samuelm
Knight of The New Order
Posts: 133
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Post by samuelm on Aug 23, 2013 19:24:01 GMT
I honestly think that RP gold should be taken out of the game entirely and here are my reasons:
1. This is a role playing game. If expect to be rewarded for playing the game the way it was meant to be played then your looking in the wrong place.
2. You can only obtain gold in the RP section of the forum. What about faction forums, private messages and in-game role playing. There are just too many other places we can role play where we don't receive RP gold for it to be even worth it.
3. Not everybody can go on the forums all the time. Some of us have school, jobs and other obligations. It isn't fair that people who happen to have more time can get more gold then those who don't for reasons beyond their control.
4. Role playing is dependent on other people and it can be hard to coordinate sessions to exchange dialogue between characters especially when we have to deal with different time zones and such.
5. I've noticed a bit of hostility between the players in discussions regarding the vague rules surrounding RP gold and I think that getting rid of RP gold could die it down a little. Remember everyone, we're here to have fun.
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Post by Oirendial Na'Lok on Aug 25, 2013 10:55:49 GMT
I really don't care if it stays or goes. but i do believe in discussion to find the best solution so i'll try to refute your arguments.
1.You are saying that you can't be rewarded for playing the game it was meant to be played? either that is worded poorly ad doesn't convey what you really mean or it is a very strange thing to say, migght as well cancel exp from the game entirely. I'm meant to do encounters, can't i be rewarded from them? i'm meant to do landsearches, no more rewards for those?...
2.Rewards in the rp section only is (in my opinion) because it's a place to group it up so that it is easier to read for everyone. i for one try to read all the rp going on there. but i can't read the pm's you send or the ventrilo rp you did. So i think that it's good to have 1 spot where the majority of rp is done.
3.I find this a weird argument. the more yuo play a game (rp is part of this game) the more exp you get. If you play WoW 2 hours a week and i play 2 hours per day, i'm gonna be level 90 sooner then you. It's like this in every game. invest more time, level up/clear the game faster. Why should this be any different.
4.This is why it's done on the forum. I make a post today, when nobody is on because it's 3 am in their timezone, that doesn't matter. when they wake up, they respond and we take it from there. i can be on roll20 chat without them, then i can't rp at all. the fact that whats on the forum stays there, is a solution to time differences, not a problem.
5. The hostility arises from arguments regarding the gold. If Clout makes a final judgement, people have to live by his rules, no more arguing. Untill then, we'll have to count on people to discuss the matter as adults, not just spew foul language at eachother.
If i remember correctly, getting exp from forum gold is limited at level 4, meaning you can't get more then 9000 exp from forum gold. Although i have no experience in rp games, since this is a living world and we get thrown in the wild where we can encounter so much stuff that can easily kill us at low levels (don't know if thats normal in campaigns) i think it's good that we can get a boost from rp'ing which is fun to do for most as well as fun to read in my opinion. Makes us more usefull in the world and makes sure we can actually level up using the encounters, instead of having to run 75% of the time, not to make the game less fun, but to speed up the low levels in which we can't do all that much.
I've said it before in regards to uselss posts (1 line posts without context and such), I believe that if we want to prevent that from happening, moderating the forum with severe penalties is the only way to prevent that.
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Post by Effigy on Aug 25, 2013 19:06:14 GMT
I really feel for this argument and my side is very much on your side.but I must say the posts in the rp section have improved as of late
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samuelm
Knight of The New Order
Posts: 133
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Post by samuelm on Aug 26, 2013 19:44:28 GMT
Squid, the last argument about RP as means of getting to a manageable level has really convinced me. Even if there are people out there who are exploiting the system I really don't care that much anymore, I'll just play my way right. Seeing as I'm 600 XP from 3rd level RP gold doesn't have that much of an effect on me anymore, plus 9000 XP isn't that much at 11th level so its really not that big of a deal.
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Post by Oirendial Na'Lok on Aug 26, 2013 19:46:02 GMT
not even that. it's limited at 9000exp max. So you can't get exp from forum gold if you already have more then 9000 exp.
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Post by Magistrate Wizzle on Aug 27, 2013 19:51:23 GMT
Please take your time to vote on Proposal:1.06 It is open to everyone
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