I come from Eve Online where actions and deeds are supposed to speak louder than words so... yes, to an extent for me. I have no problem at all acknowledging that someone with a character with high pvp rankings and spending a good amount of time here OOC can transform that easily into an IC thing. They worked their asses to get there. Same for a trading mogul on the market, even if it's harder to prove besides the depth of your pockets...
That works for me as long as it doesn't directly conflicts with the lore or the storyline, and makes sense. Falling a raid thing, like Alexander, or whatever, is a Warrior of Light thing. Claiming having done so, even with your first server achievment or whatever, is a no go to me and just reeks of special snowflake.Â
More generally though, if it doesn't contradict the lore, it always, always boils down as how you portray your character. I'm fine with a 50y old experienced and grizzled warrior with badass skills that will be played accordingly (and 3 dimensionally), but less with a teen pulling the same shit. Same with a trading mogul, or whatever, really. As usual, pull it well in 3 dimensions and you got it. If you can't, then your OOC achievements mean literally naugh.
Now don't get me wrong. I spit on eve online mindset that tends to go to the extreme opposite though, which is as long as you don't do much ingame, you are nothing. That's lame.
That works for me as long as it doesn't directly conflicts with the lore or the storyline, and makes sense. Falling a raid thing, like Alexander, or whatever, is a Warrior of Light thing. Claiming having done so, even with your first server achievment or whatever, is a no go to me and just reeks of special snowflake.Â
More generally though, if it doesn't contradict the lore, it always, always boils down as how you portray your character. I'm fine with a 50y old experienced and grizzled warrior with badass skills that will be played accordingly (and 3 dimensionally), but less with a teen pulling the same shit. Same with a trading mogul, or whatever, really. As usual, pull it well in 3 dimensions and you got it. If you can't, then your OOC achievements mean literally naugh.
Now don't get me wrong. I spit on eve online mindset that tends to go to the extreme opposite though, which is as long as you don't do much ingame, you are nothing. That's lame.
Balmung:Â Suen Shyu
