(Disclaimer: the assertions below are, of course, just my opinion, and I am perfectly aware of the fact that I'm being quite blunt.)
I'm sort of in the same boat as Killeit in the sense that after RPing in WoW for ten years (Sentinels and then WrA), I am absolutely done with people insisting that OOC achievements affect RP.
Someone has a server first kill on A8S? Congrats. They have my respect for their skill at PvE. (And I might also ask to talk rotations/optimization with them if they play monk.)
They've created an engaging, well-written character that people enjoy interacting with? Congrats. They have my respect for their skill at writing and roleplaying. (And I might also ask to RP with them sometime.)
But if someone starts being like, "Oh, my character is the Warrior of Light, and they've killed every Primal and a ton of Garleans and saved the world about a dozen times, and since I've cleared MSQ and have all the achievements and all the classes capped and all the content cleared, that automatically makes them inherently believable if they start asserting this IC," then I'm just gonna shake my head and walk away.
In my opinion, cleared content does not automatically translate to a more realistic/believable/respectable character. If someone's claiming to have done something huge (or multiple things) IC that's canonically ascribed to a deliberately vague and undefined hero, I'm inclined to be deeply skeptical and want to avoid them no matter what content they've done, because it feels like powergaming dressed up in a fancy outfit.
I've met RPers who are truly, hilariously shitty at endgame content. I've also met raiders who are truly, hilariously shitty writers. Skill at one facet of the game does not automatically translate to skill or "owed" respect in another.
As far as I'm concerned, if someone wants to play a formidable, yet believable character? Then they can show that through writing instead of leaning on EX/Savage clears and expecting the rest of the server to accept it without question.
TL;DR - I care less about credibility than I do plausibility.
I'm sort of in the same boat as Killeit in the sense that after RPing in WoW for ten years (Sentinels and then WrA), I am absolutely done with people insisting that OOC achievements affect RP.
Someone has a server first kill on A8S? Congrats. They have my respect for their skill at PvE. (And I might also ask to talk rotations/optimization with them if they play monk.)
They've created an engaging, well-written character that people enjoy interacting with? Congrats. They have my respect for their skill at writing and roleplaying. (And I might also ask to RP with them sometime.)
But if someone starts being like, "Oh, my character is the Warrior of Light, and they've killed every Primal and a ton of Garleans and saved the world about a dozen times, and since I've cleared MSQ and have all the achievements and all the classes capped and all the content cleared, that automatically makes them inherently believable if they start asserting this IC," then I'm just gonna shake my head and walk away.
In my opinion, cleared content does not automatically translate to a more realistic/believable/respectable character. If someone's claiming to have done something huge (or multiple things) IC that's canonically ascribed to a deliberately vague and undefined hero, I'm inclined to be deeply skeptical and want to avoid them no matter what content they've done, because it feels like powergaming dressed up in a fancy outfit.
I've met RPers who are truly, hilariously shitty at endgame content. I've also met raiders who are truly, hilariously shitty writers. Skill at one facet of the game does not automatically translate to skill or "owed" respect in another.
As far as I'm concerned, if someone wants to play a formidable, yet believable character? Then they can show that through writing instead of leaning on EX/Savage clears and expecting the rest of the server to accept it without question.
TL;DR - I care less about credibility than I do plausibility.
