Discovery "RP" 24/7

[Enkidu]

I consistently RP a character. I killed off every character that felt like a self-insert. The thing which tilts me and gets under my skin is when a minority of people don't play by the same rules and try to Oorp and metagame using their characters to throw the other characters under the bus, as they have some sort of unspoken assumption that everyone is acting in bad faith. At that point, players are punishing other players for RPing. The punishment isn't PVP - PVP is a part of RP, but the punishent is using Oorp social engineering considerations to influence the RP as you desire.

It only takes a very small minority to have a very large spoiling influence.

Then everyone goes around saying it's a combat game to excuse this bad behaviour. Dungeons and Dragons is a combat game when you get down to it. The Combat and the RP do not exist in some kind of polar dichotomy anywhere else except Discovery.

New players, who are the flesh and bone of the server, do not have this problem or perceive these flawed perceptual dynamics in this way.

We need to find ways to ensure RP and PVP can both occur without compromise. A good start would be deleting the set message system from existence.

I think something that ties in a good example of both cases being put into play is the current active GC- faction. I hear a lot of people giving them criticism for being a "circlejerk" or "why are GC- going to iota?" who cares? A lot of them are new, they may not be the "best" players but they do their own thing and stick to their own narrative. I don't see them obsessing over story in their chat all the time. I see them all in vc flying around and interacting together and with others. THIS is how it should be for all factions, even our senior ones. From the characters played to the players themselves. The roleplay "talent" or "knowledge" ill say comes with time. A lot of people personify themselves into characters, I know I did. But over time I think people that care about their characters start to give them their own personality etc etc.

I don't think it's realistic to make the demands of everyone being on top of their game, that every character will be a "main" or "detailed" one. But I would like to see more real characters entering the game in general, and a larger investment into those characters.

Maybe my points sound like a bunch of gibberish but this is my opinion. Above all, I don't think discovery is too far gone. It took a lot of hits with drama and leadership changes over the years. But it's slowly starting to take steps back in the right direction, more threads like this, and more talks like this will help it heal I think.

I agree here.

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