(02-25-2015, 08:55 PM)Cercil Wrote: TL;DR: Both types of characters are great in my opinion, but they have to be written with skill and not just focus on all of the positives or negatives. A.K.A character balancing. I RP both kinds of characters.^^^^^^^^^ Pretty much my thoughts on it. If you can write it well, have at it!
I was in a worgen oriented guild in WoW for a while where there was a main antagonist that was meant to give everyone trouble. People in the guild all acknowledged he was supposed to be powerful for the sake of the story and the abilities he possessed so it made it a lot of fun! Even though he was only like level 71 when the level cap at the time was 85.
I usually play underpowered characters myself. Reason being (to put it bluntly) is that I'd rather not have people throwing a bitch fit if my character happens to be their better when you look at it from a logical combative stance, which has been my experience more then once in the past. It's made me avoid most forms of combat RP altogether save with those I feel more comfortable with.
It's easier sometimes to have a character who just loses and there's no arguments then have a character that gets the upperhand and someone gets butt hurt about it.
