(03-16-2016, 12:22 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(03-16-2016, 12:11 PM)Leanne Wrote: Having met the WoL or any major NPC is troublesome? In my opinion, no.
Having the chance to interact with them, the world, or having your character perhaps making small contributions, maybe behind-the-scenes even, does not automatically put a character a station above in importance. And even if it does, really, does it matter that one's character is more "important" than yours? You are the one who assigns the degree of importance they may have to the world. You may choose your character to be another measly inhabitant, a bartender, a fisher maybe, or decide they have a higher call and bigger power to influence a little the world one lives in.
Of course, as with everything, it all depends on how one RP'er runs with the theme. Also, as always, it is up to the other RP'er to accept a connection like that or not. You can't force it down to their throat.
But once more, is there an issue? As long as you are sensible about it, to me, not at all.
It's an example of the folks residing at the extreme ends of the opinions being the loudest parts. Having GC leaders or powerful allies on speed-dial or on a first-name basis can potentially derail roleplay unnecessarily. Show of hands, how many people have ever had someone threaten them with NPC Brass Blades / law enforcement / personal GC NPCs / my dad works at Raubahn so you have to listen to me?
Probably not a lot, but we've all heard the stories of the person declaring themselves important and using it in the middle of a scene, or of floods of invisible guards suddenly stopping tension. There's a lot of people -not- doing just this, but the few who do tend to ruin it for everyone else.
I know someone that actively RPs their character as best friends with Merlwyb. As in, they got hurt and Merlwyb was pushing them around Limsa in a wheelchair.
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