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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2011, 03:19:35 am »
eso... D:<

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2011, 03:23:05 am »
Nawww we need Esorono back, PS will be lame without him!
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2011, 08:14:06 am »
I don't understand this problem.

I have no character with all stats maxed. I have not even one character with only one skill maxed.

And I am still happy. Because I roleplay.

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2011, 09:24:54 am »
Well I -am- pissed.

I almost had swordskill at 100 and they raise the max to 200 AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH  ;D

As for the grind I do agree Eso that I think it's completely undesirable the way it is now, but to be honest the real roleplayers never had their stats maxed anyhow so who really are you going to miss?
Perhaps roleplaying will be a bit less this week becuase people are exploring the new trainers and have some more training planned in then useal, but today the tavern was full both times when i visited so it's not like everyone is just leveling.
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2011, 10:43:24 am »
I'd like to point out, that on at least one of those trips Garile made to the tavern, there were at least 4 notable PLers there, one of which already had maxed their physical stats, the other 3 hadn't and were simply enjoying the roleplay.   ;D

People who are good roleplayers will be able to balance the time they spend in role play and the time they spend in leveling stats and skills.  Simple as that.  People who aren't very interested in the role play aspect of the game, will focus more on other things, like earning tria and leveling.  That's how it's always been. 

Let's face it, no one NEEDS maxed stats and skills.  The main people who choose to get them are those who want to be able to duel, or carry heavier loads.  If you want to focus on just RP, then just RP.  No one is going to go around and nag anyone else for having un-maxed stats. 

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2011, 02:21:30 pm »
Well, there are professions where optimal stats are useful (e.g. hunter); but we all learned how much more important skills for weapons and armor (and magic) are now in combat. And they are much harder to increase than stats because they require practicing.

How unrealistic -- stats requiring no practice, only theory lessons... oh, sorry, that was already said 100+3 times before.

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2011, 05:40:23 pm »
Well I think what he is pointing out, or aiming at, is that if you want to role play with some "real" backup, is going to be much harder now. Lets say you roleplay you are a mighty warrior, then you would like to have great stats and high lvl of sword and armor, so if you say you can kill great beast, you really kill them, just to give more realism to it.
Now with the changes, any mighty warrior is back again some sort of normal player, that has a long way to go, and if he wants to give backup to his roleplay he will have to give up to the roleplaying fo a while, so he can train.
Lets face it, when you play this type of game, many people actually like to train and do the things they say they do. If not you would just need a game with no stats or skills, and plain models that can move around. Really wouldnt be any need of world, or history or anything, because after all you are just making up everything.
I find it too, annoying that if you want to make a nice coherent roleplaying, you will need not to roleplay a long time, to train everything.

All this said, don't leave the game, as many said, people will settle down, and the players that rpg a lot will keep doing it!
In other hand, I think you feel frustration, because there is not improvement in sight for rpging.  Maybe you could think out something that would help make more people roleplay (I posted on the thread about New Trainers, an idea about something I think could help make the players interact more)

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PS: Please don't say like what he posted about doesn't make sense. Because if there are some players that roleplay without the need of training, that doesnt mean that there are not other players that like to train, specially on what they like to roleplay about.
Different people likes to play in different ways, and a change like this affects the big group that actually likes to have maxed the stats that relate with the personality of their characters.

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2011, 08:53:19 pm »
Yes, I'm going to PL more now that stats are higher. No, I'm not going to max everything. No, I'm not going to stop roleplaying, and no, I'm not going to avoid RP so I can grind. If you want to whine at everyone about how it's all grind all the time, troll RuneScape. We won't miss the x-killed-roleplay threads.

There will always be those that send the ever-so-frustrating tells like: [I really don't want to roleplay right now, I need to get (insert skill) leveled up] or [Can't RP, need to mine 'cause I'm broke]. But that's not everyone's mindset...someone says that to you, simply go find someone else to RP with instead of logging onto the forums and bawling about the lack of roleplay.
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2011, 09:12:04 pm »
I admit, I'm new here, but why do leveling and RP have to be at odds with each other? why can't they go hand in hand? for example, need to level your fighting skills? organize a hunting expedition. Or a mining expedition with some friends. Or spark up some conversation when you're hanging around the forge working on some smithing. Like to cook? Cater a guild banquet or just host a feast for all your fellow RPers to get together. I don't see why it has to be one or the other.

On a different note, I'd rather not have my character description say that my character is "Dumb as rocks", and so yeah, I'm working on that, but having a great time meeting and interacting with other characters, trying to develop my character as a character, and not just a list of stats.
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2011, 09:37:24 pm »
Please come back Eso... there are still the hardcore rpers, and everytime one leaves, it makes it more likely another will.
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2011, 09:44:34 pm »
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2011, 10:05:53 pm »
i still think skill grinding here is nothing compared to skill grinding in EVE Online it takes years to get the skills needed to do alot of things well in that game
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2011, 10:25:22 pm »
Well... that isn't a rping game is it?

and it's hard to rp when everyone else is grinding or questing.

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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2011, 10:36:29 pm »
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Re: Why not just get rid of rp all together?
« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2011, 05:23:10 am »
I admit, I'm new here, but why do leveling and RP have to be at odds with each other?

It may be confusing to newcomers, echong, because the term roleplay (RP) has come to mean something very different than it may mean to a more traditional table top variety Role Player.  Believe me, it confused the heck out of my for the longest time.

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