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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 14:29:53 GMT -5
Been playing in and out of parties (pick-ups and more elaborates) and just wanted to note this aloud, here:
we all have our personal style of enjoying the game and gaming with others. part of the charm of frc for me, personally, is exploring on my own and then joining forces as it goes. one party wanted to rush through a dungeon and hit a target, the ending place, which is fine but not something I wanted to do as a player so I dropped out ooc. this was not meant to slight anyone else's choosing to play that way.
another preference seems to be to travel with higher (like 5+ lvls) buffer type in order to facilitate better (loot? more spawns? more xp?) reapings, which I dropped out of upon learning of the... season differences between my character and the other. this was done ic, but was not meant to slight anyone else's style of play.
I hope the players involved do realise that this was me making player/character decisions on how -I- wanted to be enjoying the game, not a judgement on how you enjoy it.
noted,
torch et al.
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Post by Animayhem on Apr 16, 2018 14:37:16 GMT -5
Been playing in and out of parties (pick-ups and more elaborates) and just wanted to note this aloud, here: we all have our personal style of enjoying the game and gaming with others. part of the charm of frc for me, personally, is exploring on my own and then joining forces as it goes. one party wanted to rush through a dungeon and hit a target, the ending place, which is fine but not something I wanted to do as a player so I dropped out ooc. this was not meant to slight anyone else's choosing to play that way. another preference seems to be to travel with higher (like 5+ lvls) buffer type in order to facilitate better (loot? more spawns? more xp?) reapings, which I dropped out of upon learning of the... season differences between my character and the other. this was done ic, but was not meant to slight anyone else's style of play. I hope the players involved do realise that this was me making player/character decisions on how -I- wanted to be enjoying the game, not a judgement on how you enjoy it. noted, torch et al. Well said. It is a bit tricky. Traveling with different groups and players you get a feel both ic and ooc. You have the soloists, the hack and slash, the power builders and the rp/rp dungeon. I think it is reasonable to start out with a max of five levels difference. I have yet to meet one of your characters and I have three of different levels. |
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Post by lakhena on Apr 16, 2018 14:55:22 GMT -5
The original post made me wish we had a cheat sheet of which players have which preferences. I actually don’t like grouping with people more than a few levels above me for consistent dungeoning, but if I’m joining people to RP through a dungeon for some reason, the level difference really doesn’t matter, since we’re obviously there for furthering a story. It depends on the context, and while my PC may react badly to things that happen IC, I hope folks here realize I’m pretty chill OOC, overall.
Hope to run into your PC more, tratob (and you, too, animayhem)!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 17:29:18 GMT -5
O abso, Animayhem (and... I just now got your name wow. uptake and slow, meet me), and this is the point of positing this post: definitely NOT to call someone out but to simply recognize that we all have our styles here and that I hope I wasn't making anyone feel like they were doing something wrong just because I or my character opted out.
lakhena - yea so far everyone I've met here has been so darn accommodating, and let's face it some days I feel like being the bug and somedays the windscreen. And somedays the screen fluid... wait, what was my metaphor again? o yea, FRC is a big ol wood-paneled Wagon Queen Family Truckster and we're just rando Griswolders inning and outing en route to Wallyworld.
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Post by malclave on Apr 16, 2018 19:19:51 GMT -5
Meh, I get the chance to hook up with Christie Brinkley in the motel swimming pool, and I'm skipping the rest of the trip, RP be damned. As far as the points in the OP... I think everyone understands it's just a game and people have different styles. A player's preference may even change from day to day... today it's wanting to do a dungeon suited primarily to the character's RP, tomorrow due to time constraints and a bad day at work/ school it's just wanting to do something quick with lots of bashing, next weekend it could be sitting around Greatgaunt chatting for an hour or two. As far as level differences, for me it depends on what's going on. If it's an RP trip where any xp is incidental (weekly dwarven drinking/ adventure sessions come to mind), it doesn't matter... but then again, everybody goes in knowing that. If it's a more traditional "adventure", then I think a narrower level range is a good rule of thumb, but I don't mind being several levels lower as long as I feel I'm contributing. A few times I've been in groups where I ended up feeling completely useless (both IC and OOC) and that's just depressing. And that's when I could really use a flirtatious hot blonde driving by in her Ferrari. and now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go post Holiday Road in the music thread and blame you |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 22:18:04 GMT -5
Been playing in and out of parties (pick-ups and more elaborates) and just wanted to note this aloud, here: we all have our personal style of enjoying the game and gaming with others. part of the charm of frc for me, personally, is exploring on my own and then joining forces as it goes. one party wanted to rush through a dungeon and hit a target, the ending place, which is fine but not something I wanted to do as a player so I dropped out ooc. this was not meant to slight anyone else's choosing to play that way. Which dungeon? ... Edit: Better send me the answer in a PM. Maybe there is more to it than the style of those who would skip content to reach the final section of a dungeon faster. If the first sections of a specific dungeon are too easy/hard and/or boring, the possibility of improving them somewhat is there. |
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Post by zerohin on Apr 16, 2018 23:18:29 GMT -5
As far as level differences, for me it depends on what's going on. If it's an RP trip where any xp is incidental (weekly dwarven drinking/ adventure sessions come to mind), it doesn't matter... but then again, everybody goes in knowing that. If it's a more traditional "adventure", then I think a narrower level range is a good rule of thumb, but I don't mind being several levels lower as long as I feel I'm contributing. A few times I've been in groups where I ended up feeling completely useless (both IC and OOC) and that's just depressing. And that's when I could really use a flirtatious hot blonde driving by in her Ferrari. There's definitely some truth do this. I've actually travelled with groups quite a few levels higher than Zero on numerous occasions. She's nearly always able to contribute, even if she isn't adding a lot of damage to the bad guys she's almost always able to scout ahead. This, of course, is very situational and may not apply to all people. One thing I think is important to remember is that there are always going to be people who you unintentionally rub the wrong way. And there are probably going to be people who rub you the wrong way. But as you've pointed out. The general idea is to remind people that your fun isn't always my fun. And we can still all have fun doing our fun things together. Fun fun fun fun.... It's late, I lost my train of thought |
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Post by Orchid on Apr 16, 2018 23:49:28 GMT -5
Eh, not everyone is so chill and lot of people blur IC and ooc, my advice honestly is play your way. You cannot control how people take and receive what you put out regardless of intent. Long as you follow the rules, that's all you need to be concerned with at the end of the day. If you're being compliant, then there's no wrong way to play and noone can force you to play a certain way. You have people on here that are RP-lite and zoom up to epic in a matter of months, you have people that level once or twice every couple years and generate novels of RP, some people do RP ad nauseum and chew through xp fast, some people RP-lite and barely level, and everything in between. No one play style is correct, and really all that counts is you have fun and aren't being a dick. No one play style is better/worse more/less valid than any other if it follows the rules.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 18:41:25 GMT -5
hey quick thanks to all you for the thoughtful responses: definitely good to read that this isn't exactly a new facet for the FRC crowds. Mostly, the issue that crops up for me personally is the much-higher-level chars that suddenly become attached to a group as we are setting off. I understand the reasons, however, so... I am also unafraid to drop out if I don't feel like it's Mynx's cuppa. Cheers to Gleb and Merilore, who recently posited just this situation: Gleb was 3rd, Mynx 6th, and Merilore 11th. Mynx simply refused Merilore's offering of buffs and did her own usuals and that seemed to work for all involved. It was great fun prodding and poking, regardless.  |
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Post by marredwolf on Apr 17, 2018 20:19:18 GMT -5
this thread has given me new hope for FRC. tx.
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Post by zerohin on Apr 18, 2018 11:24:04 GMT -5
One way that I like to deal with the level differences is to simply not ask. Sometimes I find out after the fact that it's not going to be an xp/loot run which encourages a more RP driven adventure. Not everyone likes that though so sometimes you just do what you gotta do.
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Post by Animayhem on Apr 18, 2018 22:03:43 GMT -5
One way that I like to deal with the level differences is to simply not ask. Sometimes I find out after the fact that it's not going to be an xp/loot run which encourages a more RP driven adventure. Not everyone likes that though so sometimes you just do what you gotta do. Yes. I had and have experienced a lot. To me good rp and a good time than just ar run and grab gold and xp. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 15:55:39 GMT -5
In terms of the level difference; I had a situation yesterday that I think turned out well. My 9th level whipper snapper wound up with a grossly powerful group. Once we found out that the entire party wasn't in the loot/xp range, we had both the high level and the low level (me) offer to amicably part ways. I ended up departing because the lv 20 was closer to group strength than I, and that's fine.
If I find myself in an XP/gold slump, I can always just spend an hour or two soloing a dungeon or partying up in GG if there's folks there. All in all I really just try to go with the flow. FRC is my go to for relaxation and decompression, and I'm not gonna get bent out of shape if I don't get to tag along with the epics; it just gives you a chance to meet new players/PCs.
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