(03-09-2015, 02:46 PM)Chris Ganale Wrote:(03-09-2015, 02:14 PM)OverlordOutpost Wrote: You haven't seen two high powers getting into a screaming match about why one guy's shield piercing magic drill can't piercing the other guy's heavens shield. Â "My drill will pierce the heavens!" Â "Nuh uh, my heavens are powered by antispirals." Â "Your antispirals can't stand up to my spirals!" Â "Well, I have a special spiral dampening field!"That's not what he said. He didn't say anything about two high-powered characters in a fight. He said he's never seen a high-powered character's player shaming a low-powered character's player for being low-power. But he has seen, and I agree with him, the prevalent attitude that seems to be "you're bad if you play high-powered characters, because low-powered characters are the bee's knees."
I would personally say that I avoid playing a high-powered character because it is hard to play them well.
It's like a Justice League comic. The old joke is "Why is anyone else around when Superman can do everything?"
High powered (NOT Overpowered, which is something else entirely) characters absolutely have their place. If you play a Roegadyn monk whose fists and feet are empowered by aether, you're both lore compliant and going to be strong as all hell! Punching through walls and sending people flying!
And it's easy to BE high-powered!
It's just really hard to be high-powered and know when your character needs to step back and give other characters a chance to do something important. No story is worth hearing if you know the hero is always going to win.
Hell, I RP sometimes with a character who is a paladin with an eidetic memory. He memorizes your fighting style and plans for how to beat it. He can copy signatures perfectly. In its own way, that is high powered bordering on OP, but he plays it extremely low-key. He doesn't always take the spotlight. He can stand to be there as backup, and he LOSES plenty. Not only that, but the losses actually do bother him. He's high powered, but he isn't untouchable, and he doesn't hog the stage. He's a pretty decent character overall.
If you play a high powered character and play it WELL, then I salute you. It's only one facet of a character's actual importance anyway.
Characters: M'sato Tia (Lost Soul Seeker), Soren Walker (Ishgardian Midlander Pilot), Solomon Laguerre (Elezen Mercenary/Bar Manager)
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