This is not something that is commonly accepted as an answer, but you also have to remember that strong writers, imaginative personalities, and the people who actually speak up and go out of their way to either initiate or keep RP going are going to be viewed - sometimes - with a stigma. It is exceedingly hard to hold a candle to the person who goes out of their way to make sure the book has another page rather than RP turning into that awkward, "we're just standing here staring at each other," thing.
The only real advice that I can offer, from my own experiences, is to take the time to put yourself in the shoes of a Dungeon Master. Rather than continually playing up your own character, put yourself into circumstances or what have you where you can pump up your friends and allies.
I did this, for example, by using my old Monk character by having him throw himself in the way of danger, thus giving the healers something to do. So on and so forth. That's just one example. The issue isn't inherently within the character itself or the character's aforementioned Echo powers.
Also, this often has very little to do with the power scaling of the character itself. I can't say that I agree with the terms that the other people are spouting. You don't have to turn your character into an anime protagonist who finds out that his friends were his greatest strength to have a good time and ensure that everyone walks away from the story fulfilled.
Throughout RP there are going to be times where your character is the main character and times where they are the deurotagonist. It's just the burden of the beast. (Little secret here: if you're a strong writer who often takes charge of the situation and keeps the story flowing, you're going to end up the protagonist more often than not and that breeds a bit of animosity.)
TL;DR: Strong writers run into this issue in groups of other writers because everyone wants to be cool and take charge but not everyone can. Either handicap yourself or just accept the fact that you're going to be running the show more often than not. Don't discredit or stomp on people when they try to take the limelight, but don't feel bad when you command that limelight because you're the only one who carries the story.
The only real advice that I can offer, from my own experiences, is to take the time to put yourself in the shoes of a Dungeon Master. Rather than continually playing up your own character, put yourself into circumstances or what have you where you can pump up your friends and allies.
I did this, for example, by using my old Monk character by having him throw himself in the way of danger, thus giving the healers something to do. So on and so forth. That's just one example. The issue isn't inherently within the character itself or the character's aforementioned Echo powers.
Also, this often has very little to do with the power scaling of the character itself. I can't say that I agree with the terms that the other people are spouting. You don't have to turn your character into an anime protagonist who finds out that his friends were his greatest strength to have a good time and ensure that everyone walks away from the story fulfilled.
Throughout RP there are going to be times where your character is the main character and times where they are the deurotagonist. It's just the burden of the beast. (Little secret here: if you're a strong writer who often takes charge of the situation and keeps the story flowing, you're going to end up the protagonist more often than not and that breeds a bit of animosity.)
TL;DR: Strong writers run into this issue in groups of other writers because everyone wants to be cool and take charge but not everyone can. Either handicap yourself or just accept the fact that you're going to be running the show more often than not. Don't discredit or stomp on people when they try to take the limelight, but don't feel bad when you command that limelight because you're the only one who carries the story.
