The importance of character stories...

[Zapp]

Which is what is usually the case considering it's the powertrading non-RP people who just bought their BB and don't have a clue how to aim with it.

I'm just saying that character stories are emphasised too much. If you feel threatened by my opinion of that feel free to sarcastically wish me luck and give up.

Heh, why would I feel threatened? Just saying, it's pointless when nobody's viewpoints are changing to argue over anything. I feel that people should earn their right to the battleship/battelcruiser by showing that they can, in fact, RP it out. The first step to that is showing they can write a story, which tells us how knowledgeable of certain things they are.

You don't see anyone bashing Yoda-[T] in his Advanced Battlestar, and he has no story whatsoever, and barely a forum presence (as far as I know). He's earned that by proving he can RP in game, which is a tad harder unless you RP with everyone (as people that have never met you in-game don't know if you can RP worth beans). Writing a story just publicly shows that you do, in fact, understand what's going on.

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