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[Spears]

I've heard that my RP of evil is good- but please, draw the line somewhere. I don't like being killed because I am evil- that makes no sense. Of course I cause trouble, thats a given, people want to kill me- but I don't like losing thousands of XP with one deathspell... thats a whole weeks worth of XP that I worked on, even when I lost all my case-briefs to a virus. I'm on the server to make fun- to cause grief - thats evil. But it gets tiresome getting XP, losing it, and it continues like this for a long time- which is why I have never really taken off at level 17.

Sidenote, I will kill anyone level 15 and below- because it is EASY to regain any lost XP. However, I will stop killing those level 17 higher, unless provoked. Sure I RP good- I don't really look at it that way- but I don't want to keep gaining and loosing like this.

Would it be too powergaming if I actually stopped RPing for a while and focused on leveling? Because thats the only way I'm going to get anywhere... its tiresome.
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West Whitewind- Knight, Order of the Shining Blade
William Spears- Commander, Crimson Hand

[Spears]

Another thing- I know being as evil as Spears- you expect to get killed. But enough is enough... at 25 xp a skeleton... weeks of skeleton genocide- lost to one spell Not cool you know?

If I didn't RP evil, i'd be level 20 by now.
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West Whitewind- Knight, Order of the Shining Blade
William Spears- Commander, Crimson Hand

[Nemor]

Try roleplaying an evil Rogue... It took me nearly a week to level from 12 to 13 and that was during the course of idiots like littly jimmy and the likes killing me because they feel like it..

No-one will let us evil types be because they're too small minded to wonder what it's like to be evil. Screw em, thats what I say.
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[Raven]

Get to lvl 19, then RP evil.

[Nemor]

That's not roleplay though..

[Raven]

Why not? You get the powergaming part done, and done. Now you can RP evil. Don't have to be lvl 19.

[ShadowCore]

No, raven, it isn't roleplaying evil, you should be roleplaying it ALL THE WAY, not just at lvl 19. BAH, that's just as stupid as all of the people who said "I don't roleplay until lvl 20."
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[Raven]

Stupid in your opinion.

Then don't complain being killed and losing XP. You can have one or the other.

[ShadowCore]

What....complain?? Huh, now I'm totally confused.

What is it......why can't you people just roleplay ALL THE FEKKIN WAY, instead of only roleplaying when lvl 20... I hate that!! It's just dumb, because a character doesn't suddenly start to talk when he's more powerful or whatever.
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[Gorpie]

Well I might as well kill all the good people just because I am evil and they are good and say "Don't complain, you made your choice when you became good", not roleplaying until you are a high enough level is incredibly lame, I tried to roleplay in the eastern island crypts with my fighter, at first they couldn't understand why I was acting hostile to them, then they stole all of my kills. Totally fair and unwarranted when I am just being my character and they are just being a nice hunky-dory adventure party that never ever encounters evil and if they do they ignore it or run away.

Killing just because someone is evil is unfair and killing someone just because they are good is also unfair. Although, anyone that is neutral.. totally fair game

[ShadowCore]

Killing just because of alignment or something similar shouldn't happen, it isn'tt roleplay, it's just dumb. You can only do such things when you SEE what the other character is DOING(Unless ofcourse, you're playing some sick guy who hates gnomes and therefore kills all gnomes, but you'd have to be a VERY good roleplayer to pul something like that off without getting punished, because characters like that can be easily exploited by the PKing lame people..).

Also, an evil character shouldn't just kill people, he should also roleplay it....
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[AliC1]

[Raven]

[Raven]

[ShadowCore]

Look, Raven. You don't get the point. You don't just start to RP when high level, you RP while you're getting there.

Because one of the problems I have with that, is the fact that it seriously puts people at a disadvantage, since the decent roleplayers actually ROLEPLAYED while getting to lvl 20 instead of being lame(like you) and just mass level. And because they didn't do that, they'll be at a lower level than you, MEANING that you have a way better chance of surviving BECAUSE YOU WERE LAME. So, that would mean that by not being a good roleplayer, you get *more* rewards and you get to be *better* than anyone who WAS a good roleplayer.
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[dreamin']

Hm. If people state that they start interacting with the public once they reach a certain level, and display this sort of behaviour in game by being a hack'n'slash loner until then, my chars will think of them being a little crazy sociopath and treat them like that even when they reach that level

[Raven]

[dreamin']

[Raven]

If you are a level 1 poet facing a group of level 20 barbarians, and if everyone in it are good RPers, the level 1 poet might just talk them out.

[ShadowCore]

Note to dreamin: I think Superman is actually the most boring and unimaginative comic-book character ever. Anyway.....

Look, raven, you don't get it do you. I didn't say anything about having the levels in-character, I said something about the quality of your RP if you don't RP while getting to lvl 20, and I also said something about the fact that when you are MORE POWERFUL because you didn't RP, and then still start to roleplay you create problems with the people who DO NOT HAVE THAT POWER BECAUSE THEY DID ROLEPLAY.
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[dreamin']

If you're a level 1 poet and are facing a barbarian on Dyso, the party chat of the barbarians will probably look like:
"Damn, we can't kill that sucker, he's effortless" "Let's try to get him to attack us, we can defend ourselves then!" "I soo want to kill him!"

[Raven]

If people were RPers, then you don't need levels to have power. You can run an intelligence agency without having a uber-lvl20 rogue, or a book club without a lvl-20bard. Power isn't just who can kill who in which ammount of time. If it is, then you have the mentality of a PGer.

And you're still avoiding 3 of the questions.

[dreamin']

Hm, who here said "I won't RP for a while cause I need to get lvl 20?" You have a split personality?

[Raven]

You don't need to, but it doesn't mean you can't with one. My other characters never exceed their needed level to do what they need to do. My rogue, for example, stays at 6 because it's just enough to open the doors in Eleriina so he can have private meetings.

[dreamin']

Ok, now then why do you want to be high level before you start roleplaying with your Raven char? meant an honest question, cause I can't see anything more boring than powerlevel to 20

[ShadowCore]

You STILL don't get it Raven

If you want to roleplay that badly, and don't care about anything BUT roleplay, THEN ROLEPLAY WHILE GETTING TO LVL 20. You do NOT need to be high-level to roleplay, even while roleplaying an evil character.

You know, I don't know why I even bother anymore.
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[Raven]

[Raven]

[dreamin']

Hm, that doesnt answer my question, I mean you could have said, "Heck, I'm level 15 now, let this level thing be over with it now!"

[ShadowCore]