(08-31-2013, 10:26 AM)Magellan Wrote: @ Clover: while your idea would be awesome, FC's and LS's can barely agree on storylines to run, let alone entire communities. People simply desire far too much different things from their RP for something so large scale to work. However, 2-3 guilds can, with organization, create a pretty meaningful storyline for them. But to try and force a server-wide RP isn't fair for those who don't want that particular RP in their storyline.
@OP: I maintain the single player storyline was written for gamers, not RPers. To try and force it into your RP usually flat out won't work, for reasons everyone have already illustrated.
I disagree here. Â My character from the begining set out to become a hero. Â That was and is the driving goal. Â I maintain that I go thru these events IC and they work for me as a character to do so. Â Granted some things get tricksy now and again but for the most part it -NEVER- comes up. Â I never walk around saying I'm the mighty ifrit slayer or I took out Titan yada yada. Â It happened to my character and I reference it with folks that I was with for those events and even then only if it's relevant to reference at all, which it rarely is.
I had a minion out for giggles the other day, the baby behemoth. Â I was in the middle of a surprise RP (randomly occured and I was most happy) when someone broke character to tell me that the minion wasn't IC and I should put it away. Â Initially I never regarded it as IC..it was just there. Â However at being told what was and was not IC for me..I countered. Â So, now it is an IC thing for me and her name is Violet.
Moral of the story here, don't tell someone else what they can or cannot do ever. Â If you don't like the way they RP than go Rp elsewhere. Â Thankfully I'm surrounded on a daily basis not only by a great FC full of wonderful Role Players but happen to find RP around every corner as I'm out adventuring. Â I suspect I'm lucky that way.
