12-28-2019, 12:47 AM
I think, when someone actually develops their magic in a meaningful way and that leads them to interacting with others, fleshing out the beginnings of their story, or even tailoring the theme of their character closer to their abilities. That's good. Your standards for yourself are pushed a little higher since you know someone's going to be reviewing your concept.
However, the barrier of typing up a thread, collecting logs, putting a post together, waiting for the reply, then a-helping for a tome, then waiting for a moderator, etc... isn't worth that trade off, unfortunately. It was in the beginning when specializations were rarer and had extra weight to them, but not at the present moment.
Applications for magic definitely did encourage more of a creative focus rather than "this looks strong, I want it", generally speaking, but the micromanagement involved is undesirable. A fair middle-ground is to introduce more cool intermediates that can showcase someone's mastery of a magic.
However, the barrier of typing up a thread, collecting logs, putting a post together, waiting for the reply, then a-helping for a tome, then waiting for a moderator, etc... isn't worth that trade off, unfortunately. It was in the beginning when specializations were rarer and had extra weight to them, but not at the present moment.
Applications for magic definitely did encourage more of a creative focus rather than "this looks strong, I want it", generally speaking, but the micromanagement involved is undesirable. A fair middle-ground is to introduce more cool intermediates that can showcase someone's mastery of a magic.