1. Yes several. I come for a RP server where cockiness without skills, or social group, would get you killed. Also, adventures and combat had a real chance onto your character dying as well. GMs wouldn't purposely kill your character, but it happened quite often. Getting attached to a character was a huge mistake. That said, I get highly attached to certain roleplayers instead, for the better or worse due to it. I've made quite a few awesome friends due to it.
2.We all know our characters would die some time sooner or later. We would either laugh about how they died, or congratulate people for having a nice ending to a story. Mostly of the time it was the former. Gods, I can still remember throwing my mage at a dragon to save her comrades. She gone out with a blast, and It was awesome. Rerolling a new character however only took like 15 mins at best.
3. Their character their choices. I don't feel that it is much of a gain in a setting where people don't have a real chance to die to begin with. However, despite that, I do warn people that I may or may not kill Avelyn off due to the fact I don't see the merits of pushing her story beyond retaking Ala Mhigo. That is her main goal. There's only so many spin off chapters you can write you know? I did this with my Blood Knight in WoW as well. Their lore going to shits, I didn't like her concept any more, or the forced change of being 'evil' to 'good'. Redemption can be nice but... Meh.
That said, in Ave's case, if I find a reason for her to live. I will. It really depends for me personally whether the First of Rhalgr are going back to proper Destroyer worshippers (see H'raha Tia), or continue to try to form the new Justice League. Surely, I can find ways to work around it. Stray from the 'majority' of Fists, and continue to have her be stuck in the old ways. In truth, I'm mostly doing that anyhow beyond one other roleplayer.
But if the Fist of Rhalgr get completely reformed into such an absurd hippy cult defenders of the weak BS, Ave is most likely going to be axed. I really hope there will be still a sect, or whatever you want to call it, within the FoR who flat out refuses to let go of the old ways. Surely, I had people argue "but why don't you change her? It is character progression?" No, I won't, because playing the 'good guy' bores the living hell out of me. Unless Rhalgr Himself comes down and tells Ave to be a goody two shoe, she ain't going to be. I'd sooner see her story to an end then continue roleplaying something what I don't really see the purpose of any longer. I don't mind character progression, but there's only so much I can do without just going "who in the Seven Hells are you now?" Getting Ave to lay off the bottle, and stop snarking around is one of the things for example I'd see more mandatory at this point. But changing her completely? No, I won't do that. I honestly don't know if I will reach those two goals to begin with, as I don't force it myself, but instead let other roleplayers influence her on that department. Funnily enough, most case her to drink and grump even more. But I don't mind that either. It is... character progression in a backwards way? Anyhow...
I think that is what a lot of roleplayers tend to forget. Sometimes a character's purpose has been served. Yes, I've considered writing her into getting sidetracked, or get injured, but would Ave still be Ave then? No, not really. I don't mind the idea of character progression on her, not at all, but I don't want to break her core either. But. In the end, I'm going to do a wait and see. And the people surrounding Ave highly influence her as well to begin with; and my drive to kill or off or not. I don't want to lose the roleplay I have with people currently, but if the story of FFXIV gets pushed to the point it would break Ave as a character? No, I'd sooner reroll another character either due to killing her off, or simply retiring her.
That said, this is far from recent thoughts. I've warned people about this all the time as soon they get remotely close to Ave. The moment I made her, it was a decision I made about her story, and the possible end of it.
TL: DR; Vi likes playing zealots and kills characters her off when their organisation gets forced into a weird redemption plot lorewise. And ib4 people go "DONT KILL AVE OFF PLS" I really don't know yet.
2.We all know our characters would die some time sooner or later. We would either laugh about how they died, or congratulate people for having a nice ending to a story. Mostly of the time it was the former. Gods, I can still remember throwing my mage at a dragon to save her comrades. She gone out with a blast, and It was awesome. Rerolling a new character however only took like 15 mins at best.
3. Their character their choices. I don't feel that it is much of a gain in a setting where people don't have a real chance to die to begin with. However, despite that, I do warn people that I may or may not kill Avelyn off due to the fact I don't see the merits of pushing her story beyond retaking Ala Mhigo. That is her main goal. There's only so many spin off chapters you can write you know? I did this with my Blood Knight in WoW as well. Their lore going to shits, I didn't like her concept any more, or the forced change of being 'evil' to 'good'. Redemption can be nice but... Meh.
That said, in Ave's case, if I find a reason for her to live. I will. It really depends for me personally whether the First of Rhalgr are going back to proper Destroyer worshippers (see H'raha Tia), or continue to try to form the new Justice League. Surely, I can find ways to work around it. Stray from the 'majority' of Fists, and continue to have her be stuck in the old ways. In truth, I'm mostly doing that anyhow beyond one other roleplayer.
But if the Fist of Rhalgr get completely reformed into such an absurd hippy cult defenders of the weak BS, Ave is most likely going to be axed. I really hope there will be still a sect, or whatever you want to call it, within the FoR who flat out refuses to let go of the old ways. Surely, I had people argue "but why don't you change her? It is character progression?" No, I won't, because playing the 'good guy' bores the living hell out of me. Unless Rhalgr Himself comes down and tells Ave to be a goody two shoe, she ain't going to be. I'd sooner see her story to an end then continue roleplaying something what I don't really see the purpose of any longer. I don't mind character progression, but there's only so much I can do without just going "who in the Seven Hells are you now?" Getting Ave to lay off the bottle, and stop snarking around is one of the things for example I'd see more mandatory at this point. But changing her completely? No, I won't do that. I honestly don't know if I will reach those two goals to begin with, as I don't force it myself, but instead let other roleplayers influence her on that department. Funnily enough, most case her to drink and grump even more. But I don't mind that either. It is... character progression in a backwards way? Anyhow...
I think that is what a lot of roleplayers tend to forget. Sometimes a character's purpose has been served. Yes, I've considered writing her into getting sidetracked, or get injured, but would Ave still be Ave then? No, not really. I don't mind the idea of character progression on her, not at all, but I don't want to break her core either. But. In the end, I'm going to do a wait and see. And the people surrounding Ave highly influence her as well to begin with; and my drive to kill or off or not. I don't want to lose the roleplay I have with people currently, but if the story of FFXIV gets pushed to the point it would break Ave as a character? No, I'd sooner reroll another character either due to killing her off, or simply retiring her.
That said, this is far from recent thoughts. I've warned people about this all the time as soon they get remotely close to Ave. The moment I made her, it was a decision I made about her story, and the possible end of it.
TL: DR; Vi likes playing zealots and kills characters her off when their organisation gets forced into a weird redemption plot lorewise. And ib4 people go "DONT KILL AVE OFF PLS" I really don't know yet.
