One thing I often have an issue with is development over time as a long time player. I've got a character that's been around since 1.0, the IC journey has had some ludicrous things occur, and in the scope of the RP and all the various combats that have happened, they've "seen some shit," while traveling down the road of Neutral Antagonist for some friends to what he is now.
I found once 2.0 hit that his basic power level from experiences and the RP I'd accumulated on him was just... out of place, especially with the influx of new characters to the server the reboot brought in. As such I resorted to memory loss and just ignoring some of the superfluous fantastical things, I'd otherwise have kept as part of his backstory and experiences.
That said, as someone who's had a character since 2010 I can't help but get a little put off when someone pops in claiming to have the same experience as mine because they effectively put it down on paper that they did whereas the entirety of my personal development has come over the span of four and a half years of roleplay. It's not as if they're doing something wrong either, on the same vein just because I roleplayed for four and half years on the character doesn't really mean I should be inherently more experienced or powerful than a character rolled as ten years his senior and a war/front line veteran.
I found once 2.0 hit that his basic power level from experiences and the RP I'd accumulated on him was just... out of place, especially with the influx of new characters to the server the reboot brought in. As such I resorted to memory loss and just ignoring some of the superfluous fantastical things, I'd otherwise have kept as part of his backstory and experiences.
That said, as someone who's had a character since 2010 I can't help but get a little put off when someone pops in claiming to have the same experience as mine because they effectively put it down on paper that they did whereas the entirety of my personal development has come over the span of four and a half years of roleplay. It's not as if they're doing something wrong either, on the same vein just because I roleplayed for four and half years on the character doesn't really mean I should be inherently more experienced or powerful than a character rolled as ten years his senior and a war/front line veteran.
