Post by Lucas Lightner on Dec 6, 2016 16:43:11 GMT -5
Reiatsu being priced on Character Class would be very, very strange. It would actually punish people for not buying every ounce they could before filing an Advancement Request, which is kind of a really ridiculous thing to do.
The day I start the prestigious path is the day I stop loathing writing requests.
Right? The biggest reason I only have 2 mile stones in 3 years (aside from disappearing for a year) is because I absolutely, vehemently despite requesting anything ever under any condition no matter what forever.
Pretty much that so in some ways I really respect what you guys are trying to do with this milestone and really applaud it.
Still I think there are people like myself who (despite how much I PM you asking questions in Discord) actually loathe taking up staff time for any reason. At the end of the day I like to take solace in knowing you're regular people who do a lot of work to keep the ship sailing and there are probably times when you just want to hang out in post and it bothers me to make more work that keeps you from doing that.
I know for a fact that 2 milestones literally ever for Eaon is an incredibly small amount when you consider he was an exorcist who then learned what the Shinigami were, Survived the Incursion, Nearly died because of the after affects of the incursion, slipped into a dark depression, joined the Vigilance, Stormed Hueco Mundo and fought Takuya, left, went inactive, returned to karakura, and is now trying to prove that he is better than Adimus when it comes to dealing with spirits and crime. All that and I have made 2 milestone requests ever, because I honestly loathe taking up Staff time.
Post by Shun Minamoto on Dec 6, 2016 17:45:58 GMT -5
When I was the Boss Man, one of my biggest concerns was always world balance.
It teeters upon the ability of players to advanced smoothly and consistently. The results of this update are smaller Milestones and a wider range of GP to be earned through them. This really contributes to a healthy, constantly progressing world.
So if Staff still has any of that mindset of mine, I can speak for them when I say: Requests are the best parts of the job. Milestones. Masteries. Advancement. I love nothing more than watching a character actually move past their 50 Reiatsu origins. So go after them. Do them frequently. Don't ever stop.
Post by Melody Black on Dec 6, 2016 17:51:45 GMT -5
Milestones are hard. Requests are scary. Explaining, putting all your thoughts, conclusions and all the little developments you see in your character, but are sure your graders won't see is worse than ...uhh something terrible.
Think we're fine in getting GP but I have my reasons in disliking doing extra work for myself and staff (you all do a great job) but if i want to write a story into a condense thing I'd make an entire solo about Frey's life and I'd be comfortable just doing that.
Perhaps I'm not making sense and not trying to be snarky I just really hate having to write up blocks of text to get anywhere if I want to tier up, so I'm fine keeping Frey with no power. I just don't find it fun and I've done these kind of things before, it gets exhausting after awhile.
Anyway I don't want to clutter up this space with my rambling so I'll be quiet.
I'm happy things are easier in the milestone department, I just can't take it upon myself to do it anymore.
Milestones are hard. Requests are scary. Explaining, putting all your thoughts, conclusions and all the little developments you see in your character, but are sure your graders won't see is worse than ...uhh something terrible.
Farm GP by writing, yes.
This.
There's also some nuances that appear in character that I know, and maybe someone like Adi knows, but really I'm very much a "Death by a thousand cuts" sort of person and a lot of the time I'm worried that just won't appear or inversely making the change to start to cast Eaon into a more Villainous Role isn't actually a stretch, Eaon wasn't exactly a nice person before, but for me it feels almost rushed even though I'm taking my time with it, building up here and there, doing things he only knows to do because Eaon worked with Adi in the past, and developing a base for it, but it still feels like a HARD right turn when in reality its not and I feel like that lessens the writing and its going to be judged more critically as a result and increase the likelihood of a denial which in turn would make me more nervous/anxious to put in another request, especially if the critique I got in my last request doesn't line up with the vision I have for my character which could in turn make me feel stuck.
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