Too many black cloaks!

[Duraza]

Anyways, I'll stop complaining now. People will do what they enjoy doing.

Pssht, don't stop You actually have a point. The problem is people need to be able to enjoy what they are doing without being gods about it. I can't control anyone elses rp but if you have a *insert uber weapon/spell of wickedness here* with whatever effect it should have just as powerful of a negative effect. Keeps one from right away always using their 'special power' and when they do it gives the normal guy a chance to still fight back afterwards. If your weapon/spell has no weakness then it's a godmod  

[Sorry, totally got off topic]

[Prolix]

The only thing my main wears is whatever armor and a mostly vanished forehead tattoo. Of course Kran can get away with wearing nothing....

[Izzabella]

Wow I guess I am very un-original when I cloaked Izzy I did not even pick a color! it was just a cloak

But I did make her speak in a fake deep voice as well and got lots of laughs from that..

[RichardShru]

Personally, I haven't seen that many black cloaks around. In fact, in the two days my character has been wearing one, I've only run into one other person with a cloak period.

[Jekkar]

Been annoyed by the same thing. Would be funny if those things actually could be bought and equiped, you'd see masses of people running around in cloaks, sure would be original...

Seems these days the whole city of Hydlaa has a criminal record.

[RichardShru]

Seems these days the whole city of Hydlaa has a criminal record.

Well, it keeps life intresting. lol. Personally, I don't think cloak color should matter all that much for people. Originality should be welcomed, but is players wish to stick to the same ol' stuff, it shouldn't be discouraged.

[NirAntae]

This is an unfortunate trend I've seen in PS. People go more and more out of their way to be unique and kick-ass until we're all walking gods who can obliterate anyone with a mere thought. Regular characters with more or less realistic abilities (and then I'm not talking about simple peasants but actual warriors and skilled craftsmen) are reduced to unimportant cannon fodder.

This is an 'unfortunate trend' in every RP that I've ever been involved in.  Personally, I love playing the 'normal people' characters...  they have weaknesses (many of them major)...  they have fears...  they may do one thing reasonably well, but rarely reach master level of anything unless I play them for a LONG time.  But sadly, they are forever being overshadowed by other characters; the 'normal people' are by far the minority of characters.  Most have some innate need to be really really good at everything.  *shrugs*  It's just the way RPGs are.  Luckily, there's plenty of room for everyone.  By game mechanics, you can sit and RP all the time and never have to worry about leveling or equipment or money if  you don't want to (not so in all games, which I usually quit swiftly.)

[MustangMR]

Well, despite all attempts to drive role playing, PS is still a game.  I enjoy playing every aspect of a game I can find, from fighting to crafting to enjoying the view now and then.  It keeps everything kind of fresh and whenI get tired of one aspect I move to another.  Developers spend a lot of time putting material in it, so as a player I feel compelled to play it all.  I usually want to experience everything a game has to offer and that usually means having to reach high levels of statistics to be able to get there.  Sometimes I'm satisfied with knowing I just got there, other times I want to beat it. 

[Ichaas]

Yliakum gothic fashion year, didn't you know?

Apart from that wait until new colours are there...
Apparantly Ineed to get in game again see whats goingon - I havn't been on for a while it seems.

[Raa]

Just for this thread, I got rid of my character's cloak... And replaced it with a jacket... But it's still black, with some white... At least it's not a cloak. 

[zorbels]

I think sometimes people place too much emphasis on originality.  If you can't do anything that's been done before, then you can't do anything because it has all been done before (this holds true in art too).  If something is good and feels right, then we shouldn't worry too much about how original it is.

Exactly. I agree completely with Rayken.

Not only that but in RL everyone tends to wear the same things. If it is in style then OMG gotta have it or I won't fit in! In a sense the majority of people using black cloaks is pretty realistic if you think about it.  Besides back in the mid evil days I highly doubt you had your pick of the rainbow. I think it was probably pretty standard colors that cloaks came in.

[Candy]

True, Zorbels, but Yliakum has relatively cheap dye (at least from the quests I've done so far) from a fellow in Oja, and I'm sure there will likely be dye merchants available in other cities in the future releases.

[Camazotz]

It's a well known fact that black cloaks are warmer than anything else.