(10-10-2014, 08:38 AM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote:(10-10-2014, 08:25 AM)ArmachiA Wrote: The one thing I've never done is gotten married ICly. 11 years of rping in MMOs and I always chickened out and broke up the engagements through the story before they went anywhere. I may be afraid of IC commitment.Hmm! As someone who has played his character in a relationship for a year going (IC ups and downs aside), I can say that it's only as stale as a roleplayer makes it. It's up to us to keep things interesting and challenge ourselves -- no one is gonna do that for us.Â
It seems scary to me. Wouldn't RP get stale and boring once your married? This is a serious question and not at all a slight on marriage RP. I really want to know, how does it work?
A married couple being  forced into battle together (or similar strife) can be a platform for powerful, emotional scenes. Hell, at the moment I'm in skype with Caleb roleplaying a fight against a bunch of thugs -- and it's SO MUCH MORE interesting because of their bond. The mutual concern for each other, the spikes of rage when one sees the other getting hurt, the fear of the other one being grievously harmed...and you know what? A ring on the finger and the status of 'lul married' isn't going to change that at all, unless we as players let it.Â
If there's someone you trust enough and enjoy enough to provide your character a partner along with an interesting time, go for it! Only if you REALLY want to, of course!
Aaaaall of this! Val and Faye have been together since about a month after the game's release, and even longer if you count how long they were together as a couple in other games we've played. You can do a LOT of stuff to keep things interesting, and we also enjoy terrorizing our characters with some of our others (which is something we're currently doing). We also throw them in the way of a lot of other things and get them involved in plots and stuff, which add a whole new element when your character also has this significant other individual to think about when they make their decisions.Â
I have a lot of gil saved up because I'm expecting this to be super expensive. .. I hope it isn't, but I'm sure it will be, and I have three marriages to do x_x;