(09-21-2016, 02:29 PM)Gegenji Wrote: I think it's just a better practice to see how the person portrays their characters in RP rather than to just have them point to an achievement. Not to demean their efforts, of course, but I think it more of an apples and oranges situation. Just because a player did something in the game itself (defeating all the primals, collecting all the mounts/minions/etc) does not mean that their character has ICly done these things, and there are things characters may have done ICly that they've never actually done OOCly (accumulate mass amounts of wealth, for example). Doing something in one aspect doesn't preclude it was done in the other. And it wouldn't exactly be fair to limit someone's RP creativity to something they may not have the actual OOC capability to do.
So, rather than just point to their PVP ranking to show how awesome they are in combat, I'd rather see them write their combat with flair and style that lets me think on my own that they're a good fighter. It's... hard to explain, and I'm starting to get rambly. Still, I hope I'm making sense.
I do understand what you're saying. However, in my experience it is -also- very rare for RPers to actually RP many of the things they claim their characters to be skilled at. Whether it be battle, tradecrafts, or something else.Â
To me, I think it is similar to the argument that a max level character is more credible than a fresh level 1. There are exceptions, but I am personally more inclined to believe that the person holding the server 1st kill of T13 was there to see Bahamut's final fall, rather than the Level 30 claiming the same.Â
To clarify, I am not claiming that this character is "better" or "stronger", just that they have more credibility to claim their achievements if they have in-game achievement to back it up.
