(07-27-2017, 05:47 AM)Skye Noctis Wrote: So on either case if a guard catches the trouble maker, it is always perma jail time?
I hope that I am understanding it wrong because through out few other games that Ive tried to rp, that is by far the harshest punishment I've run in toÂ
Otherwise, I am always happy to accept the consequences good guy or not. It has gotta make sense as long both parties agree and I make sure to communicate my decision OOCly before taking any action to offer best RP experience for both.
I think that debates happen on every RP community when comes to the degree of power in RP, its unavoidable.
Just really hoping that I can bring out my character and make her grow through out each RP experience in this game, without just parking against the wall and talk about heroic-monster-killing and daisies. (if you get what I meanÂÂ )
To clarify, I don't think Lydia is stating what currently does happen in RP here, but rather what would happen if we apply the standard laws and rules of Eorzea to our RP situations. And that's what makes it so difficult if you want to be a bad guy whilst being able to enjoy yourself and provide enjoyment for others - I mean that's pretty much what we're all trying to do, right?!
There's an extra issue in that we can't just create throwaway characters here on Balmung as everything is restricted. So if you have one character here then any extreme consequences (jail time, execution) become tricky to RP unless you start dropping some cash on the issue, as Lydia mentioned.
HOWEVER, you seem like you're familiar with RP and you don't seem keen to be the reincarnation of Bahamut in the form of one of the playable races... so I think there's definitely room for you to be a bad guy/gal without instantly getting your head liberated from your shoulders.
In WoW the server I played on had an incompetent (and very corrupt) City Watch, meaning that career criminals often escaped or bribed their way to an innocent verdict - but that was something that it took a long time to build, and the majority of RPers on the server went along with it and sort of suspended their disbelief with regards to the presence of the guards in the city.
I think the answer here (as some others have mentioned) is about who you RP with, where you choose to do it and the consequences you, and they, are comfortable with. It's not easy to be a bad guy, and that's why so few people do it, and even fewer do it well, but I think it is doable as long as you're mindful of the players around you and some of the 'realism' aspects within the world that Lydia pointed out.
