(09-21-2015, 11:46 AM)Ignacius Wrote: If you aren't going to be drawn into life or death combat with strangers in your RP, it won't come up.  People should feel free to do so.  Like I said, nobody is going to care about what tense your character says hello in.I think it is much broader than that. Even if you expect opposed action there is no need to use the Future Perfect. It is but one option for trying to get across what you are trying to express.
Future Perfect: Guyaxe would swing his mighty axe to sever Jerkface's head from his body.
Perfect:Â Guyaxe swung his mighty axe in a desperate attempt to sever Jerkface's head from his body.
Present:Â Guyaxe swings his mighty axe in a desperate attempt to sever Jerkface's head from his body.
Imperfect:Â Guyaxe was swinging his mighty axe in a desperate attempt to sever Jerkface's head from his body.
Present Conditional: Guyaxe swings his mighty axe and if all went right would sever Jerkface's head from his body.
It is entirely a matter of style. I would argue that there is a most appropriate tense given context (usually perfect tense if it is part of a narrative), but that whatever sounds or feels best (or perhaps is easier to use and follow to the writer) can be justified
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