This may or may not be a moot point, and if it is I apologize in advance, but if you are maintaining the character's identity and not essentially creating a new character, have you given any thought to how this race change might impact backstory and such?
I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with changing race to suit your RP preferences, but there are perhaps some instances where such a retcon could have some pretty awkward implications for some other RPers you may have interacted with in the past or present.
I know a number of people are making some pretty drastic changes to pre-existing characters and I thought it might make an interesting discussion topic.
The way I see it there are two very good, but opposing points of view here:
1) There were no male miqo'te and female roegadyn options for a given character at 1.0 and something like this would make a lot more sense for a particular character, or provide a more entertaining and enriching experience for that RPer.
2) An established character suddenly changing race leaves a void in explanation. Â Most people would probably be willing to look the other way (that's kind of my view), but some characters may exhibit racist tendencies (or put more mildly, maybe preferences towards some races more than others) and past interactions might not make sense if we are left to assume that a character was "X race all along".
An example of this might be if Anne and Betty were both hyur in 1.0 and were chummy growing up and all that other good stuff, but Anne was secretly prejudiced against roegadyn (perhaps for some very good reason in her backstory). Â All of the sudden Betty is now a roegadyn in ARR, which leaves the existence of their friendship somewhat hazy.
This of course can be worked out between the impacted individuals (as it should be), but I was mostly curious if this has been considered at all by any within the RP community.
Retconning in RP is always very tricky business. Â
Also since it was asked, we are not planning any racial or other drastic changes for Eva in ARR. Â She will appear mostly as she was in 1.0 with possibly a few minor cosmetic alterations. (and I'm really frekkin' looking forward to the long hair~)
I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with changing race to suit your RP preferences, but there are perhaps some instances where such a retcon could have some pretty awkward implications for some other RPers you may have interacted with in the past or present.
I know a number of people are making some pretty drastic changes to pre-existing characters and I thought it might make an interesting discussion topic.
The way I see it there are two very good, but opposing points of view here:
1) There were no male miqo'te and female roegadyn options for a given character at 1.0 and something like this would make a lot more sense for a particular character, or provide a more entertaining and enriching experience for that RPer.
2) An established character suddenly changing race leaves a void in explanation. Â Most people would probably be willing to look the other way (that's kind of my view), but some characters may exhibit racist tendencies (or put more mildly, maybe preferences towards some races more than others) and past interactions might not make sense if we are left to assume that a character was "X race all along".
An example of this might be if Anne and Betty were both hyur in 1.0 and were chummy growing up and all that other good stuff, but Anne was secretly prejudiced against roegadyn (perhaps for some very good reason in her backstory). Â All of the sudden Betty is now a roegadyn in ARR, which leaves the existence of their friendship somewhat hazy.
This of course can be worked out between the impacted individuals (as it should be), but I was mostly curious if this has been considered at all by any within the RP community.
Retconning in RP is always very tricky business. Â
Also since it was asked, we are not planning any racial or other drastic changes for Eva in ARR. Â She will appear mostly as she was in 1.0 with possibly a few minor cosmetic alterations. (and I'm really frekkin' looking forward to the long hair~)
"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
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