I guess if one person were to sit there and try to excuse just how much of their day is filled by doing important RL things it would matter as much to anyone else as someone sitting there talking about how much time they invest in the game.Â
I agree, no, it shouldn't all be about levels and grinding because yes, then it does come back to my time versus your time and my priorities versus your priorities. Valid as that may be, that excuse shouldn't be, and doubtlessly is, used by people who literally roll a level 1 character and come in periodically, when they feel like it, just to tell other people how much better they are. It's offensive when your character is capped, it's -worse- when the person is fresh out of the starting quests and refuses to level. But if they choose to do it, that's fine-- It's just bothersome at times.
The reasonable defense of 'Don't let in-game mechanics dictate roleplay' is easily skewed into 'I'll do whatever I want because in-game mechanics don't count in roleplay' by people who, yes, might not have the time but also might not want to put forth the effort anyway. At that point, it's a glorified chat system, but you're paying -your- money to run around in it so who is anyone else to judge? It's not particularly hard to level, in fact it's beneficial for aesthetics and just to take a break from roleplaying; I'd rather deal with artificial -obstacles-, obstacles that could be overcome in time with motivation than getting in an OOC argument with someone about IC differences in perspective. Because, as we see many times in the threads, it hardly ever leads anywhere productive. But that's a personal preference and so my in game accomplishments and understandings only really help me-- I expect that someone will no doubt sit there and tell me how worthless I am for wasting time -actually playing the game-.
I agree, no, it shouldn't all be about levels and grinding because yes, then it does come back to my time versus your time and my priorities versus your priorities. Valid as that may be, that excuse shouldn't be, and doubtlessly is, used by people who literally roll a level 1 character and come in periodically, when they feel like it, just to tell other people how much better they are. It's offensive when your character is capped, it's -worse- when the person is fresh out of the starting quests and refuses to level. But if they choose to do it, that's fine-- It's just bothersome at times.
The reasonable defense of 'Don't let in-game mechanics dictate roleplay' is easily skewed into 'I'll do whatever I want because in-game mechanics don't count in roleplay' by people who, yes, might not have the time but also might not want to put forth the effort anyway. At that point, it's a glorified chat system, but you're paying -your- money to run around in it so who is anyone else to judge? It's not particularly hard to level, in fact it's beneficial for aesthetics and just to take a break from roleplaying; I'd rather deal with artificial -obstacles-, obstacles that could be overcome in time with motivation than getting in an OOC argument with someone about IC differences in perspective. Because, as we see many times in the threads, it hardly ever leads anywhere productive. But that's a personal preference and so my in game accomplishments and understandings only really help me-- I expect that someone will no doubt sit there and tell me how worthless I am for wasting time -actually playing the game-.
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