I totally totally agree with you on this. I sometimes find that good characters are also many times unwelcomed. Unfortunately I've also seen too many instances where good characters are played by not so good roleplayers who end up making it bad for everyone.
Honestly though I think that more people need to give good characters a chance and not see them as a way to just "ruin" their rp. I think the actual great heroic players take a bad rap or end up having to follow the crowd to become a character that is rped with more often, which is also a shame. Though I think that good guilds are definitely needed to offset this and they need to be well thought out and well planned. I also think that unfortunately due to the fact that many roleplayers nowadays do not have pen and paper rpg experience they are not aware of or do not like consequences to their actions. So being a "good" character or leading a "good" guild means that you should set up ooc connections with enemy groups who are willing to sometimes lose, sometimes get caught and sometimes suffer consequences. On the flipside the good guys also need to lose sometimes as well.
I do also think that the good guys need to band together more often both icly and oocly. Sorry but "evil' is not the natural order of things despite what many think. I find that good groups too often fall due to mismanagement and poor organization. Which is a shame honestly. They also are not as active or as "loud" as they need to be again trying to be "everyone's friend" which ends up hampering their own rp. Hence the reason for established enemies who you've struck up an ooc agreement with.
You also have to let any of your members know that godmodding will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Once one of your own godmods your reputation is destroyed therefore making you not respected. Unfortunately more leeway is given to the greyer/darker more evil groups in this regard. Again sad in itself.
Bottom line is that if you have an issue with a non godmodding (and we've known our fair share of these im sure) good character "doing his job" then sorry you are crossing the ic and ooc line and that is bad roleplay.
Its a sad thing really that good characters are seen as bothersome or troublemakers in many mmos nowadays, but its more indicative of our society as a whole. That though is another conversation in itself.
Honestly though I think that more people need to give good characters a chance and not see them as a way to just "ruin" their rp. I think the actual great heroic players take a bad rap or end up having to follow the crowd to become a character that is rped with more often, which is also a shame. Though I think that good guilds are definitely needed to offset this and they need to be well thought out and well planned. I also think that unfortunately due to the fact that many roleplayers nowadays do not have pen and paper rpg experience they are not aware of or do not like consequences to their actions. So being a "good" character or leading a "good" guild means that you should set up ooc connections with enemy groups who are willing to sometimes lose, sometimes get caught and sometimes suffer consequences. On the flipside the good guys also need to lose sometimes as well.
I do also think that the good guys need to band together more often both icly and oocly. Sorry but "evil' is not the natural order of things despite what many think. I find that good groups too often fall due to mismanagement and poor organization. Which is a shame honestly. They also are not as active or as "loud" as they need to be again trying to be "everyone's friend" which ends up hampering their own rp. Hence the reason for established enemies who you've struck up an ooc agreement with.
You also have to let any of your members know that godmodding will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Once one of your own godmods your reputation is destroyed therefore making you not respected. Unfortunately more leeway is given to the greyer/darker more evil groups in this regard. Again sad in itself.
Bottom line is that if you have an issue with a non godmodding (and we've known our fair share of these im sure) good character "doing his job" then sorry you are crossing the ic and ooc line and that is bad roleplay.
Its a sad thing really that good characters are seen as bothersome or troublemakers in many mmos nowadays, but its more indicative of our society as a whole. That though is another conversation in itself.
A good FFXIV lore site: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Eorzea
