Helmets

[Fozzharn]

I know there will be many "experts" coming here calling me and this thread silly, but nevertheless this issue kept my brain busy for a few days.

Let's see:

You're going upstairs at Trasok's ready for your work packed with ore and at the top of the stairs you see that there are many, many people there ... and most of them ...

yes !   Most of them wearing helmets !

Something must have happened, because they're wearing these ... Maybe a fight ?

Oh no ... I see them working ... yeah working ... I see hammers, steel stock ... all are busy in smithing and metallurgy ... some are crafting swords and daggers ... and all that ... wearing a helmet ?


Is there somekind of danger in this building that maybe the ceiling will break ?

Do I also have to wear a helmet not to get hurt there ?


Or is it just impolite and annoying that so much people think their helmet is a trinket ??

[Nikodemus]

In Yliakum it doesn't matter if you have helmet or not, differently from RL. Action -> Reaction.

Congrats with bringing topic, but since you didn't give any solution, I suppose everyone are doomed on failure there, if the thread starter can't come up with something ;P

[peeg]

Maybe everyone's wearing a helmet while working because of that mean Rogues? 

[Idoru]

I could not agree more Fozzharn, it has often made me wonder why miners tend to wear such heavy armor when digging gold, or have swords in one hand. I personally remove armor when in safe areas and think that this would be the RL norm. It would get very hot and sweaty to mine all day in a full suit of armor. No doubt when heavy armor is available people will still continue to mine away whilst wearing it.

[Fozzharn]

Congrats with bringing topic, but since you didn't give any solution, I suppose everyone are doomed on failure there, if the thread starter can't come up with something ;P

Solution ?

Take off hats and helmets when you enter a building .. like any educated beeing would do !

Edit:

... and ... well ... I just started making jokes about these mining warriors ... but who knows ... maybe Ore bites !?

[Nikodemus]

Solution ?

Take off hats and helmets when you enter a building .. like any educated beeing would do !

Yeah, but those who do know it, already does it ;P Or forget about it, like me, from time to time. Or don't care at all.
You should focus on the last group

[Elvicat]

i use the helmet as part of my clothing, say i do this "elvi removes his hood" if i do that i actually put away the helmet, it's sorta part of my rp as a mysterious menki  hehe

[steuben]

mind you given how close together everybody is. there will the inevitable miss swings and the like. and people will get hit. and well some people are touchier about that then others.

[Jackdaw]

I think that part of RP is common sense about armor and helmets.

I don't think you would would normally expect people going in a bar to be in full battle armor with weapons in each hand just to have a drink (though there are a few bars in RL in which that might be a good idea). I think though that you do have to consider the decision to wear some armor and carry a weapon justifed when out mining in the wilds. A tefu crept up and attacked me from behind the other day while I was mining out in the wilderness.

[Zan]

I do think this is a good point ...

In my roleplays I switch outfits regularly. My characters have an outfit for fighting, one for doing guard duty, one for casual hanging around, one for working (mining or smithing) and of course one for swimming.

A blacksmith working with a helmet on is only explainable if said blacksmith is an Ynwnn and is working with gold or silver. anyone ever tried hammering on rocks or steel while wearing armor in reality? Even if it's just thick leather, this is bound to tire you out and cause overheating.

There is a tendency among players to distinguish themselves with their outfits, especially now more and more different combinations are becoming possible. I noticed an extreme form of this last weekend. Players were asked to put down their weapons on a guarded auction, one of them continuously refused because the sickle was part of his outfit.

In my opinion this is not very good RP but it's the player's choice and nothing that can be done about it really.

[Proglin]

You seem to have terribly misunderstood Fozz. It makes perfect sense the crafters are wearing helmets. Metallurgy , Weapon making and others are still under heavy devellopment, which means some bugs might cause a Gold Stock to fly through the Smithy if Hammered wrongly, thus causing massive Trama's to the heads,even those of Kran. Also, the lack in STR training of some smith causes them to, on a very frequent base, let the hammer slip while taking a swing. The Hammer then might bounce on the anvil, on a wall and hit you on the back of your head via the beams that support the Smithies roof. Then there's the awful noise of 12 Smiths hammering away in one smithie! Imagine That! The Crafters Guilds, however, found a solution by placing substantial amounts of cotton in their helmets. This also prevents the commonly burned beards as well as loss of eyebrows and lashes.

So... As you can see, wearing helmets in a smithie, is just a safety protocol. I highly advice all Crafters to keep wearing their helmets during the dangerous and often misunderstood art of Crafting.

[Gharan]

I think you just won your own screenshot competition Prog. 

[Elvicat]

haha that's just great proglin 

[Fozzharn]

congrats for the screenie, Proglin.

and ... you are right in some of your points ... but

these "horned" helmets ... are ... err ... too big for 10 smiths standing together there.

I wouldn't bother them wearing the mercenary helmet with cotton in it ... great idea ... but not those "horned" ones.

- do you know what a "horned man" in my country means ?
- he's the one which wife "does" other men ....

[zanzibar]

People just wear helmets as a status symbol.  They'll stop once articles of clothing are available in game.