(01-25-2015, 05:23 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: With that said, though, some (like me) will raise an eyebrow if someone who's not an NPC has no or very few levels in a class and claims to be a Worldwide Authority On The Topic. That's because they hold the (somewhat unpopular) opinion that game mechanics and levels do matter and can inform RP. Of course, they're not the sole defining factor, and I'm really speaking more to "I'm a level 1 Gladiator in starting gear, and I'm claiming OOC that I can wipe the floor with a level 50 Paladin in full Dreadwyrm gear" sort of situation.
So, I haven't run into this yet while RPing my Balmung alt, but I think if anyone OOCly said my character couldn't defeat them ICly because my alt is only a lv25 GLA. . . I think I'd link them my Hyp-Sounsyy lodestone along with a giant middle finger. Thankfully, that's yet to happen!
But when I first started engaging in combat RP on Balmung, I did have to come up with some increasingly creative ways to explain why an ICly experienced gladiator and veteran soldier for near 20 years was getting her arse handed to her by a fistfighter with no combat experience to speak of. Sounsyy's pride suffers for my terrible RNG...
