From reading the topic, going to add onto it with something that wasn't really said and I feel is a big part of things.
Or I might have missed it, but I just woke up and here it is.
RPL gains being slower doesn't really promote you to roleplay more, it doesn't make the game less based on combat or less based around getting that check. It just makes it worse, it makes it harder to feel like you have to work when you're trying to achieve something. And when you want to make magic or gain an ability to make your IC more interesting, you are going to need RP points to do that. And people aren't as fortunate to have a hug box to write with every day, or be able to stay at home and roleplay all the time, or have a job that allows them to roleplay while working? People don't have the time all the time, or the people to be around... Or even the confidence to approach a group and interact with them. It's intimidating when you want to roleplay and the same group of people is idling and red texting and the worry of being ignored or forced out dwells against your mind. And sometimes that actually happens, when you are roleplaying with someone or trying to do something people just aren't interested or get pulled away by someone else which is rude, even if fair.
And I couldn't tell you how to make your character more approachable or yourself in general. (I guess some people could be less passive-aggressive in LOOC, but that isn't a huge problem right now.) The only thing I could suggest is making that approach to someone else sometimes, extending out of your little group and trying to make things interesting for more than just yourself?
Other than that, this is the main thing I wanted to focus on.
Changing the RPL gains will encourage people to do more and be more active, going out and even if people hate 'battlechadding' (I really do not think this even counts towards that but some people will disagree.) Going out looking for trouble promotes a lot of roleplay, and can become a chain reaction to a longing development between characters and even factions. And right now, nobody wants to risk their neck or what they have got due to how difficult it is to climb. And really... It isn't even that difficult to get to 200 RPL past 150, it just feels not worth doing? Like you'll always be behind those in their cliques and groups, and verbing is a big part of this game. (Fighting, in general, is a big part of any roleplay.) So when someone who is 220+ because they can roleplay all the time with their little group or the same people, and you don't have that while the gains are so low? You are out of luck!
Quicker gains promote people to be more confident and doing a lot more, fear of losing a character will always be there but at least you can make again knowing it's not going to take a stupidly long time to get back up there again and be relevant to other people's stories. I feel like near the end of Spires proved that where a lot of people were going out and trying to provide roleplay with others. (Some people did just kill and I don't promote killing people so easily, please injure or act like you think they are dead to build more depth to yours and their character! Unless it's absolutely necessary...) It just got a lot more active compared to the time before those increases, even newer players showed up or returned to write due to it.
Hopefully, some kind of change is made, so things can feel a lot faster in gains and Roleplay.
At the end of the day, things shouldn't feel like a chore. Eternia is a game. You should be having fun.
Or I might have missed it, but I just woke up and here it is.
RPL gains being slower doesn't really promote you to roleplay more, it doesn't make the game less based on combat or less based around getting that check. It just makes it worse, it makes it harder to feel like you have to work when you're trying to achieve something. And when you want to make magic or gain an ability to make your IC more interesting, you are going to need RP points to do that. And people aren't as fortunate to have a hug box to write with every day, or be able to stay at home and roleplay all the time, or have a job that allows them to roleplay while working? People don't have the time all the time, or the people to be around... Or even the confidence to approach a group and interact with them. It's intimidating when you want to roleplay and the same group of people is idling and red texting and the worry of being ignored or forced out dwells against your mind. And sometimes that actually happens, when you are roleplaying with someone or trying to do something people just aren't interested or get pulled away by someone else which is rude, even if fair.
And I couldn't tell you how to make your character more approachable or yourself in general. (I guess some people could be less passive-aggressive in LOOC, but that isn't a huge problem right now.) The only thing I could suggest is making that approach to someone else sometimes, extending out of your little group and trying to make things interesting for more than just yourself?
Other than that, this is the main thing I wanted to focus on.
Changing the RPL gains will encourage people to do more and be more active, going out and even if people hate 'battlechadding' (I really do not think this even counts towards that but some people will disagree.) Going out looking for trouble promotes a lot of roleplay, and can become a chain reaction to a longing development between characters and even factions. And right now, nobody wants to risk their neck or what they have got due to how difficult it is to climb. And really... It isn't even that difficult to get to 200 RPL past 150, it just feels not worth doing? Like you'll always be behind those in their cliques and groups, and verbing is a big part of this game. (Fighting, in general, is a big part of any roleplay.) So when someone who is 220+ because they can roleplay all the time with their little group or the same people, and you don't have that while the gains are so low? You are out of luck!
Quicker gains promote people to be more confident and doing a lot more, fear of losing a character will always be there but at least you can make again knowing it's not going to take a stupidly long time to get back up there again and be relevant to other people's stories. I feel like near the end of Spires proved that where a lot of people were going out and trying to provide roleplay with others. (Some people did just kill and I don't promote killing people so easily, please injure or act like you think they are dead to build more depth to yours and their character! Unless it's absolutely necessary...) It just got a lot more active compared to the time before those increases, even newer players showed up or returned to write due to it.
Hopefully, some kind of change is made, so things can feel a lot faster in gains and Roleplay.
At the end of the day, things shouldn't feel like a chore. Eternia is a game. You should be having fun.