Savo

Summoners of Babel

Whoo, almost finished with Lux! I should be finished soon, but first I have Anatomy and Physiology in a bit, so yeah. I'm gonna take that the blonde brat is going to be a minor antagonist, aye? How long until the group annihilates him and the real villain shows up? :P

@cloudystar On a side note, if I do get accepted and don't get anything up today, I'm going to have a low chance at posting tomorrow due to club activities, some tutoring, and volunteer work for just an hour or two. Just another fair warning on stuff since I don't want to look like I just got bored and went off somewhere else.

Summoners of Babel

@Rune_Alchemist

ASL midterm. Considering there are like only four tests and 0 assignments, I screw up on one, I'm basically red meat.

So no pressure for me; just gotta wait until my tutor gets out of class, then she can help me with some signs I've forgotten xP

Summoners of Babel

Welp, I'm having fun making my hammy pervert of a dude who has awful, awful ideas.

Struggling to come up with a spirit companion for him, however, soooo yeah, I need ideas Q~Q

Summoners of Babel

Since I'm gonna probably join, can I be counted as a fourth person? :>

Side note, thinking of what to make my guy like is tough °~°

Don't want to use my stock character which consists of being a chivalrous pervert xD

Summoners of Babel

Oh god Rune became a gm. Sorry, I would love to join this rp, but I can't stand a person like her with that much power. I'm out, peace.

... kek, jk; hope we don't run out of room xP

Pariah (.hack//SIGN-inspired RP) — Discussion & Interest Check

As much as I like this roleplay and wish to join it, there are a few things that are really troubling to me, especially a few of the mechanics of this roleplay. One of these mechanics is the leveling system. While I did see the discussion on the previous page, it still didn't feel too right to me. So here is my thoughts on this whole process.

More than Two Cents

As much as I really want to take part in this, from what I know I don't like the mechanics behind the system you use for getting better at the game - the achievement system. I understand this system isn't perfect, but I don't think this is the right way to go with things. Just like our previous conversation on skype, I'm using Achievements as a broad term to define your BAA system.

The other day when I was brought this up, I said "So to level up you have to hunt for achievements." You responded with how that was a cynical way to look at the system. While it doesn't deny what I said nor affirms it, it seems to be leaning towards it the more yes, to get better you have to hunt for achievements. While you couldn't exactly give me a quantitative time on how long it would take to gather all the achievements, one of the first three questions I asked was "What if they try to go for the munchkin route and get em all?" You told me good luck, which means it is extremely difficult to pull off, but it isn't impossible.

While I did dive into the subject of dungeons to which you said there wasn't any achievements stopping them, however there was something stopping them from getting skills - the Achievement system. After a brief conversation about what I thought there to be an achievement wall on, I stated "So to "level up" or get better abilities (or abilities in general), you have to get achievements." You then said "benchmarks, attributes, knowledge, achievements... experience."

You explained and left what I consider the final quote of your whole elaboration on the BAA/Achievement system is. "Experience is what the BAA system is. It is the accumulation of benchmarks in a player's virtual life, their achievements in that time, and attributes gained from it."

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Why go through with this whole system? I believe it caters to achievement hunters, which you spoke of as a cynical way to look at it, and I believe it allows for a wide variety of abuse. Let me use two of the examples you pointed out in Narcs explanation.

"It isn't an achievement in that "if you slay 100 monsters you level up" and more that "if you slay 100 monsters, you're better at slaying monsters and using the weapon you used to slay them."

Anything can be used as a weapon y'know. A player could make a trap, lure a bunch of monsters into it, and blam, 100 monsters down. Their trap is their weapon and the only effort they put forth is constructing the trap, luring the monsters, and they are finished. However, you might denote this as almost unrealistic.

If that won't work, what's stopping them from building a catapult or ballista? With that machine, construct, launch, kill enemies, profit, boom, 100 enemies flat out finished.

So I'm going to think since there are probably dungeons in this, you can most likely party up. What's keeping someone from weakening a monster significantly and then letting their friend put out the final blow, effectively crediting them with slaying 100 monsters. How are they even better at slaying monsters? All they just did was let their friend beat it up until it was significantly weakened before landing the final blow.

"You could be high level and never touched a sword in your life under that system."

For this one, you recall how I spoke of garnering achievements with Gowi? While you could never ever touch a sword in your life whilst being high leveled, what is exactly stopping you from wielding one and "leveling" that skill up? With enough time and effort (a long time and effort, mind you xP) you could effectively turn your character into a jack of the all trades, master of all.

People have limitations and while this idea is a wip, the system is way too open for abuse. While sure, a person can do what they want, but there has to be set precedents on what a person can do. Sure there is the leveling system and levelless system you mentioned during our talk, and while overused offers less of a chance to be abused since there are some set boundries.

Aether Online - A VMMORPG RP inspired by Log Horizon, SAO, and Overlord

So, who hasn't lost hope yet?

Breakfast University Of Magic

- Klaus Knuez : Office-

"Hm, how intriguing..."

The young man stood at the board, looking over the available courses, as well as field trips. There were so many options to select upon but yet... which ones were the proper courses to take? Could he truly improve himself on a field trip or be a burden? So many items of interest stuck to him on the first day, such as the frivolous scene that he came to denote in the eatery. He pursed his lips and stared at another sheet of paper with other lonesome students whose numbers exponentially increased every couple of minutes. He rapped on his lips for a second before examining a general class that facilitated students within his circle.

Hm...

Ignoring the couple of odd stares his way, he moved over to looking at the areas explaining the field trips, making sure to keep an upright stance. Wouldn't want to get sloppy on posture. As he looked around, his thoughts recycled through his peculiar encounters, notwithstanding his... roommates.

Klaus felt they were much worse when it came to deriding him with their constant tomfoolery and... that horrible, consequential, diabolical mess! The butler shivered a little at the thought, but only for a second, though that mental image. Biting his lip, he swiftly perished the thought, though it continued to haunt him as his eyes moved to the words "City of the Dead," and its explanation. It appeared to be an interesting option, but alas, he didn't exactly understand much of it. He pondered on it within the recesses of quietness, letting out a small "hm" every now and then.

Though, it failed to last long as the quaint area became exhausted with the masses piling onto each other. The riff raff and irritated shouting seemed to bother the butler as he closed his eyes, letting a slight sigh escape his mouth. Klaus' thoughts dissipated the moment a couple of other students began sighting the same item he had been prior investigating, expressing befuddlement and caution. Pivoting to face one of them, Klaus tried to analyze who had a handle on this situation.

"Uhm, pardon me m'lady," he inquired to the short pink haired woman with the myriads of piercing on her face and... skimpy apparel. Was there not a dress code in play?

She quickly responded to the civil boy who was displaying an affable smile on his face. Klaus did not know how she might respond, but the looks he received were similar to the ones he procured earlier... except there was a smirk. His eyes responded to all the details over her body, to how she tugged on her nose ring to how she went from tapping on her toe to heel at irregular intervals.

"Heh-hey! I didn't know B.U.M. hired a butler this year!" She chortled for a while as Klaus tilted hiss head to the side, staring at the girl as if she belonged in a mad house. There was a frown expanding on his face as the woman continued her speech. "Ey, mind grabbin' me some grub? Got dragged here with m'friends and didn't get the time to procure some food." She had a toothy grin before patting the butler on his shoulder, eliciting no response aside from a glare at her hand.

"... heh, just messin' with ya! So Butler Boy, live to serve huh?" Live to serve? Why of course! He was a butler... but he couldn't deviate from his question. "Yes, I-," as he gave a quick nod to the woman along side with that, she put a finger to his lips. Crossing his eyes at the index finger, he furrowed his brows, trying to understand the predicament. "Eheh, wellllll... maybe I can live to serve you some time Butler Boy?" There was a wink at the end of it as she retreated her hand from his lips. Registering all that, he came to one conclusion about this lady. A revelation so stunning it could bring Atlas to his knees and the skies crashing down on itself.

This girl in the skimpy clothing and piercings all over her face...

She was...

A maid too... amazing.

Klaus smile widened even further as the devilish grin on the former expanded just as well. "You should invite me over some time miss," Klaus explained with a tinge of glee, the girl do nothing, aside from taking one step forward. "We would get there and-"

"And do what?" She began playing with he ring piercing on her lips, staring deeply into Klaus' eyes. That was strange... the way he observed her... she didn't appear to have the qualities of a maid, but something else; a temptress of sorts. "And discuss techniques empirical to serving anyone as a butler and or maid. I mean, you are a maid, are you not?" His eyes became sharper at that question. There was something off and he was certain her next words would give Klaus some evidence.

"... yes, of course I'm a maid," she awkwardly laughed with her response.

"You shouldn't lie to others, m'lady," he shot out coldly, much to the woman's surprise. The air around him became a little frigid due to his response as his excited voice became chilly to feel with that. There were some traces of disappointment in his breath, but at this point, there was no reason to discuss this.

"Enough of this discussion, but miss, could you mind telling me a bit about "The City of the Dead" field trip as it looks quite ravishing... but yet everyone seems to suspect it of something else."

The recovering woman snapped out of that jazz, wanting to retort against the boy as she straightened a finger at his chest, but to no avail, it just drooped. She grew silent for a moment before responding. "That mission? Yeah, I'm not too exactly sure about it, but..." She jabbed a finger at it, staring at it as if it was cursed parchment. "I trust it as much as the next guy here... sorry bud, but I would advertise against it for ya." With that said, she went to ignore his existence, even after the purple adorned teen bowed and spoke of a thank you towards her.

Scooting his way out of the crowd, there was some exchange that he did not acquire as they seemed to all burst into laughter upon it. Klaus warranted it for a second before departing from the mixture of people, though he didn't attempt to enter the rabble crowding around the latter bulletin board like vultures scavenging for scraps.

"City of the Dead... the apprentice of a dragon god and the apprentice of an archetype..." He really wanted to go, but would the others who he could find company with be as accepting? That lingering doubt in his mind never faltered, especially when he pondered again on the worthless situation in the cafeteria. "Two puppets, cajoled and twisted by many puppet meisters... hm..."

So many questions, such little time to answer either of them...

Readjusting his gloves, he looked towards the masses. Should he solicit one of these students for a venture into an auspiciously named place? Find more information about this so called dragon god and that girl who was an apprentice of an archetype? They seemed liked peculiar people... plus he never heard of them, much less on the former.

Thoughts shot through his mind as he stood there, tapping his lip with his gloved thumb.

Aether Online - A VMMORPG RP inspired by Log Horizon, SAO, and Overlord

I'm gonna go out on a limb and believe that he is a little more active on weekends from what I've seen from his posting history, but that's just a mere hypothesis from what I've noted. We will see on Friday to Sunday.

Also, once he does get back, if he does, I believe it would be wise for him to elect some gms if that is his schedule. That's my suggestion in this situation.

Aether Online - A VMMORPG RP inspired by Log Horizon, SAO, and Overlord

Before we start losing interest from people, I think we sort of need to establish our own cut-off date. Say by Friday if Jabbers hasn't popped back up, will we just make our own OOC?

@NarcissisticPotato

There's also establishing the gms of the roleplay, along with whether or not to take some components from the rp and make their own original rp of sorts, or go the way this rp was "expected" to go.

Along with that, the new people will have to work together on a plot, world, and all that jazz which may delay ic time even further depending on how busy they are or how willing they are. Plus there's an off chance that he could return and the possibility that we could butcher what he was trying to work on. Basically lots of misc stuff to deal with.