@Lmpkio You made a very non-people person character, it might take a battle where you earn some friends on the battlefield before someone wants to hang out.
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@Lucius Cypher Heh, depends on the angel, really. Miyu enjoyed teasing Henry.
@Lucius Cypher I believe Hibiki was whining at you.
@Lmpkio Alexi's a blithering moron who could likely be convinced you're a fellow machina by a pair of bouncy spring antenna.
@KoL I have. Took us 4 years. Ensemble battle vs every past boss. Funny thing was only the dinky C-rank stone lynx without a name which was the first boss dealt any damage to the party, and he killed one and maimed two others.
@KoL Wait, so the plot hinged on Alex and Monkey immediately moving to the group to form up for the plot and the Heist derailed things? Or was this some earlier point everything was ready?
Because if it was the heist, we could literally wrap that up in 15 minutes with: "They couldn't find a good way in, when SUDDENLY:" Though, I do think we could actually do the whole thing in the time it takes the rest of the team to do a full posting rotation and get grouped.
If the above is the case: I thought I was choosing between standing there for the plot and doing something that might have an effect on the plot and then going back and standing there for the plot. I did not realize I was choosing between standing there for the plot and ending the roleplay.
Because if it was the heist, we could literally wrap that up in 15 minutes with: "They couldn't find a good way in, when SUDDENLY:" Though, I do think we could actually do the whole thing in the time it takes the rest of the team to do a full posting rotation and get grouped.
If the above is the case: I thought I was choosing between standing there for the plot and doing something that might have an effect on the plot and then going back and standing there for the plot. I did not realize I was choosing between standing there for the plot and ending the roleplay.
@Mega Birb
Not only has he died, Sliske is one of the few people whose death count has rivaled Miyu's.
Not only has he died, Sliske is one of the few people whose death count has rivaled Miyu's.
I'm confused, did Krieg escape the demons somehow? I thought he was still captured. And I thought the black box was hidden inside the body.
@BlueAjah I don't think it's your fault at all as a person, nor all your fault as a cog in the story wheel. But I think it was a key point of failure, as Fei was literally the most important character, she was the linchpin holding the NPCs and the PCs together, as well as the key of the driving protagonist romance. In other words, because you were doing so well, when you stopped showing, things ground to a halt without you, because the world revolved around you.
We all understand the roleplays are frivolous expenditures of time. First to drop when life gets tough. No mature roleplayer would find fault in you as a person due to dropping one.
We all understand the roleplays are frivolous expenditures of time. First to drop when life gets tough. No mature roleplayer would find fault in you as a person due to dropping one.
@KoL@Lonewolf685@TheWindel
Well, I am disappointed, I had hoped we were on the "alright, we'll fast track you through the plot cause things are winding down". I kinda feel like everyone's getting punished because one plot important character (I am gonna say that one very significant track of the roleplay got slowed down by a particular character vanishing for a month at a time not once but five separate times) was slow to post.
I thought it was gonna be "Alright, all relics you could get, form up, laser beam of friendship for the plot resolve, when the great monster or whatever shows up at eerily the same time as the relics forming up. Maybe one or two boss fights with secondary antagonists like Librarian and Yggdrasil first."
Me and Flame consistently had posting time turnarounds of a day or two when we were in that same plotline together. And on the collab we were going back four or five times a day at each other. There was still interest.
As far as the Luke metaphor.. I don't feel like Luke. I feel like I'm Nien Nunb who decided to say "I'm not the best pilot, maybe you should let one of those seven Jedi you've got over there fly? I'll figure out something else to help by doing." Or, as Monkey said, "Between Titania, Asgard, Solanne, Fei, Si, Lorelai or Durgan, take your pick, I'm utterly irrelevant in this conflict."
I tried quite a few times to make my character relevant, but they didn't work. I'm not smart enough to come up with a smart solution. My attempt to harass the Imperator, failed. Attempt to infiltrate the palace, failed. Rexicorg, well, at least I lead Chen to the right place, but Monkey was worse than worthless, getting Chen injured and alienating Ruxen. Attempt to set up a second identity to sneaky sneaky, failed. Attempt to rescue the Librarians, hahahaaaa failed. Attempt to get information from Yggdrasil, failed. Attempt to rescue Alex, failed.
All of Monkey's actual accomplishments, could have been achieved by a air-scooter with a GPS. But it's not for lack of trying. I tried pretty hard, too hard sometimes, getting told "No you can't have that power." I feel like me and Monkey tried really really hard, but we just never mattered anyway. Maybe Monkey could have achieved some things if she had taken a legend relic, but that felt like I wouldn't be helping the plot along as Monkey. Maybe Monkey could have mattered if I was a smarter player. But I feel like if "initiative" is one of the things you're measuring for whether or not we earned it, I hope at least Monkey earned her share. You might feel otherwise because she was "abandoning" the main plot, but I felt that was the only way she could make a difference. Her only arguable success from earlier was going where there were no strong NPCs to overshadow* her, by skipping Arcadia and Exilia and heading to Rexicorg. I thought joining the heist would be a way for Monkey to make a difference without having to suddenly spike up in power to stand at the likes of Asgard's side.
*And then Ruxen still swooped in and KO'd the monster which I had intended for Monkey. So, that didn't entirely work. :/
TL/DR: I'mma sad Monkey. But that's not likely to change how things shake down.
Well, I am disappointed, I had hoped we were on the "alright, we'll fast track you through the plot cause things are winding down". I kinda feel like everyone's getting punished because one plot important character (I am gonna say that one very significant track of the roleplay got slowed down by a particular character vanishing for a month at a time not once but five separate times) was slow to post.
I thought it was gonna be "Alright, all relics you could get, form up, laser beam of friendship for the plot resolve, when the great monster or whatever shows up at eerily the same time as the relics forming up. Maybe one or two boss fights with secondary antagonists like Librarian and Yggdrasil first."
Me and Flame consistently had posting time turnarounds of a day or two when we were in that same plotline together. And on the collab we were going back four or five times a day at each other. There was still interest.
As far as the Luke metaphor.. I don't feel like Luke. I feel like I'm Nien Nunb who decided to say "I'm not the best pilot, maybe you should let one of those seven Jedi you've got over there fly? I'll figure out something else to help by doing." Or, as Monkey said, "Between Titania, Asgard, Solanne, Fei, Si, Lorelai or Durgan, take your pick, I'm utterly irrelevant in this conflict."
I tried quite a few times to make my character relevant, but they didn't work. I'm not smart enough to come up with a smart solution. My attempt to harass the Imperator, failed. Attempt to infiltrate the palace, failed. Rexicorg, well, at least I lead Chen to the right place, but Monkey was worse than worthless, getting Chen injured and alienating Ruxen. Attempt to set up a second identity to sneaky sneaky, failed. Attempt to rescue the Librarians, hahahaaaa failed. Attempt to get information from Yggdrasil, failed. Attempt to rescue Alex, failed.
All of Monkey's actual accomplishments, could have been achieved by a air-scooter with a GPS. But it's not for lack of trying. I tried pretty hard, too hard sometimes, getting told "No you can't have that power." I feel like me and Monkey tried really really hard, but we just never mattered anyway. Maybe Monkey could have achieved some things if she had taken a legend relic, but that felt like I wouldn't be helping the plot along as Monkey. Maybe Monkey could have mattered if I was a smarter player. But I feel like if "initiative" is one of the things you're measuring for whether or not we earned it, I hope at least Monkey earned her share. You might feel otherwise because she was "abandoning" the main plot, but I felt that was the only way she could make a difference. Her only arguable success from earlier was going where there were no strong NPCs to overshadow* her, by skipping Arcadia and Exilia and heading to Rexicorg. I thought joining the heist would be a way for Monkey to make a difference without having to suddenly spike up in power to stand at the likes of Asgard's side.
*And then Ruxen still swooped in and KO'd the monster which I had intended for Monkey. So, that didn't entirely work. :/
TL/DR: I'mma sad Monkey. But that's not likely to change how things shake down.
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