[quote=@whizzball1] Yet I can provide dozens of counterexamples from my own experience. I'd like to reiterate from my first post that we can't really talk about limitations in general because different limitations tend to have different effects; I demonstrated that some limitations are very positive while others are very negative. We can definitely say concrete things about certain limitations, especially common ones that I see everywhere. Examples and counterexamples discussed in general won't get us anywhere unless we discuss specific limitations. [/quote] i was generally talking about character limitations in that post, sorry for not specifying. i find that if i'm given free reign in an rp (told what the setting is, what powers characters can have if powers are involved, and then told to go crazy) i produce work that is less in quality than what i would in a roleplay with more limits. then again, it's all about personal preference, as debating this can never give us a solid objective answer. i tend to work better when i've got someone guiding me through stuff, as opposed to being told the shit i can do and then told go to make something with it.