(03-30-2015, 01:49 PM)Melkire Wrote: I think it's easier to organize and run on a FC level, tbh. I distinctly recall plenty of folks, myself included, burning out on community-open server-wide action/adventure plots.
Agreed.
One of the problems with plots that are community-wide is that our community has some pretty wide views on what the feel of the setting is, and action/adventure plots bring those differences into stark relief. Some feel that the setting of XIV is a lot like Exalted or FF7, with Comic Logic balancing Garleans with guns against agile swordswomen and powerful magi. Others feel that the setting is a lot lower power, with adventurers being matched by mundane beasts in the Twelveswood and Garlean vanguards able to cut down entire regiments. Wherever the "true" line is (if one can even claim there is such a thing
), action/adventure plots that are open to all end up making these differences in opinion extremely obvious, since the first fight could have one mage opening with a fireball while the archer nearby cowers in fear -- and OOCly grumbles that they're largely superfluous because they play someone who's rank and file, compared to that wizard over there. The wizard player wonders why the archer isn't doing Legolas-style backflips and arrow stabs and shooting bad guys right through their eyes, and grumbles OOCly that they're not contributing to the plot's advancement.That's even before you get into the issues of mass consent and world changes that Gegenji points out. If the plot is going to have large scope and high impact to feel epic, those who aren't involved may take issue with the fact that the setting is being modified or threatened without their consent or the actions of the devs. (EDIT: Note, I'm not saying that's what happened in the referenced plot!)
In an FC, you already have a group of people who are on the same page regarding the power level of the setting, and you can keep the plot from leaking out. So, neither of these issues exist. That's why I usually recommend these plots keep to FCs, LSes, or at the very least a group of people who all sign up and agree to the power level and rules (Dogberry's primal fights and the Grindstone are great examples of this).
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