It's something I believe I've made mention of here before but feel like I could probably get away with referencing again: I believe that all roleplays have a certain budget of "It's okay when I do it."
What I mean by that is... Generally speaking, hanging out with Named Characters and Important Persons is something people stray away from. Sometimes, though...? I've got this really cool hook for a story, so it's okay that just this once I ran into and talked to Raubahn about it, right?
Or, we were doing this really cool arc centered in the Shroud and I mean, I know the Echo is what keeps us from being tempered, but trust me, it'll be totally cool for us to fight Garuda ICly.
Look, I know that white mages are a Rare Important Thing, but just listen, I've got this idea where...
In short, I think most people gravitate towards playing it safe in RP when it comes to the Big Elements that make up the game. Some don't, and that's fine. Some people are fine to play pedestrian people just living in the world. Sometimes those people also think "Well... I've been doing this role for a year or so. It's cool if I reveal that I'm actually part of an Important Bloodline, right?" And for most of us, we've done that in the past, are doing that now or will be contemplating that in the future. How many people are way into Ishgard, despite us having zero actual clue what the city is like? We can't even pinpoint what it takes to be a Dragoon capital-D with any validity.
Some people have a very small IOWIDI budget. Some people are playing without salary caps enabled and just do whatever they want in terms of storytelling. Some people try an accumulate invisible dollars to spend for when they need a Dramatic Storypoint. Every single one of these are valid and acceptable. The issue comes from when we try to point out that our viewpoint is the rightmost one. It isn't. We're all writing XIV Fanfiction.
In short: Do what you want. Don't be surprised if it goes over budget for the folks around you.
What I mean by that is... Generally speaking, hanging out with Named Characters and Important Persons is something people stray away from. Sometimes, though...? I've got this really cool hook for a story, so it's okay that just this once I ran into and talked to Raubahn about it, right?
Or, we were doing this really cool arc centered in the Shroud and I mean, I know the Echo is what keeps us from being tempered, but trust me, it'll be totally cool for us to fight Garuda ICly.
Look, I know that white mages are a Rare Important Thing, but just listen, I've got this idea where...
In short, I think most people gravitate towards playing it safe in RP when it comes to the Big Elements that make up the game. Some don't, and that's fine. Some people are fine to play pedestrian people just living in the world. Sometimes those people also think "Well... I've been doing this role for a year or so. It's cool if I reveal that I'm actually part of an Important Bloodline, right?" And for most of us, we've done that in the past, are doing that now or will be contemplating that in the future. How many people are way into Ishgard, despite us having zero actual clue what the city is like? We can't even pinpoint what it takes to be a Dragoon capital-D with any validity.
Some people have a very small IOWIDI budget. Some people are playing without salary caps enabled and just do whatever they want in terms of storytelling. Some people try an accumulate invisible dollars to spend for when they need a Dramatic Storypoint. Every single one of these are valid and acceptable. The issue comes from when we try to point out that our viewpoint is the rightmost one. It isn't. We're all writing XIV Fanfiction.
In short: Do what you want. Don't be surprised if it goes over budget for the folks around you.
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