(09-21-2016, 03:06 PM)Kilieit Wrote: I honestly still just think it's arrogant to assume yourself more suited to playing a certain role because of something you did that's completely unrelated to your skill as a roleplayer.
T13 world first doesn't magically make you amazing at roleplaying a war hero. And if you're spending so much time putting effort and practice into world-first-style raiding, then the time spent roleplaying is necessarily lesser than someone who spends the majority of their game-time on it.
Here's a hypothetical something I'd respect more:
A person takes the time and effort to assemble a group of adventurers who might have the in-character skill to enter the Binding Coil and investigate the recent disturbances. Over the next few weeks, they do regular RP sessions covering their adventures into the Coils, filming video or posting stories about them for others to share in. They take care to ensure the story is well-crafted and compelling, and that it has a personal spin on it to differentiate it from what the developers provided for them, while still remaining true to the heart of the original storyline. After a lot of in-character, on-screen time and effort, they finally arrive at their destination, and although some of their members faulter once or twice, they eventually pull through as a group and emerge victorious.
Man, if I'd seen something like that documented on the forums and one of the people approached me in-game, I'd totally roll with it - because I'd admire their creativity and dedication to roleplay. Far moreso than someone trying to use out-of-character achievements to influence in-character events.
I want to agree with you to an extent, I really, really do. I think it would be incredible to see high-level content RP'd out and documented. That would be some very interesting story telling.
However...It is my personal opinion that a group of adventurers going back and going over these hurdles when the content is easy and the story old (as is the case of Coil), would have less credibility to claim their feat than the writer who claims the same, and HE was the first to tackle the challenge, back during it's relevancy.
