(11-02-2013, 05:59 PM)Magellan Wrote:(11-02-2013, 01:27 PM)K Wrote: Oh, that made me think. Are battles realistic or do people actually us in-game moves and buffs and behave as though their characters suffer a barrage of arrows or sword strikes and merely lose "HP"? I have to say that wouldn't interest me at all. I definitely prefer realism.
Just a personal opinion of course! ^^
This is what I've run into repeatedly. People who can take a fire spell to the face and be fine, because you can do so in game. A few times I've been told I'm rping my character as 'weak' (even though they were supposed to be strong) because I've rp'd them taking damage from significant blows thrown their way, and taking them out of the fight early. I've also run into a lot of 'cure heals everything' and even a removal of the consequence of death, because hey... lore allows for it. (As in respawning at your home point)
At which point I pretty much just gave up on combat rp altogether. That was the fantastical combat I was referring to. It's not my taste preference, but it seems to be the majority of what I run into.
Yeah, I have run into some people like this as well. I play a really tough woman who is able to take hits and keep on trucking, but that doesn't mean she does not get injured or is invincible. As a matter of fact, she is constantly getting thrashed, injured, and her ass kicked because I don't play her like some super hero. Leave the Dragon Balls at home people
I think its okay to play your character as someone who is strong or whatever, but they aren't superman or T-1000. Healing magic helps speed up the process of healing, but its not a fix all. "Oh, my arm got ripped off. I'll just put it where it should belong and then cast magic, and ta-daa, arm is better!" Also in regards to the whole home point thing, they said not everyone is able to do this as often (and some are not able to do this at all) as others. Not to mention traversing through the lifestream is extremely taxing on the person.Â
I just think people need to realize that their character is not the most bad ass of the bad asses no matter how cool they are written as. RPing in an MMO setting means its not entirely about your character as you have to interact with 10's if not 100's of others and they also have their own story to tell. I personally prefer to just RP the combat out instead of rolling because I feel like it gives me the opportunity to showcase her strengths and weaknesses. Plus she likes to drink heavily before fighting to loosen up her body and numb her to pain a bit more so its fun having her stumble around and fall off balance, lol.
All and all, I have really enjoyed RP combat on FFXIV so far as I have ran into very few god-modders.
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