dehumanize yourself and face the bloodshed

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-1

[(Anonymous)]

There is slight conflict and then there is characters being threatened, npcs inciting murder and damage being done just because characters aren't natives. The whole setting has turned on them.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

i'm all for there being consequences for what happened, but this is a bit much, especially for the characters who weren't involved in the whole thing at all. by all means, let the characters who chose to get involved deal with the fallout for what they did, and even some minor fallout for the whole game would be great. but this is a pretty major effect and i understand why not everyone is happy with it.

-1 your -1

[(Anonymous)]

yeah

and it's interesting

what is your problem

[(Anonymous)]

It just seems like the npc reactions are being turned up to 11? There was meant to be a lack of trust in otherworlders and discrimination. But everything is being exaggerated to the point where most npcs want to see none natives die.

[(Anonymous)]

But this is other players taking it up to 11. Players are also free to say their characters have been getting along fine or not having as many issues. It's all the player's choice on how to handle this situation.

Re: -1 your -1

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah all those posts are so INTERESTING and not desperate for attention angst posts.

I don't mind grimdark but I didn't sign up for that. And if I did or if it became a little tough for characters it would be fine if everything else wasn't lighthearted and the worst of the worst didn't feel the need to make it about them. I get that it's part of RP but I can't roll my eyes back any further because these people couldn't even wait a little between posts. Anakin basically doesn't exist and there he is for this. Minnie is as obnoxious and damsel as ever as are the other Disneys. It's not fun because our shit tiers are making it not fun. We get it you can't think of anything original and want that IC ass pat.

nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

if you look at the task board though, there are npcs who don't like the pcs but are still willing to offer jobs to them and others who still believe in them. and the mod post didn't mention anything about threats or violence, just that pcs might have trouble buying things or keeping a job in some places. the word some got used a lot! so i think saying the whole setting's turned on them is an overstatement. sure, icly you can't ignore this completely, but your character doesn't have to deal with the stuff you listed if you don't want them to. that's not a definitive part of this fallout, other people are just having their characters' stores get trashed because they do want that. you can craft your own experience!

that said, while i'm personally digging this i get why other anons aren't. to the anon above me: different things are interesting to different people! there's nothing wrong with enjoying sol, and right on the game blurb it says that sol is a big part of emp along with adventure and plot. i'd like to see us all get what we want out of the game without anyone having the things they want to play get brushed off (and i know people who want more plot and higher stakes have felt like that too). everybody has their own preferences and that's valid!

[(Anonymous)]

i love a good change in game climate, but i just feel secondhand embarrassment for how hard some players are pushing the npc reactions to extremes. the mods made it clear that it wasn't supposed to be this bad.

da

[(Anonymous)]

not in the game but this doesn't surprise me, it always happens in games. the harsher npcs treat their precious babbus, the more they can get that sweet, sweet h/c

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

I might be missing something, but wasn't the first post on the task board some anonymous person telling Otherworlders to walk off the island and kill themselves?

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

that's the first under special tasks, yeah, but it's the only one on there like that and the first under general tasks is an npc saying that not everyone feels that way and that they're going to try to change other npcs' minds.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

you're always going to have braindead attention whores who don't know how to do anything without turning it up to 11

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

I too hate other people having fun with conflict. If only they could see the light and start throwing more housewarming parties.

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

meaning there's support for both sides, both pro-otherworlder and anti-otherworlder, just like a real population.

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

too much nuance

Re: ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

oh, i know! that's... basically what i was trying to say? the anon i replied to said "the whole setting has turned on them" and i was pointing out that that's an exaggeration and it's perfectly possible for characters to only encounter little to mild hostility from the npcs if that's what their players prefer.

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

All this tells me is that there are npcs who are still okay with otherworlders... and npcs who literally want characters to go die. You have to agree that one is more extreme than the other, so don’t be surprised if some characters get the worst of it.

I’m more surprised there isn’t more targeted hate from the natives at Velvet, Machina, Rokurou, and Laphicet for their involvement. Oh, you’re going to try to kill an important emotion spirit or help defend those that are? Go ahead, you’ll just get community service.

Where’s the NPCs throwing stones or rioting? I want shit like that. That would be a nice taste of grimdark

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

It's also basically tongue in cheek tone even if it's serious it's still almost a joke. People can't read news at 11.

[(Anonymous)]

it's a joke because it works in multiple layers

1) who would actually be dumb enough to do the task
2) there is no perma-death
3) the task doesn't tell anyone to kill themselves. just to jump. this is where creative writing comes in and characters can find loop holes in the task, like jumping and falling on an airship our sprouting wings if they have them. hell, this is easy money for any of the dbz characters

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

That doesn't mean the mod post saying back lash wasn't that severe doesn't exist. If you don't have reading comprehension don't play in a game. I love conflict but I didn't sign up for shitty players crying IC for attention.

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

Isn’t this what some people want though? A more grimdark tone. Ffs we have people complaining that it’s too light and wanting some angst and now they’re complaining that it’s too dark. This fallout is the result of IC actions. You can’t win either way.

Re: nayrt

[(Anonymous)]

beep boop sense of humor not found

can only assume npcs intend to murder everyone

[(Anonymous)]

Which is entirely on the individual players taking it that far. If you don't want to then don't. If someone else does then let them have fun with it. Every single person who is crying about "grimdark" should just leave if they can't handle NPCs being mean.

[(Anonymous)]

C’mon anon be nicer to your fellow players, not edgy.

[(Anonymous)]

babies don't deserve to have their asses patted. hth.