Okay, but the issue is that there has been very very very little in the way of mod involvement lately. This isn't asking for an event every single day, nor is it sitting on my hands. I've played plenty of fun threads here, even in the last few months.
AND I'm itching for some good mod plot, too. There's a middle ground between "make absolutely all your own fun by yourself" and "expect the mods to spoonfeed you". Most people want a mix of mod-led plot and players plotting together, and we're not getting it. As for why it has to impact the game: well, because shaking up the status quo is fun! Having a strong ongoing plot is fun! Having the entire game involved in something is fun!
And mods events can do things that players can't, anyways. It's not as simple as "get creative and do whatever strikes your fancy" because we the regular players simply don't have the power to put all of our ideas into action. I could say "hmmm, I want to thread out my character and character X being spontaneously fused together at the waist!" but the mods would definitely step in because that'd require some extra power our characters don't have. Same with being forced to group together and eat a virgin heart or any of the other events we've had. A player couldn't just play anything of that sort; they'd have to make it an event suggestion (which might not be used for a while if at all). If there's going to be some major, regular mod plot, the amount of freedom we have right now is fine. If it's mostly going to "players make their own fun" we need a bit more or else it'll be party log after party log. The slice of life players are the ones having a blast because they're the ones that can actually play what they want whenever they want.
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AND I'm itching for some good mod plot, too. There's a middle ground between "make absolutely all your own fun by yourself" and "expect the mods to spoonfeed you". Most people want a mix of mod-led plot and players plotting together, and we're not getting it. As for why it has to impact the game: well, because shaking up the status quo is fun! Having a strong ongoing plot is fun! Having the entire game involved in something is fun!
And mods events can do things that players can't, anyways. It's not as simple as "get creative and do whatever strikes your fancy" because we the regular players simply don't have the power to put all of our ideas into action. I could say "hmmm, I want to thread out my character and character X being spontaneously fused together at the waist!" but the mods would definitely step in because that'd require some extra power our characters don't have. Same with being forced to group together and eat a virgin heart or any of the other events we've had. A player couldn't just play anything of that sort; they'd have to make it an event suggestion (which might not be used for a while if at all). If there's going to be some major, regular mod plot, the amount of freedom we have right now is fine. If it's mostly going to "players make their own fun" we need a bit more or else it'll be party log after party log. The slice of life players are the ones having a blast because they're the ones that can actually play what they want whenever they want.