10-20-2021, 01:14 AM
hi im a new player whose never reached the level where hiddens were possible so feel free to completely ignore my post
right now hiddens, and the journal system, feel really intimidating. i like to roleplay, i like to go out and "influence the world," but at the end of the day its something i want to do for fun. the idea i have to carefully box my character's progression into "arcs" or whatever, re-package it into a summary for someone who wasn't there (or worse, keep a copy pasted log like i'm being assigned actual work so my roleplaying can be graded) and pray that its deemed good enough sounds like... something not worth the effort, frankly. i totally understand having that effort for larger projects or events or whatever, as well as the really unique stuff that isn't just "getting better at this kinda magic," but having it for what amounts to "hotter bigger fire spell" or "stance that's just a more well trained/different version of this other stance."
i don't know if dangering is the perfect method for this. yes, it rewards players who go out and make a (violent) splash. but as admitted, those who stay on the sidelines might feel left out, even with the occasional event token (which, frankly, i feel is more likely to just go towards the former type of players.) I think there, ideally, should be a few different paths towards tokens (though given most of these require at least a bit of admin oversight, i worry this partially loops back to the original problem)
tokens should be awarded for some of the following:
multiple deadly/dangerous fights (okay it was a good idea i just think it needs more alternative routes)
creating something noteworthy (a dev item or project that took events/etc to get all together - for massive projects with multiple contributors, more than one could get credit)
concluding a large event/event chain (was also a good idea, prior approval ofc)
it might be nice if one is still earned at 180 or 200 or whatever. let people be happy their character grew up big an strong :)
(other methods??? idk)
getting a token through a certain method should make that method much harder, relatively speaking. instead of having it be 5 dangers, for example, maybe it's 4 - but then increases to 7 or 8 after the first one, and then 12 for the next. this would encourage characters to try different things, though i dont think "hidden farming" is too much of a concern?
end of bad take thank you for reading
right now hiddens, and the journal system, feel really intimidating. i like to roleplay, i like to go out and "influence the world," but at the end of the day its something i want to do for fun. the idea i have to carefully box my character's progression into "arcs" or whatever, re-package it into a summary for someone who wasn't there (or worse, keep a copy pasted log like i'm being assigned actual work so my roleplaying can be graded) and pray that its deemed good enough sounds like... something not worth the effort, frankly. i totally understand having that effort for larger projects or events or whatever, as well as the really unique stuff that isn't just "getting better at this kinda magic," but having it for what amounts to "hotter bigger fire spell" or "stance that's just a more well trained/different version of this other stance."
i don't know if dangering is the perfect method for this. yes, it rewards players who go out and make a (violent) splash. but as admitted, those who stay on the sidelines might feel left out, even with the occasional event token (which, frankly, i feel is more likely to just go towards the former type of players.) I think there, ideally, should be a few different paths towards tokens (though given most of these require at least a bit of admin oversight, i worry this partially loops back to the original problem)
tokens should be awarded for some of the following:
multiple deadly/dangerous fights (okay it was a good idea i just think it needs more alternative routes)
creating something noteworthy (a dev item or project that took events/etc to get all together - for massive projects with multiple contributors, more than one could get credit)
concluding a large event/event chain (was also a good idea, prior approval ofc)
it might be nice if one is still earned at 180 or 200 or whatever. let people be happy their character grew up big an strong :)
(other methods??? idk)
getting a token through a certain method should make that method much harder, relatively speaking. instead of having it be 5 dangers, for example, maybe it's 4 - but then increases to 7 or 8 after the first one, and then 12 for the next. this would encourage characters to try different things, though i dont think "hidden farming" is too much of a concern?
end of bad take thank you for reading