I've been following Identity since before the first forums came online and one question that I haven't really gotten an answer to is what type of RP the devs are trying to make.
Now let me give you some background first to why I'm asking this question. I come from the Gmod RP community which can generally be divided between two types of RP: Hardcore RP and DarkRP. Now Hardcore RP is (in my opinion) true RP. Most servers on Gmod catering to Hardcore RP has voice chat either turned off or limited to mods and admins, any and all interaction between players goes through text be it actions (/me or other commands) or general chatting between characters, and OOC (server-wide OOC text) being generally frowned upon in most servers I've been to unless its mods or when there is jack shit going on; LOOC (within only a certain range of hearing, hence Local OOC) accepted unless in active RP or one of the more hardcore servers (been to one where any and all form of OOC chat is a no no unless admin or working out a problem). I generally like this type of server as its my bread and butter and what I consider to be Role Playing in it's truest sense of the word. It gives off and encourages full immersion and I've had the most fun, hilarious, and utterly weird as fuck experiences playing these type of servers. Hell, one of the better interactions I've had had gone on for hours and included firefights, casual chatting, and camaraderie of the best kind ending in everyone involved getting an awesome payday, guess you could call it an event chain.
Now DarkRP is the opposite of Hardcore RP and is generally looked down upon by the Hardcore RP community. DarkRP is much, much more casual: open mic for everything, jumping around as a common form of travel, little to no actual RP other than being titled as such and such and general messing around for fun. Each their own I guess and as long as its fun for you. But I don't really like playing DarkRP. I've personally tried some of these servers out myself to see what they're like but each time I've just been put off by the big drop in type (quality?) of RP in those servers. Whereas in a Hardcore RP server, say for Fallout: New Vegas, there isn't a job you can just get voted into, everything you have to sweat blood and tears for. Want to be a bartender? Go do some jobs and get the caps to open up a bar. Want to become a well-known merc/bounty hunter/assassin (That's me right there biznitches) with good gear? Go take jobs and get the connections with the right people. It'll take time, yes (weeks to months), but it was fun as fuck. That is just one of the differences between the two.
I've seen a bit of Altis Life and some Arma 3 RP server on Youtube, and I guess it could be said to be a kind of between the two. But it kinda lacks the feeling of you can be whatever the hell you want to be: female wandering merc, male bar owner, etc. I mean, do you want to hear a guy's voice coming from a female character? If it was a game like Planetside 2 or something it's fine (least for me) since they're basically throw away chars, but with a storied character?
I feel like I went into a sort of tangent here, so I'll restate my question, what kind of RP are you devs trying to make for Identity? Something like Hardcore RP? DarkRP? Altis Life/Arma 3 RP?
(Please do note this is all from my experiences and they're all my opinion on the matter)
I've been following Identity since before the first forums came online and one question that I haven't really gotten an answer to is what type of RP the devs are trying to make.
Now let me give you some background first to why I'm asking this question. I come from the Gmod RP community which can generally be divided between two types of RP: Hardcore RP and DarkRP. Now Hardcore RP is (in my opinion) true RP. Most servers on Gmod catering to Hardcore RP has voice chat either turned off or limited to mods and admins, any and all interaction between players goes through text be it actions (/me or other commands) or general chatting between characters, and OOC (server-wide OOC text) being generally frowned upon in most servers I've been to unless its mods or when there is jack shit going on; LOOC (within only a certain range of hearing, hence Local OOC) accepted unless in active RP or one of the more hardcore servers (been to one where any and all form of OOC chat is a no no unless admin or working out a problem). I generally like this type of server as its my bread and butter and what I consider to be Role Playing in it's truest sense of the word. It gives off and encourages full immersion and I've had the most fun, hilarious, and utterly weird as fuck experiences playing these type of servers. Hell, one of the better interactions I've had had gone on for hours and included firefights, casual chatting, and camaraderie of the best kind ending in everyone involved getting an awesome payday, guess you could call it an event chain.
Now DarkRP is the opposite of Hardcore RP and is generally looked down upon by the Hardcore RP community. DarkRP is much, much more casual: open mic for everything, jumping around as a common form of travel, little to no actual RP other than being titled as such and such and general messing around for fun. Each their own I guess and as long as its fun for you. But I don't really like playing DarkRP. I've personally tried some of these servers out myself to see what they're like but each time I've just been put off by the big drop in type (quality?) of RP in those servers. Whereas in a Hardcore RP server, say for Fallout: New Vegas, there isn't a job you can just get voted into, everything you have to sweat blood and tears for. Want to be a bartender? Go do some jobs and get the caps to open up a bar. Want to become a well-known merc/bounty hunter/assassin (That's me right there biznitches) with good gear? Go take jobs and get the connections with the right people. It'll take time, yes (weeks to months), but it was fun as fuck. That is just one of the differences between the two.
I've seen a bit of Altis Life and some Arma 3 RP server on Youtube, and I guess it could be said to be a kind of between the two. But it kinda lacks the feeling of you can be whatever the hell you want to be: female wandering merc, male bar owner, etc. I mean, do you want to hear a guy's voice coming from a female character? If it was a game like Planetside 2 or something it's fine (least for me) since they're basically throw away chars, but with a storied character?
I feel like I went into a sort of tangent here, so I'll restate my question, what kind of RP are you devs trying to make for Identity? Something like Hardcore RP? DarkRP? Altis Life/Arma 3 RP?
(Please do note this is all from my experiences and they're all my opinion on the matter)
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