(08-24-2016, 02:01 AM)Vendetta Wrote: Both need each other to function in a fun way, but letting the former overshadow the latter isn't fun for those who aren't here to PvP. Some people won't take that in to consideration because they care solely about their enjoyment of the game. That's their problem. I don't really care.
Funny thing.. RP and PvP are completely interchangeable in this paragraph while still delivering a legitimate point. It goes both ways, and I absolutely do not fault anyone who plays here just to fight in a large scale, dynamic environment - they won't find another Freelancer server to do it on, so telling them to stay on HHC or stay in conn is a BS argument. Everyone here knows it, and nobody wants to admit it.
There isn't any 'wrong' way to play the game, only differing perspectives. People who are so focused on their text based interaction that they think combat based interaction is beneath them and do everything in their power to ruin it for those who are more interested in fighting than sitting in a single system for hours on end are just as much a detriment to the server as people who just want to kill everything because they can. Both sides need to realize there are lines that shouldn't be crossed, and neither rarely ever cares.
(08-23-2016, 06:16 PM)Vendetta Wrote: I don't think you guys are getting the concept of the question.
Do you play the character or are you portraying yourself as the character?
Is the character you or is the character its own individual?
Are you simply giving yourself another name or are you acting?
The question is pertaining to self-inserts and giving characters a unique personality and thought process different from that of your own.
I used to care and I used to put a lot more effort into it, but these days I find it very difficult to roleplay in an environment where my immersion is constantly broken by people who are, frankly, rather below the metaphorical realism water table. Without naming names, I was flying [HF] yesterday and I actually ran into an indie LNS who wanted to do something other than blow our brains out on sight. Unfortunately the thing he wanted to do was defect with his dreadnought, and when asked very important questions such as.. "What about the crew?", had nothing but vague responses such as "don't worry about it."
If this weren't the norm it wouldn't bother me so much, but it tends to be par for the course these days. That makes it extremely hard to get motivated to log when spontaneous, real interaction is more or less a thing of the past. Don't misunderstand, the quality ratio hasn't gone down, but the server population as a whole has. There isn't any "Oh well, I can go fly somewhere else and do something else with someone else" anymore most of the time, especially for factions without Sirius wide ZoIs. [/0.2¢]
