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RE: To Plot or to Not: The Question, the Debate - Kellach Woods - 04-28-2015
(04-26-2015, 10:51 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Personally, I like to do my adventuring IC, so slice of life RP is a nice tie back to what my character is doing in downtime. With that said, though, I do like a nice plot now and then. Having both, IMO, helps bring out different aspects of characters. I like to think of it like a comic book -- you want some issues of the X-Men playing basketball, training, and dealing with their interpersonal stuff, and then you want other issues where they're taking down the Bad Guys. For me, where it gets really fun is when you have the interpersonal parts mixed with the plot. I certainly aim for such "Bendis-esque" RP, particularly in IC dungeons.
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RE: To Plot or to Not: The Question, the Debate - Clover - 04-28-2015
I love plots myself, which is why I don't engage in casual RP in FFXIV. Sadly, most plots people have organized happen at insane hours for us EU players, so I missed the chance to get my main character into one.
The only time I truly enjoyed slice of life RP was in an Aion pure RP private server, and that was only because tons of things tended to happen everyday while your character was doing their everyday things. In an official server, however, you know that nothing is really going to happen unless you force it.
RE: To Plot or to Not: The Question, the Debate - SunTzu7 - 04-28-2015
I love thinking on my feet, so I don't usually plot anything, unless it's got a lot of significance.
Sometimes I enjoy making random ass things I do turn out to be hugely significant later.