(10-08-2013, 12:59 PM)K Wrote:(10-08-2013, 12:08 PM)Theodric Ironheart Wrote: I'm actually sort of glad that there's no RP addons in FFXIV. It's nice to not be assaulted by descriptions of how 'beautiful/powerful/handsome' a particular player's character is. I'm unfortunately not spared it on the wiki pages, but that's another matter entirely!You're so negative! Coming from a Warcraft background I know exactly what you're talking about though. My friends and I would walk around Silvermoon reading the hilariously bad ones, and take a drink every time one launched into some overly descriptive exposition about how pretty they were. This often resulted in blacking out before 1am.
But, it's much better to roll your eyes and laugh it off than be upset about it. You can't change people's RP style.
Oh, I'm not upset. I'm just a realist: most role-players are pretty awful with no intention of improving. I'm not going to dictate what they can and can't do, but I'll happily look upon them and laugh when I see some of the utterly awful concepts that they pump out.Â
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't try and drag everyone else down with them, though sadly even many 'good' role-players begin to treat the playable races in MMO's in a similar way to how the awful role-players portray them. I lost count of the amount of 'serious' Horde role-players who treated even the most grittiest blood elf as a tweenager instead of a zealous, driven individual seeking to do whatever it took to defend his or her homeland.
