
@sincerely Girrrrrrrl we gotta get you some clues.
Personally I just wish I could swap my @rs picks between alts. Like yes okay I'll rp with my character's BFF on my alt but it's awkward.
@sockmonkey Ooh hey welcome! Have some moldy cheese! I am so happy Caith got such a fun player.
I do think the game required significantly more active time commitment to stay caught up before crisis and @action combined to make plot more manageable. There IS an issue that has continued with information sharing that I find puzzling and it does seem to be ongoing, like clues are candy and people just hate sharing their candy sometimes?? But I do think systems have progressed significantly to allow better time management than in Alpha. Work in progress.
Ftr, I don't play every day; I just don't have time to play every day. I have a full time job and spend 3 hours every day driving.
@sunny It's all her practice trying to win at the Info channel.
@sincerely CAUSE YOUR ART IS GREAT.
I don't want to contradict anyone's lived experience. I have plenty of plot on both of my characters, only one of whom has any combat utility (and she's not really a combat beast even still, since archery doesn't really apply to the whole sparring culture particularly). But I've also been around awhile, am vehemently active and storyrequest / @action a lot, and have learned a lot of the lore, which makes it relatively easy for me to smash my way in to story.
I have spoken to others who found getting hooked into plot on the game discouraging for a variety of reasons and I think many people are in that boat. It's easy to blame systems or how easy it is to fall into 'what do i do with this?' 'stab it!' as a plotrunner or as a player. Sometimes you get hooks you don't know what to do with. Sometimes you simply feel cut off or directionless, or the crowd you're hanging out with isn't getting story you're interested in, or you really just don't know how to hook. And sometimes a character or a storyline is just a bad fit for whatever reason.
Ultimately I do think it is on every player to work towards building their own story, and while I'm happy to help people or come up with ideas or share information to help develop things for people, the best advice I can come up with for any character -- social, combat or whatever -- is to be proactive, and if you feel lost or discouraged, don't be afraid to ask for help. If staff scares you, we've got guides now. Maybe we can help.
@sincerely Everyone is still gonna want your gorgeous art always man.
I recently gave away a lot of Aureth's fancy clothes because he's literally never going to change his shirt again, but I'm still excited for the fashion system. I THINK IT'S FUN.
@dontpanda I thought you've been super fun. Looking forward to more.
People can get very invested in their wrong ideas, which makes sense since they came up with them themselves.
