(10-26-2017, 11:38 PM)Kismet Wrote:(10-26-2017, 07:26 PM)Faye Wrote:(10-26-2017, 08:56 AM)Fearthainn Wrote: -snip-
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Quoted and bolded for emphasis. This is exactly what I was trying to convey in the latter half of my previous post.
Don't get me wrong. As I said in my original response to you, Fear, I'm with you on getting seriously turned off by random dice rolls. (I'm more open-minded about fleshed out systems that have specific types of rolls as a component... Not that I'm a huge fan of those, either.) But I don't see how one method is inherently better than the other. There's nothing wrong with having that perspective, per se. It's merely turned this into a curious examination of your logic. But to each their own, of course.
Although, if I were to boil all of this down to its most simplistic components... I'd personally say that all dueling really does is change the form of the dice -- probably flip the odds to be in your favor, since the implication there is that you prefer PvP due to it being something you have direct control over and are actually good at. But the idea that OOC mechanical proficiency should be equivalent to IC skill/experience is not something I think you'll find that most people here agree with.
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2. Either I misunderstand you or you misunderstand me.
It is not about experience. You can be the most authorish of author with hundreds if not thousands of published works - But I'd still not be able to " act " that so to say. It is not something I find enjoyable at all and will in fact, only take me out of the experience.
Or to attempt to put it in other words, if this was D&D and we sat around a table or such, it'd be easier for me to do this by the nature of that ' style ', but when it comes to an MMO like this, there's a very clear disconnect in my imagination to what's happening around me, which again leads in to what I said earlier about that if two are doing such a duel outside in the middle of a field, this again becomes easier to visualize and imagine compared to two on a busy street.
Now two people doing a well-choreographed /slap and /stagger with descriptive text is always a joy to see but therein lies the difference of course.
As Aegir said earlier, watching two people continually make more and more ludicrous dodges because no one is willing to back down for 7 hours...
But don't take this as " Oh Fear, you just don't have a good imagination " because that'd not be true at all. I just feel the need to stress this so that I don't get misunderstood on that!Â
If this isn't a red flag for some.. Well fine, that is your prerogative to see it that way.
But when someone comes up to me, pulls out their sword with an empty threat, I can't do anything but shrug at them.
I just can't take it seriously..
Doesn't mean I won't try under the right circumstances.
It just means that I will preferably avoid it, with everyone, unless someone with a really good reason convinces me otherwise.
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Excalibur: Fearthainn Alainn ( Main, leader of Wayward Wanderers RP )
Balmung: Talamh Alainn ( Former main )
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Boko's gonna Kweh ~Â
Excalibur: Fearthainn Alainn ( Main, leader of Wayward Wanderers RP )
Balmung: Talamh Alainn ( Former main )
Mateus: Fearthainn Alainn ( Alt )
