overlordoutpost

I think there's a balance to be struck here, especially in the current game environment. If we just follow how the game works now, how easy things are to get, and the general power creep from late LIVE... if you RP strict mechanics, every character becomes a god. The only way to not become a god who can utterly decimate anything the universal lore says should be a threat is to start gimping yourself mechanically, and as someone who used to do that, I can tell you. It does not feel good, especially if you're rolling with people who do not do it as well. At the same time, playing City of Dynasty Warriors against a mook army and trying to RP stakes can be tough as well. (To Devs: I would absolutely love a notoriety setting that isn't just pure +levels, but something akin to Oroboros' challenge mode with buffing enemies stats/abilities directly for all content; but I can only imagine the nightmare there.) We can move it from Game Mechanics to something more concrete on achievements and make it all based on your badges, but that's a whole new can of worms too. It's because of that generally I use game mechanics as more of a guide of how the RP went. My character took 0 damage that encounter against Recluse because they're IO'd out to the brim, but RPly my character had a decent slug out and probably caught a blade or three. That two second stun was much longer in RP. ... of course the other question is "What stops someone rolling in at level 1." ...and honestly, and I say this with full respect, but unless that character is an RP Alt of a level 50 or some such I generally won't go past surface-level RP with them. Not that I don't respect their RP, or that they can't do that because it doesn't match mechanics or anything... but a character at level 1 feels like a concept. A sketch. It's someone taking a rental for a drive to see if they like it. You don't have to grind out to level 50, but give the character some gameplay love, to show that they're more then just a shower thought being taken for a test run. I just really want to know that they'll still exist tomorrow.