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(01-12-2014, 07:55 AM)Zazalan Wrote: Most of all I think people should keep in mind that this isn't really a matter of breaking lore so much as it is a matter of creating consistency within a community. Â Adhering strictly to the lore for widespread consistency would force a lot of people to refrain from RPing as something that the game actually allows them to be. Â Which, imo, is ridiculous. Â The fact of the matter is that it will remain divided because some people will think it's ok, others will not. Â I believe the best we can do individually is just try to respect that and not be obnoxious about our opinions and/or roleplay. Â Want to be a WHM? Â Great! Â RP with people who will accept your job. Â Outside of your circle it may be best to leave the topic by the wayside.
It's just one of those situations that will ultimately be about give and take.
The game also allows me to be the savior of Eorzea, and to have single-handedly (or with a group, depending on when you watch your cutscenes!) broken into the biggest Garlean installation on the continent and taken on Ultima Weapon - and won!
But it would be dumb as rocks if I actually tried to use that in RP just because that's what I played in-game.
Look, as you said, people can play whatever the hell they want. Â It's a free world, and there are no Lore police to hunt you down and beat you with the Lore stick if you're doing something they don't agree with. Â But - and this is a big but - people need to be accepting that if they're playing something out of the norm with the Lore, that people may look at them in askance in character. Â And no one had better get mad at me (the player) when, if their character wanders up to mine and announces they're a White Mage, my character looks at them like they're out of their mind and runs to get the Wood Wailers to help with the poor, deluded non-Padjal.
You can ignore Lore if you want. Â That's the freedom of an MMO setting. Â I am not comfortable with ignoring the Lore. Â If I wanted to play a game with little to no Lore, I'd be playing Rift or NWoD. Â I'm playing this game because I like Lore, and even if Lore gets in the way of something I have planned...I'm okay with that. Â Because Lore is the house you make your RP in. Â And RP without a rich, vibrant setting is boring.
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