Hutto | Mon 01-Dec-14 11:39 AM |
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#57201, "RE: This.."
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Yes!
Helpfile reads: "Characters earn edge points which allow them to choose additional edges through excelling in any of several areas of play, including RP, PK, exploration, commerce, quest participation, cabal activities, and so on. Quality characters of very different types will earn the right to pick a good number of edges; a character who excells in many areas of play (for example, a skilled playerkiller also recognized for their exemplary roleplay) will have the most opportunities to choose edges"
If you could play any way you wanted, and get the same edges as everyone else, the current system wouldn't seem so much like a grind. But as it is, the people who like exploring and the people who like pking can't get as many edges as the people that do both.
So it goes from "play any way you want and just have fun" to "you have to play ways you don't enjoy to unlock* all your edges".
CF Imms, if you're reading this: Let us play anyway we want and unlock edges just like everyone else. If you want to give bonus powers to people, implement RPXP (http://forums.carrionfields.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=6&topic_id=50396). That way people who contribute to the enjoyment of the players get rewarded, thus perpetuating a game that people enjoy playing rather than hiding more carrots in room descriptions.
*I know it doesn't say anywhere you unlock edges, but that is how almost all RPGs have skills/powers/abilities laid out. Get experience, unlock your skills as you level. That type of thing. CF's edge system turns that holy grail of RPGs on its head, and that is a reason I think it doesn't quite work.
Hutto
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role/imm xp
[View all] , ibuki, Tue 02-Dec-14 08:02 PM
Comments,
Umiron,
02-Dec-14 06:59 PM, #66
Thanks for your time on this and the insight behind the...,
polmier,
02-Dec-14 11:27 PM, #74
Thanks for the clarifying post,
lasentia,
03-Dec-14 10:48 AM, #78
I may get lynched, but since Imm exp will be more impor...,
Quixotic,
03-Jan-15 01:23 PM, #80
No. (nt),
Umiron,
03-Jan-15 01:38 PM, #81
did you get my Christmas card big guy? ;-),
Quixotic,
03-Jan-15 03:28 PM, #82
All you had to do was say you had a system in place,
Quixotic,
03-Jan-15 04:48 PM, #83
RE: All you had to do was say you had a system in place,
Straklaw,
03-Jan-15 09:34 PM, #84
Because we love you, Quix:,
Rayihn,
04-Jan-15 07:22 PM, #85
A few points.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 01:43 PM, #49
Great post, but I have some followup commentary.,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 02:19 PM, #50
RE: Great post, but I have some followup commentary.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 07:24 PM, #68
RE: A few points.,
N b M,
02-Dec-14 02:34 PM, #52
Yeah, basically this.,
Calion,
02-Dec-14 03:20 PM, #57
RE: A few points.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 07:39 PM, #69
By the way..,
Mendos,
03-Dec-14 03:43 AM, #75
Speaking as someone who'd maintained a MUD,
Murphy,
02-Dec-14 03:05 PM, #55
RE: Speaking as someone who'd maintained a MUD,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 07:44 PM, #67
I KNOW you're not trying to be bad guys.,
Murphy,
03-Dec-14 06:07 AM, #76
It hasn't been ignored.,
Mendos,
03-Dec-14 10:13 AM, #77
Wholesale speculation...,
Tac,
02-Dec-14 04:25 PM, #58
RE: Wholesale speculation...,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 07:46 PM, #65
RE: A few points.,
Bemused,
02-Dec-14 04:46 PM, #59
RE: A few points.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 06:43 PM, #63
Excellent Points,
polmier,
02-Dec-14 06:09 PM, #60
Eh I mean.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 06:23 PM, #62
Shifter question,
Pendragon_Surtr,
02-Dec-14 04:35 PM, #70
Check Santa Umi.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 06:47 PM, #64
Thanks Mendos,
Pendragon_Surtr,
02-Dec-14 08:02 PM, #71
No problem.,
Mendos,
02-Dec-14 08:05 PM, #72
Feedback,
Tsunami,
02-Dec-14 09:45 AM, #44
I can't decide whether to quit or,
Pendragon_Surtr,
01-Dec-14 07:24 PM, #28
Tears are falling fast,
Artificial,
02-Dec-14 09:24 AM, #42
If you're in a cabal and someone bothers to take your i...,
Murphy,
02-Dec-14 09:33 AM, #43
hah, 90 hours played....,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 09:52 AM, #46
Maybe don't play on the winning team. nt,
Artificial,
02-Dec-14 09:58 AM, #47
As if!,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 02:21 PM, #51
If you really wanted an internet,
Artificial,
02-Dec-14 02:45 PM, #53
I probably just lost an internet...,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 03:00 PM, #54
Its somewhere in here. Can't hear sound at work.,
Artificial,
02-Dec-14 03:17 PM, #56
Here it is.,
Artificial,
02-Dec-14 09:50 PM, #73
This depends on luck,
Murphy,
02-Dec-14 10:00 AM, #48
i don't understand the general tone of changes lately.,
Athioles,
01-Dec-14 07:04 PM, #26
Few things,
incognito,
02-Dec-14 07:59 AM, #38
Players are funny.,
lasentia,
01-Dec-14 02:59 PM, #19
actually it empowers PK oriented players,
laxman,
01-Dec-14 03:16 PM, #20
RE: Players are funny.,
Elerosse,
01-Dec-14 03:39 PM, #21
Some counters, just to consider.,
lasentia,
01-Dec-14 04:20 PM, #22
Counter counters?,
Tac,
01-Dec-14 04:49 PM, #23
Those who bitched,
Murphy,
01-Dec-14 05:14 PM, #24
Re: Imm Favoratism,
Nythos (Anonymous),
01-Dec-14 06:50 PM, #25
I like this change,
Treebeard,
01-Dec-14 11:30 AM, #14
I too would love the 1 per every 10 levels method, with...,
Sarien,
01-Dec-14 11:40 AM, #16
I see what you're saying, and I think it comes down to ...,
Treebeard,
01-Dec-14 11:50 AM, #17
I like getting my edges via PK personally,
Sarien,
01-Dec-14 12:29 PM, #18
I almost always agree with the Imms but even I do not u...,
polmier,
01-Dec-14 11:21 AM, #13
umm,
incognito,
01-Dec-14 11:15 AM, #12
I do not like this change. Nor do I understand the des...,
Tac,
01-Dec-14 10:56 AM, #9
RE: role/imm xp,
Bemused,
01-Dec-14 08:49 AM, #6
Are the caps for observation, exploration, and commerce...,
Elerosse,
01-Dec-14 07:49 AM, #3
The caps are the same.,
Umiron,
01-Dec-14 08:19 AM, #4
RE: The caps are the same.,
Elerosse,
01-Dec-14 10:35 AM, #8
Re: Imm XP Requirements,
Umiron,
01-Dec-14 07:40 AM, #2
Please explain the 'good' reason behind these requireme...,
Sarien,
01-Dec-14 08:26 AM, #5
It basically just makes the game more grind and less fu...,
Lhydia,
01-Dec-14 09:42 AM, #7
This..,
Elerosse,
01-Dec-14 10:59 AM, #10
RE: This..,
Hutto,
01-Dec-14 11:39 AM #15
I didn't even think of commerce xp.,
Athioles,
01-Dec-14 07:19 PM, #27
Stop trying to game the system,
incognito,
02-Dec-14 08:04 AM, #39
RE: It basically just makes the game more grind and les...,
Akresius,
01-Dec-14 08:12 PM, #29
Sweet. Thanks. n/t,
Lhydia,
01-Dec-14 08:21 PM, #30
I'd be pretty OK with this change if there were now oth...,
TJHuron,
01-Dec-14 08:34 PM, #31
RE: I'd be pretty OK with this change if there were now...,
Akresius,
01-Dec-14 09:01 PM, #32
Are you comfortable with the idea that it,
Murphy,
02-Dec-14 05:38 AM, #33
RE: Are you comfortable with the idea that it,
Destuvius,
02-Dec-14 06:15 AM, #
There is a bigger..unmentioned issue underlying this al...,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 07:53 AM, #36
Counterpoints,
incognito,
02-Dec-14 08:10 AM, #41
Invalid,
Tsunami,
02-Dec-14 09:51 AM, #45
Good points. nt,
polmier,
02-Dec-14 06:11 PM, #61
RE: Are you comfortable with the idea that it,
Destuvius,
02-Dec-14 06:15 AM, #34
I guess I play those builds that rely on edges to work ...,
Murphy,
02-Dec-14 06:51 AM, #35
I agree 100% dude.,
Sarien,
02-Dec-14 07:59 AM, #37
Beware imm exp farming,
incognito,
02-Dec-14 08:07 AM, #40
I quadrupled my xpadds in December.,
Akresius,
01-Jan-15 11:20 AM, #79
Not a good change.,
xrus,
01-Dec-14 11:12 AM, #11
Also emote for familiars and emote in form. n/t,
Shifter/Conjie (Anonymous),
01-Dec-14 07:00 AM, #1
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