I've played MMOs for a long time and I've never been on the side of absolutists or fundamentalists. Â There are some truths to be sure. Â I strongly dislike it when RP'ers try to do crossovers from one game to another, such as playing their SW:TOR character in FFXIV. Â But I'm not so keen on the idea that there aren't holes in the lore that the player can't fill with their own ideas so long as they don't completely contradict the rest of the world.
And of course, I dislike godmodders and gary stu type characters as well.
There are things that the lore actually supports, such as the main character quest/story line that I personally ignore. Â For instance, that whole psychic thing that my character apparently has, or whatever that out of body stuff is meant to represent. Â I just pretend that didn't happen for RP purposes.
And while she is capable and competent, she isn't as capable and competent for RP purposes. Â The fun of RP, to me anyway, isn't in what she's capable of doing, it's in what she's not capable of doing but tries to do anyway.
I play a Miqo'te and even though there's some Lore, I don't feel there's enough about their traditions, history, biology, culture, and the like so there's a lot of contradictory information on this forum and every forum I've been to. Â That's led me to make some truly ass clown mistakes and misinterpretations that I'm busy retconning. Â So I could use some more solid Lore in that regard.
But there really is a lot of good Lore out there, it's just not always spoon fed to the player.
I guess really what I'm trying to say is that I reject the idea that what isn't directly stated by the Lore doesn't exist. Â To me, player Lore and headcanons exist until they are directly contradicted by the Lore.
What sucks for me is that I'm finding that some of what I thought I knew about the Miqo'te is contradicted.
And of course, I dislike godmodders and gary stu type characters as well.
There are things that the lore actually supports, such as the main character quest/story line that I personally ignore. Â For instance, that whole psychic thing that my character apparently has, or whatever that out of body stuff is meant to represent. Â I just pretend that didn't happen for RP purposes.
And while she is capable and competent, she isn't as capable and competent for RP purposes. Â The fun of RP, to me anyway, isn't in what she's capable of doing, it's in what she's not capable of doing but tries to do anyway.
I play a Miqo'te and even though there's some Lore, I don't feel there's enough about their traditions, history, biology, culture, and the like so there's a lot of contradictory information on this forum and every forum I've been to. Â That's led me to make some truly ass clown mistakes and misinterpretations that I'm busy retconning. Â So I could use some more solid Lore in that regard.
But there really is a lot of good Lore out there, it's just not always spoon fed to the player.
I guess really what I'm trying to say is that I reject the idea that what isn't directly stated by the Lore doesn't exist. Â To me, player Lore and headcanons exist until they are directly contradicted by the Lore.
What sucks for me is that I'm finding that some of what I thought I knew about the Miqo'te is contradicted.
