Ravenstar
   |
Posted - 2004.03.06 23:18:00 -
[1]
Edited by: Ravenstar on 06/03/2004 23:28:04
 Quote:
Quote:
I don't think you understood the post, he wasn't talkin about pvp vs non pvp cause you can roleplay PvP you can be a pirate and a role player. RP vs Non RP isn't the same debate as carebare vs pirate.
i understand that. my reply was rather sharp as the last thing the game needs at the moment is a split of its playerbase.
two servers will end up with a restricted/consentual PvP one vs one with more PvP, with the former being the RP one. (he s hinting to it in his post as well, "powerplayers", "ganking", ...)
all the carebears will join the RP one as well, roleplaying some weak scum there, i guess.
the only way to keep them from doing this will be a RP test beforehand and petions each time someone is acting out of role. (telling that he s living in Texas, e.g.)
in the end this would need 3 servers then, which could leave the (few) roleplayers with lots of (stupid) faction NPCs to roleplay with.
sorry, even after giving it a second thought: terrible idea!
Not wanting to split the player base is a valid arguement.However I think there is such a large base that it should not be a problem. The setback will only be temporarely because it will atract new players.
Maybe I'm naive. But I don't think the powerplayer will come over to the role player server if you state clearly why the second game is there. Also confining one character to one game should do the trick. Also if a player isn't behaving, you could have a talk with him and a verry verry last resort kick him out. Role playing is rather subjective so you need as always a good,inventive and fair game master who rules absolute.
I don't think there would be a few on the roleplaying server but quite a lot and it will atract a new share of players because a lot of people shy away from mmorpg because of this conflict which is there no matter what you say.
If it's not a succes you can always go back to the way it was.
I do object to role players being soft. Because you can play a psychopath though you have to play the strengths as well as the weaknesses of such a character. It's not better or worse it's just a different way of aproaching a game.
|