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General Discussion / Re: Dangers of judging who is a PLer
« on: November 18, 2009, 06:52:05 am »I was concerned by a comment that was made on the IRC channels. Paraphrased: PLers won't be welcome after the wipe. FIRST, this is not a thread for/against wipe and when it will happen. Please, refrain from starting another discussion on this.
My concern is: What is the definition of a PLer (aka Powerleveler)?
Planeshift encourages RPing. I love to RP, but leveling is important also. I do not think that it is fair to restrict a player from leveling at whatever speed they feel is appropriate.
There are several example of how someone could be wrongly accused of PLing because they didn't RP "enough".
-A player creates a quiet/shy/distrustful character. IE: It's in the settings that enkidukai are distrustful of strangers; many of them would remain quiet in crowded or unfamiliar situations. I know a player who plays an enki that distrusts everyone and only will talk to a few other Yliakum residents, but that personality came about from the trauma of once being open and social. That is good RPing, the character developed and changed because the player did RP realistic results of the character being hurt by other residents of Yliakum.
-A person new to PS and RPing may take some time to find their style and is going to tend toward leveling as they become familiar with the world.
-A player may log on and find that their friends or guildmates aren't online. Depending on the character's personality they may not seek out strangers to talk to, but the character may turn to their craft to find solace.
-Players who have magic merchant characters that buy and sell magic items. (Thank goodness for these people that are willing to grind for hours to get magic items into circulation in the game.)
-Players sometimes are just mentally exhausted from RPing a lot. Sometimes it is nice to just work on leveling a much desired skill in silence. Also some players RP while leveling: a hunting party, a quest, a solo mission based on an RP, etc.
-Players that have a vision for their character: laborers are going to work alot on crafting or gathering mats. Magic users are going to practice tirelessly to be good at their discipline. Hunters/Warriors can't be good unless they kill/fight alot.
-A pending guild war is going to drive the warrior members to train hard and earnestly, which means yes the players are going to level fighting skills as quickly as possible to reflect their characters drive to protect/defend their guild's honor. Same with magic users.
This is a game, let people have fun without being in fear of being judged a PLer. Many true PLers leave the game when they have either topped it out or decide they are tired of being around RPers. My short 9 months in this game has taught me that the PLers and the RPers sort themselves out naturally. A well rounded game like PS involves RPing and OOC Leveling.
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As for me, all of the RPers are better players or PLers are better players is just simply hogwash (sorry, no flame there). PS offers RP and it's importance is evident from the tutorial and forward. But, that said PS offers Stat building, Leveling in many skills, jobs, Combat etc.. Lastly it has 6 ways of magic. Why would anyone want to narrow the possibilities down except for their own characters and say it's for the good of the game when you know it's not for the game at all that you would use less than the game has to offer unless you make that a personal choice for your OWN character(s). PS IS RP, Stats, Leveling, Magic, Jobs, Questing, Skill Building, all of this is in part what makes it so good even in the beta stages. To narrow this down to just one of it's parts is a great injustice to PS as is some of the talk I hear of kicking the RPers to one server and the PLers to another. Why people feel the need to divide PS is beyond me, it's a great game people, all of it so use ALL of it you want and let others do the same without fear of being labeled less than a "true player. That's just silly. Let's all have fun, lets all build our characters as we see fit within the bounds of all that PS is.
