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(10-09-2014, 05:30 PM)Hiro Wrote:(10-09-2014, 03:25 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: Using in-game stats is hard only because game balance has to get taken into account. You can't really expect it to fill the lore gaps while dealing with game mechanics. I mean, think about it: How on earth does ANYONE get kidnapped when everyone has the ability to teleport freely?
(10-09-2014, 05:16 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(10-09-2014, 03:43 PM)Kage Wrote:(10-09-2014, 03:25 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: How on earth does ANYONE get kidnapped when everyone has the ability to teleport freely?They need to go to an aetheryte, they can't just teleport to somewhere willy nilly.
People are very easily disturbed from the teleport cast. Any sign of movement by the user is almost guaranteed to disrupt it. Getting hit by someone is probably getting them dragged along or the cast is aborted.
Of course I've actually never seen the RP done this way but I've rolled with it.
I'm arguing for the sake of semantics. A level 1 lalafell has a strength near-comparable to that of a Highlander. They can also teleport at will to a homepoint. It's not really sound to bar one instance of gameplay mechanic as unreasonable while insisting another one is fine A-Okay terrific.
Not saying YOU'RE saying this, but yeah. If we're allowing game mechanics to supervise what's "realistic" to the game, then no one is ever in any danger of being kidnapped or held against their will.
The difference therin is, at fresh start a L1 Sheet is a base sheet. No teleportation, etc. I get the argument however it seems apparent that the racial stats are set in a flavor that indicates them beyond simple gameplay mechanics, after all they support all the player bases predispositions as to who is inherently better at what, and without the 30 point gain in attributes produce very little influence on end game balance which suggests that if all they were there for was end game balance they would be scaled in larger factors than the miniscule percentiles they are. The fact that there isn't a MAJOR difference between the various stats suggests (in my eyes) that all the races are capable of similar feats on an average and while height wise aren't equals do not DOMINATE (which is what some of the conversations leans toward based solely on our external knowledge of physique) physically or mentally (or spiritually I guess).
To bring up FFXI for the third time today (on a roll!):
People who played tarutaru and then played melee DPS bitched to HIGH HEAVEN that they lost significant chunks of stat and, for all intents and purposes, were completely inferior to every other race.
I don't blame SE for adapting.
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