If people say the lore restricts their character, I instantly and automatically get nervous. Lore is there to provide a background, a foundation, a set of ideas, concepts, and plot hooks that if anything should let you do more with your character. Total inability to work within the bounds of the lore and instead brewing up some secret order of assassins that turns all the wheels of the world behind the scenes just so your character can be awesome, to me, speaks of a lack of creativity and unwillingness to work with what one's given - which is the same thing everyone is given, and for a reason. It sets standards and makes sure we're all on the same page so we can RP without stopping to go "Wait- what?"
That being said, creativity is important as long as it doesn't contradict the established lore or add a bunch of stuff that doesn't make sense. Castiel's example is fairly apt - You want to make a glassblower but there's no glassblowing synthesis skill? OK, whatever, just go for it. Just because there's no Entertainer/Bard/Storyteller/etc class doesn't mean your character can't be a wandering talespinner who earns his living by the mundane enchantments of epic yarns. Unless there's a rigidly defined Bard class, nobody's saying a bard can't also be a swordsman or a spellslinger. And if there is - well, who says your character has to be a Bard? Maybe they're a swordsman with a gift for telling tales and just don't benefit from whatever jobclass bonuses Bards get for doing the same.
As for the "difficult to AFK" stuff... Unless you're RPing a mission or quest that involves in-game fighting, I've never had any problem with saying "BRB guys, need a drink" or suchlike. Or heck, on rare occasions even "Gotta go pick someone up, can we put this on hold until tomorrow? I'll screenshot the log."
That being said, creativity is important as long as it doesn't contradict the established lore or add a bunch of stuff that doesn't make sense. Castiel's example is fairly apt - You want to make a glassblower but there's no glassblowing synthesis skill? OK, whatever, just go for it. Just because there's no Entertainer/Bard/Storyteller/etc class doesn't mean your character can't be a wandering talespinner who earns his living by the mundane enchantments of epic yarns. Unless there's a rigidly defined Bard class, nobody's saying a bard can't also be a swordsman or a spellslinger. And if there is - well, who says your character has to be a Bard? Maybe they're a swordsman with a gift for telling tales and just don't benefit from whatever jobclass bonuses Bards get for doing the same.
As for the "difficult to AFK" stuff... Unless you're RPing a mission or quest that involves in-game fighting, I've never had any problem with saying "BRB guys, need a drink" or suchlike. Or heck, on rare occasions even "Gotta go pick someone up, can we put this on hold until tomorrow? I'll screenshot the log."
