Role playing

[AceJoker]

Cross, you got right to the point. Rules are existing to avoid building overpowered chars, messing up their universe.
In RP you have to start from zero to hero and that in a acceptable growth rate. Discovery is IMHO
a roleplay system of its own. Which means it has the same large amount of rules as other systems.

Anyone will agree that some pen-and-paper games i. e. Shadowrun has rules spread over 10 books with over 100 sheets each.
How can it be that anyone volunteerly accepts these rules, but complains about the disco-rules? Is it because Discovery is an online Roleplay?
Is it really that hard to believe that there's a major difference between roleplay and RPG?
This is Discovery and not Diablo 2 or World of warcraft. Remember that!

In real life we're all accept any limitation that exists.

RP
"I started a fresh game. I want to pilot a Capship!"

No you can't. If you go all the way up through the rules to get your cap, be my guest.

Real life
"I want to drive a tank in my neighborhood!"

No you can't. You're a civilian, it's peace, and you can't steal a tank from it's base.

Got my point?

There is no choice or debate. If you beam yourself to another world, you have to adapt to the rules of life of that world. In our case: the server rules or the "online rule book" if you understand that words better.
:rtfm:

It's true. Most of the players tend to carry a FL-ID instead something other. Why?
It's simple. Because the ID is a whiteliner on the tech chart. And the wanna-be-godlikes
out there want always the easy way. Get the best equipment you can to beat all who is inside
the game because they are used to do so.

It may be very diffcult to act like someone other then youself but it's not impossible!
If done right, the hole Sirius cluster can become your sandbox.

AFAIK, rules become alive, when someone messed a game with his actions up.

About get in panic when using your guns:
I did'nt found any rule that actually FORCES a player to read every available rule of the game.
Decide which sort of char you want to play and read only the rules that affects you directly.

Everything is easy, when you manage to think around the corner!

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