Dexter spoiler alert for people that haven't watched it much
My biggest concern with playing a main character for a villain (or even a high-level alt), is how to get others in your group to actually trust you. FFXI and FFXIV both have elements of a need to group with people. That's why linkshells and Companies exist in the first place, right? When I RP my main character, she has to feel bonded in some way to the people in her shell. They aren't just warm bodies to throw at monsters, they're her friends, sometimes family, and people she cares about and would trust with her life in a fight. How do main character bad guys go about establishing that kind of a rapport amongst their shellmates to the point where it's realistic?
The example situations in my mind are all from Asura, but it felt like most of the bad guys RPed were of the "Don't come near me, I have a dark and tortured past and I cannot be held responsible for my own actions. At any minute I may slit your throat, you spineless and innocent DOG." Call me crazy, but I can't imagine someone saying "Oh that's cool, hey wanna go halfway across the world with us on this really important mission?"
I'm curious how groups and players who did bad guys worked through this.
My biggest concern with playing a main character for a villain (or even a high-level alt), is how to get others in your group to actually trust you. FFXI and FFXIV both have elements of a need to group with people. That's why linkshells and Companies exist in the first place, right? When I RP my main character, she has to feel bonded in some way to the people in her shell. They aren't just warm bodies to throw at monsters, they're her friends, sometimes family, and people she cares about and would trust with her life in a fight. How do main character bad guys go about establishing that kind of a rapport amongst their shellmates to the point where it's realistic?
The example situations in my mind are all from Asura, but it felt like most of the bad guys RPed were of the "Don't come near me, I have a dark and tortured past and I cannot be held responsible for my own actions. At any minute I may slit your throat, you spineless and innocent DOG." Call me crazy, but I can't imagine someone saying "Oh that's cool, hey wanna go halfway across the world with us on this really important mission?"
I'm curious how groups and players who did bad guys worked through this.
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