RandomThinker | Sat 21-Jan-12 04:58 PM |
Member since 25th Jul 2005
30 posts
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#2550, "The problem with limited availability races"
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This sounds awesome. I both like having frost giants as a PC race AND having seasonal races. Seeing this announcement really made me want to come back from my 6 month plus hiatus. Then I realized, "oh ####, it's like minotaurs." I had a minotaur once, years ago. Got it through pure luck and it ended up being a kinda crappy character because I wasn't planning on a minotaur when I originally went to roll and didn't have a role in mind. I just had to take it because who knows when I would get that chance again.
Now with frost giants that's compounded by the fact that I only have a few months to snag one. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only way to know if a frost giant slot is open is to happen to roll up a character at the right time? I understand the additional mystique/cool factor added by having them limited, but I think most people would trade that for a chance to actually play one.
Yes, this would likely result in a huge influx of the new race every time one was revealed, but for one I think that fits with the "new race entering Thera" theme, and two I think it would even out quickly. If minotaurs were suddenly unlimited now, there might be a lot of minotaurs for a week, but I don't think much longer.
At the very least, could we implement some kind of way to know if a slot is open besides trying to roll one? Maybe via CF Twitter/Facebook or some such thing?
At best... could we consider a different approach here?
Please don't take this as a complaint. I appreciate all the staff's hard work. I'd just like a better shot at experiencing it.
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Frost Giants
[View all] , Scarabaeus, Thu 19-Jan-12 01:27 AM
Idea re: limited races,
Doof,
19-Feb-12 09:38 PM, #36
Unlimited Temporary Race,
laxman,
19-Feb-12 09:38 PM, #32
I approve this message, issues and ideas within.,
deBriguy,
23-Feb-12 02:43 PM, #37
I'd do a gnome sized berserker with that xp range.,
robdarken_,
24-Feb-12 04:17 PM, #38
Agreed...,
Tac,
24-Feb-12 04:17 PM, #39
Could just...,
Tsunami,
24-Feb-12 04:17 PM, #40
Treants or Dryads for the summer season?,
Summertime (Anonymous),
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM, #29
summer?,
Scarabaeus,
25-Jan-12 03:13 PM, #31
Nymphs in spring for the hot mudsexing action,
Runaktla,
19-Feb-12 09:38 PM, #34
Centaurs: I like most of those but...,
Alston,
19-Feb-12 09:38 PM, #35
mail woes,
Scarabaeus,
22-Jan-12 04:36 PM, #27
The problem with limited availability races,
RandomThinker,
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM #20
Thank you for this,
Oldril,
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #19
RE: Thank you for this,
Scarabaeus,
22-Jan-12 08:26 AM, #23
Very!,
Beer,
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM, #24
Is there any way you could be coaxed?...,
FrostGiant (Anonymous),
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #17
RE: Is there any way you could be coaxed?...,
Scarabaeus,
22-Jan-12 08:23 AM, #22
That's a really cool concept. -nt-,
fist-law,
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #15
Are all slots taken already or do they still need a cra...,
MoetEtChandon,
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #12
slots,
Scarabaeus,
22-Jan-12 08:22 AM, #21
RE: slots,
Scarabaeus,
22-Jan-12 03:10 PM, #25
Right on,
Tsunami,
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM, #26
You are the coolest Christian I know,
Oldril,
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM, #28
Excellent ...,
MoetEtChandon,
25-Jan-12 02:10 PM, #30
You curdled my milk so bad,
Tsunami,
19-Jan-12 12:17 PM, #6
RE: You curdled my milk so bad,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 12:41 PM, #8
RE: Frost Giants,
demon,
19-Jan-12 07:09 AM, #2
RE: Frost Giants,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 09:29 AM, #4
Am I understanding this properly?,
Alston,
19-Jan-12 12:17 PM, #5
yep,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 12:41 PM, #7
Turn off the gnomes! n/t,
Doof,
19-Jan-12 02:45 PM, #9
This mechanism just turned me on!,
Alston,
19-Jan-12 02:45 PM, #10
RE: This mechanism just turned me on!,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 02:50 PM, #14
I do. nt,
Dallevian,
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #16
That's a shame. It's a great memory. :) n/t,
Alston,
21-Jan-12 01:45 PM, #18
What happens when the season is over?,
Tac,
19-Jan-12 02:45 PM, #11
eschatology,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 02:49 PM, #13
RE: eschatology,
Brucifer (Anonymous),
19-Feb-12 09:38 PM, #33
Erm, I haven't seen them in character creation, or in a...,
Amberion,
19-Jan-12 07:09 AM, #1
helps,
Scarabaeus,
19-Jan-12 09:27 AM, #3
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