tl;dr Playing a villain sucks so I stopped and "disappeared" the character.
My favorite characters ended abruptly when City of Heroes sunset. Â I was able to wrap up their plot lines and allow them to sail away.
When I moved to The Secret World, I decided to play a self-insert character that shared my darker moods and thoughts. Â She was a straight up villain and made no excuses for that. Â At first, the RP'ers around me seemed to like having a villain to bounce off of, someone who would always question the sincerity and purpose of their characters. Â But overtime I noticed a cooling of that point of view and there was a sharp uptick in OOC drama. Â Some took my character's villainy seriously as OOC commentary on their characters and their RP. Â I tried to explain a couple of times that my character was evil and would do evil things, like backstabbing and betraying and conspiring against those around her. Â But eventually, the backlash got bigger than I wanted to deal with and I was getting tired of the constantly grim nature of the game. Â I tried to re-roll a heroic character but my heart wasn't in it. Â I let the character simply vanish. Â Because of the nature of The Secret World, someone suddenly disappearing wouldn't be that unusual.
With D'aito Kuji, I am not tired of her character as I'm still getting to know her. Â But I will admit that these long gaps of in-game time are weakening my desire to play at all. And I'm going to get seriously busy in a couple of weeks with college. Â I've given thought to retiring the character for a while. Â Not killing her, but something mundane like getting a permanent job, falling in love...or something less mundane like becoming a pirate.
My favorite characters ended abruptly when City of Heroes sunset. Â I was able to wrap up their plot lines and allow them to sail away.
When I moved to The Secret World, I decided to play a self-insert character that shared my darker moods and thoughts. Â She was a straight up villain and made no excuses for that. Â At first, the RP'ers around me seemed to like having a villain to bounce off of, someone who would always question the sincerity and purpose of their characters. Â But overtime I noticed a cooling of that point of view and there was a sharp uptick in OOC drama. Â Some took my character's villainy seriously as OOC commentary on their characters and their RP. Â I tried to explain a couple of times that my character was evil and would do evil things, like backstabbing and betraying and conspiring against those around her. Â But eventually, the backlash got bigger than I wanted to deal with and I was getting tired of the constantly grim nature of the game. Â I tried to re-roll a heroic character but my heart wasn't in it. Â I let the character simply vanish. Â Because of the nature of The Secret World, someone suddenly disappearing wouldn't be that unusual.
With D'aito Kuji, I am not tired of her character as I'm still getting to know her. Â But I will admit that these long gaps of in-game time are weakening my desire to play at all. And I'm going to get seriously busy in a couple of weeks with college. Â I've given thought to retiring the character for a while. Â Not killing her, but something mundane like getting a permanent job, falling in love...or something less mundane like becoming a pirate.