Discovery "RP" 24/7

[sindroms]

Oh jeez, I really hoped I wasn't around anymore to see such a thread pop up.
The thing is, I had this feeling back when I was still a green, but every time I looked at the live server chat I was quickly reminded that no, my own personal experience with whom I fly and what amount of RP I see as a player has nothing to do with how much there is that I do not have access to.

Poorly done ERP aside, there were plenty of group-chat RPs during patrols and done by groups I would have thought never might have bothered with such things.

The thing is, however, that even though disco is X years old now, we still seem to expect to find a good ingame rp encounter just by chance. And when that happens, cool. But that is not how it works, nor in Disco nor other games for that matter. You need to put in effort to find good RP. For those of you who have watched my this-years attempt at the disco lp know what I am referring to. Hey, I want to RP out this sort of RP, but I need to keep an eye out on the chat list for the right time so as to go to Y and try to encounter X.

I think the one thing that has diminished over time in Disco is the attitude towards RP for RP sake, rather than to strive towards some sort of goal. Idle RP exists as just that. But if you want something more meaningful, then it seems everyone would rather save that effort for a SRP or to double as material for their next faction perk.

I know this is still a very unpopular opinion, but I think that we need to remove anything that is considered as a ''reward for rp'' from the admin team. SRPs, perks, etc. Because then RP is de-coupled from physical ingame benefits. I know there are huge problems with this and it cannot be made as a blanket statement either.



Another thing is the whole ''everyone is playing as the main character'' trouble that I thought Disco might have bred out of itself at some point. People who never want to lose, who cannot fanthom a situation where an RP encounter is lost in any way other than a PVP encounter. I still remember when I stopped doing piracy because every time I did encounter a trader who'd RP back, which let us admit it - is a rarity of its own, they would always try to RP the tough-man no-nonsense rogue-trader character, who is not afraid of the pirate. Yes, of course, imagine playing a character who is lesser. Imagine playing a pirate who'd shit his britches at the sight of a LPI donut muncher.

It is what it is.


One thing tho, the ingame chat limit is in no way a problem. Imagine if you were allowed to type more. 10 minutes between chat posts while the participants are just sitting there and listening to their engine idle wav.

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