RP Exp

[Fezzik]

watches Orlitoq watching people sitting tight and watching... his expression still grim and calm.

[Nethaxion]

watches Orlitoq watching people sitting tight and watching... his expression still grim and calm.

No, you're doing it wrong! You've got to milk the system, like so:

Nethaxion watches Orlitoq.
Nethaxion notices that Orlitoq is is watching people.
Nethaxion further sees that Orlitoq is sitting.
Nethaxion decides that Orlitoq's style of sitting is tight while watching others.
Nethaxion adopts a grim expression.
Nethaxion remains calm despite his grimness.


See?! Much better.

[sonuvalich]

If *nods* could earn RP xp then half the server would be epic levels. I swear wearing full plate stops people from holding a conversation, perhaps because they are focusing so hard on not pooping themselves under the strain of standing upright under all that weight.

[Raksha]

I'm in favor of this for the primary reason that it will encourage RP in dungeon crawls. Sure, the omnipresent issue of buffs running out will be there, but perhaps getting a mob's worth of XP for emoting an especially awesome KO would help spice things up a bit.

I will say, though, that Sundren seems to have slower intended progression than ToA, so a slight reduction in the amount of the script might be in order.

[Atmosphere]

No, you're doing it wrong! You've got to milk the system, like so:

Nethaxion watches Orlitoq.
Nethaxion notices that Orlitoq is is watching people.
Nethaxion further sees that Orlitoq is sitting.
Nethaxion decides that Orlitoq's style of sitting is tight while watching others.
Nethaxion adopts a grim expression.
Nethaxion remains calm despite his grimness.


See?! Much better.

Need to also emote that you are breathing, otherwise how will people know?

[Bloodriki]

I sincerely doubt people will so blatantly abuse the proposed system =\

[Lugwy]

They exist.

[Shadechild]

I sincerely doubt people will so blatantly abuse the proposed system =\

Well even if they do... and you suspect someone of doing it... there are always the Logs of the server to catch the culprits. You could even make it not happen more than every few minutes or seconds, depending on how many people are around the Rper.

Or you could make it only happen in certain 'RP Hub' locations, taverns, campsites, areas (Such as the Second Wind, and Exterior)

I like the idea though!

[Blackmore's Knight]

I'd sooner not encourage the Second Wind to be an even greater 'hub' than it already is. Hard enough to find RP already when your character can't go there, it'd be worse if there was mechanical incentive to hang around there.

[Doubtful]

Global might be easier, but if a location system was chosen it would need to be pretty comprehensive - Campfires, faction hubs (and towns), inns, rest zones and some neutral areas (parts of Viridale etc..)

I like the idea of the RP ticker, while D&D may traditionally be about going into creatures homes then murdering them for fun and profit the PW system is quite removed from both that and the classic DM + beers, pizza and a small group of dubiously smelling lank haired misfits.

Encouraging players to indulge in politics, plans and world domination is a good thing and should be rewarded.

[Kalundelyr]

As another ToA refugee that is amazed by your most of your server and completely pushed away by your lack of RP xp, I just have to create an account to post my opinion on this.

Past my desire to see RP XP on your server, here are the three things I would like to point out :

1 - Because your server has a maximum lvl of 20 that will not increase without DM help, offering some RP XP that stops at lvl 20 will not give anything bad to your server, only good.

2 - You over did it on the map part. So many maps, the few I saw so far were pretty amazing... but so many maps, that even if there are 30-40 players logged on, if I play it hardcore instead of using the player finder widget and run to the zone with folks, it might take me 30 mins 1 hour before I actually meet someone. RP XP will promote folk to hang together more and sort of fix that flaw that comes with having such a HUGE server.

3 - Give some goodies to players past lvl 20, just make it really light so it doesn't break that balance you wish to keep... like, 3-5 rp xp a tick past lvl 20 ? So you would keep that balance and give the players the impression they re not completely stuck at lvl 20.

that s all bye.

[Saulus]

I find some interesting comments here, like how roleplay should only be valued by the XP you get out of it... WOW. Really? Not what I expected to hear.

Our current XP ticket is already accomplishing what we had set forth -- a minor bit of XP for people who are RPing, it was never meant to replace questing, exploration, killing monsters, etc.

DMs notice people who roleplay. We have had characters who have done nothing but promote good RP and basically ignore all our dungeons because they don't grind.... and yet they are still high level... why? Because DMs notice.... and the DM XP they get is significant.

There are players that are already levelling up several times faster than anything that was ever possible before -- if anything people are advancing too quickly, and this is only going to increase as more quests are added.

In short: people shouldn't have to have a dangling carrot over their head to RP, that's the reason why you come to the server in the first place... and if you do then it's likely you prefer to play a game where RP is an afterthought, not a pillar of gameplay.

As for advancing past lvl 20, this was and always will be primarily through DM XP. AS we add new epic daily quests this will be another viable method as well.

Sitting around an RP campfire and getting epic levels randomly makes no sense.

Also to address the comment above ^ If you don't want to use the Find Player tool, and yet complain about how long it takes to find another player... wait what?

[Chocolate Radio]

>insufficient XP on Sundren

[thaelis]

Our current XP ticket is already accomplishing what we had set forth -- a minor bit of XP for people who are RPing, it was never meant to replace questing, exploration, killing monsters, etc.

Basically, if you want to play a hero (which 95% of people playing a fantasy RPG do) then you're all good, kill stuff, defeat the villain, epic war etc etc

But if you are a weirdo (now, I *may* be one of these) who likes to make non-combat characters, you need to be dedicated...you might die of natural causes before you reach level 20

Then again, if you play those kind of characters you probably don't care about level all that much.

If your really keen on leveling faster you can tag along with groups on the pretense of gathering knowledge, dyes, ingredients...whatever. That's how I did it anyway. You'd be amazed how much XP you get in a party of six players. Good luck!

[Kalundelyr]

*shrug*

It's just that I logged on your server, looked at all the fun skills, and decided to play a pure rogue, and I knew that I wouldn't lvl as fast as the others, just didn't expect it to be -that- different.

I dont know this server well so I totally might be wrong on stuff mind you. I just don't want to roll a guy with a full plate and tower shield to be awarded some goodies once in a while. The difference in lvl up compared to a social toon versus a grinding toon seems to be humongous. ( without counting that DM xp you talk about that I have no idea how influencial it is)