Hi,
If the rest state is done correctly, players will be encouraged to play different characters while their âbig-timersâ are resting off fatigue
Not likely. It didn't happen last push, when power gamers didn't start a second character until after they'd maxed. It probably will not ever happen. A power gamer wants the biggest baddest character as soon as possible in *real* time. He'll take advantage of any "bonus" he gets at the beginning of the session, but ultimately it makes no sense for him to build a second character. Every minute spent on the second character is one minute not spent on the main -- and thus one minute wasted for the power gamer. Now, people building characters for sale might do that (build multiple characters at once, playing each only until the rest state changes). But that is a small group (I think).
please recognize that in this type of game, thinking outside of your own personal preferences often leads to the crafting of a game that is more fun for everyone.
Yes. But (1) I still haven't heard for whom the present rest state is going to make the game more fun. Will the casual gamer have more fun because the power gamer is being held back? And (2) a rest state that made any sense in terms of the game (e.g., as you get tired your strength and stamina and spirit all drop) would have had little opposition, I think. It is not just the addition of a rest state that is pissing many off. It is the addition of *this* poorly conceived and even more poorly implemented rest state that makes so many so mad.
--Pete
If the rest state is done correctly, players will be encouraged to play different characters while their âbig-timersâ are resting off fatigue
Not likely. It didn't happen last push, when power gamers didn't start a second character until after they'd maxed. It probably will not ever happen. A power gamer wants the biggest baddest character as soon as possible in *real* time. He'll take advantage of any "bonus" he gets at the beginning of the session, but ultimately it makes no sense for him to build a second character. Every minute spent on the second character is one minute not spent on the main -- and thus one minute wasted for the power gamer. Now, people building characters for sale might do that (build multiple characters at once, playing each only until the rest state changes). But that is a small group (I think).
please recognize that in this type of game, thinking outside of your own personal preferences often leads to the crafting of a game that is more fun for everyone.
Yes. But (1) I still haven't heard for whom the present rest state is going to make the game more fun. Will the casual gamer have more fun because the power gamer is being held back? And (2) a rest state that made any sense in terms of the game (e.g., as you get tired your strength and stamina and spirit all drop) would have had little opposition, I think. It is not just the addition of a rest state that is pissing many off. It is the addition of *this* poorly conceived and even more poorly implemented rest state that makes so many so mad.
--Pete
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