(09-08-2015, 12:17 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:I personally think a "good" roleplay group is kind of like reading a Justice League comic, where eventually every character gets the spot light at some point and people don't mind rotating that and being a background or side kick.Â(09-07-2015, 01:52 AM)Val Wrote: A lot of people like to argue in FF's behalf that their characters are 16-17-20ish and can hold their own and be super powerful, so why can't we? My response to this is always simply "Your character isn't the main character. They're just a person in a world full of many others like them."
Put this on a banner and hang it in the rafters. There's sometimes a lot of conflict that stems from this sentiment. There's nothing wrong with being the main character in your own story, but RP is a collaborative effort. As soon as you begin to interact with others, you cease to be the main character. Some people resist or resent this, and feel entitled to being comparatively powerful or capable because their written-and-vetted-by-one-person backstory says they should be.
It's selfish to do that, and impacts a cooperative environment in a negative way. Of course, there's some folks who have no issue being relegated to subordinate or sidekick roles when in the presence of suitably powerful characters, but in my experiences that's the exception to the rule.
But for public events and BIG events you pretty much have to accept you are a face in the crowd (unless arranged otherwise.).
Back onto being too skilled.
Here's how I view it.
Like in DnD and other table tops the more you branch out the less specialized you become, the less potent you become at every skill set. You sacrifice being a mast by becoming a jack of all trades. The issue is NO ONE RPs that.
Now there as always are exceptions to this, like some skills feed into another and if you can use lore to justify it, I don't see it being any different than being a Paragon class in DnD.. but they have to reasonably flow together and you still have to be limited in power level.Â
wish I had more time to explain, but hopefully people got the jist of what I meant.
Playing some character, maybe on Balmung, maybe not.
(Or am I hiding in the shadow next to you, maybe even posing as your best friend?)
(Or am I hiding in the shadow next to you, maybe even posing as your best friend?)
