03-05-2023, 07:13 PM
Hi.
I'm one of the people who has lost motivation on a character because someone robbed me of my uniques significantly tied to my character.
The gist here that I want to say is that I don't mind if someone kills me then takes my dev mats and my uniques.
If someone beats me up then robs me blind of my dev mats and my uniques.
If someone outsmarts me ICly then takes what I own.
If someone wins a bet ICly then I give them what I have, or if someone trades for it.
What I don't like is someone taking my house and then my dev mats because:
1. There is no IC interaction behind it, none at all. It becomes very easy to cover it up too.
2. There is literally nothing you can do as well with hunting them down ICly, much less OOCly.
3. It heavily ignores all the character development that may be tied to it, especially if it is less an outright dev mat for a unique and more something that your character gained due to a heavy IC event.
4. It is an OOC loophole, let's be honest. Someone buys the house OOCly and mechanically, you lose the IC tied to it just because they did such a thing without even going through the IC leader of the settlement.
And yes, I have tried to hunt them down ICly. I have tried so many methods that certain people in this thread can vouch for what has been done and attempted on my part, even a ticket; but at the end of the day, the fact that it's happened can feel very OOC. Give the 24 hour grace period / give the notification on how many days you have left on your house and what-not. Or just outright make the robbing of certain items impermissible.
It can get very demotivating to be robbed of your items in such a way since it lacks the usual IC impact that could come with the mentioned situations above.
It just... happens, no chances to contest it because you forgot to pay your rent. No character development on your end that could come from it because your character just happened to not pay their rent, so they lost the family heirloom relic passed onto them by their dead family.
I'm one of the people who has lost motivation on a character because someone robbed me of my uniques significantly tied to my character.
The gist here that I want to say is that I don't mind if someone kills me then takes my dev mats and my uniques.
If someone beats me up then robs me blind of my dev mats and my uniques.
If someone outsmarts me ICly then takes what I own.
If someone wins a bet ICly then I give them what I have, or if someone trades for it.
What I don't like is someone taking my house and then my dev mats because:
1. There is no IC interaction behind it, none at all. It becomes very easy to cover it up too.
2. There is literally nothing you can do as well with hunting them down ICly, much less OOCly.
3. It heavily ignores all the character development that may be tied to it, especially if it is less an outright dev mat for a unique and more something that your character gained due to a heavy IC event.
4. It is an OOC loophole, let's be honest. Someone buys the house OOCly and mechanically, you lose the IC tied to it just because they did such a thing without even going through the IC leader of the settlement.
And yes, I have tried to hunt them down ICly. I have tried so many methods that certain people in this thread can vouch for what has been done and attempted on my part, even a ticket; but at the end of the day, the fact that it's happened can feel very OOC. Give the 24 hour grace period / give the notification on how many days you have left on your house and what-not. Or just outright make the robbing of certain items impermissible.
It can get very demotivating to be robbed of your items in such a way since it lacks the usual IC impact that could come with the mentioned situations above.
It just... happens, no chances to contest it because you forgot to pay your rent. No character development on your end that could come from it because your character just happened to not pay their rent, so they lost the family heirloom relic passed onto them by their dead family.