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RE: Playing the badguy - Chompie - 09-16-2015
(09-15-2015, 12:25 AM)Askier Wrote: ---This paragraph right here is what fuels me when I play villains. Knowing that people aren't quite as ALIVE as when they have a villain to chase after is just... huge. Hell, I've used it as a character motivation- not to do evil for evil's sake, but to do mischief because my character isn't great with words or inspiration, and it's the only way they know to help others grow as people. A twisted kind of friendship for someone with a little masochistic streak in them.
I consider playing a villain a pleasure, but also a much needed roll that not everyone will or, even can fill, based on their personalities or characters. Cause, honestly, most people rp their character as the hero as their stories. Its just how they roll. But, some sadists like myself, get more pleasure out of making baddies for people to end up defeating because we enjoy having everyone chasing us like a bad game of tag and we enjoy giving. Because in the end, people who play villains are really stepping in to the shadows to help others people's characters shine brighter.
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It helps, of course, that I tend to play "Team Rocket" kinda bad guys much better than I play "World Destroyer" or "Controlling Mastermind" types. I can't give much in the way of advice for playing the latter two in a satisfying way.
Man, I do really want to try playing a villain here in FFXIV though. I doubt my current could have the kind of developments necessary to become one though, and as for making new characters? Well, maybe if I get *real* lucky.