Yeah, I'd rather play a good game and really do what I/the character wants to do than feel forced into something to either Min/Max or detract from your experience.In post 689, Firebringer wrote:I get the opinion this group is becoming less RP and too mechanical for my tastes.
I hate us always making decisions on just what is the most optimal.
I'd bet that this was FG trying to save us by allowing you to show up since you hadn't asked if you could.In post 706, Ether wrote:FakeGod asked, "To get Rose?"
To go on this, I think it was fine for Postie to do what she was doing, though honestly the more i think about it I REALLY THINK she should have given us a heads up on this that she was planning to develop her character this way so we don't just go "WTF is going on", because it literally happened out of nowhere. I get she was doing her character development but it kind of developed out of thin air, one minute Achan charges into battle recklessly and the next she starts running when things go sour. Never fully explored her character so didn't understand the change, i think making choices in character is generally good but try to be respectful of your party members to not intentionally screw them over without a heads up is also good.In post 705, Andrius wrote:Ether, we're always in danger. Rose sitting out only makes fights worse without the CC. Rose showed up to the fight and the tables turned.
Postie, Achan running off in the middle of the fight for an unknown reason put all of us in danger because we lost THE biggest melee damage dealer AND our best tank via AC since Sigma was absent.
I understand that you might be concerned about your character, but maybe consider what it would be like if YOU were the one bleeding out on the ground while half the party abandoned you. Because it could have been much worse than Erwin dying. When I left the game early to get on the road, Fiona was bleeding out on the ground, and Hellion and Growlithe were alone against a boss, alone and likely facing a TPK. Which no one wants to be part of.
I am fine having Erwin die in our party of three, trying to save his best friend and the woman he loves because I did everything I could.
I'm ok losing a character if I make a poor decision or take a risk that doesn't pay off. That's 100% on me.
I'm NOT ok with Erwin dying in a party of five where two people chose to be non-combatants and leave everyone else to die.
Keep in mind that sigma is actually the fourth character I've come up with here while most others were/are on their firstIn post 712, MariaR wrote:I think the final boss fight really really put it into view for me without Sigma we were fucked I'm just trying to figure out how to balance everyone out.
I don't recall the decision being made because of what Rose would do - Ether was concerned about undead and I thought it was Ether didn't want to play without Dunn, not becauseIn post 709, MariaR wrote:I don't have a problem with Rose or Achan leaving mostly because it seems like something they'd do
Basically this.In post 711, MariaR wrote:No Dunn it's not that at all I don't mind the fact that Sigma is strong it's great really! I don't like that if you're not here we're basically having a huge huge fallback and I want to try and get us stronger to get on your level.
You worded this perfectly. If we KNEW we couldn't trust Achan then I'd literally play as if we were one party member down at all times, and there was no way I'd support a 3-man party in what is supposed to be a 7-person campaign. The false pretense of having an extra character hurt us since we didn't know charge-headlong-into-four-berserkers-Achan would go 100% coward.In post 714, Firebringer wrote:honestly the more i think about it I REALLY THINK she should have given us a heads up on this that she was planning to develop her character this way so we don't just go "WTF is going on", because it literally happened out of nowhere. I get she was doing her character development but it kind of developed out of thin air, one minute Achan charges into battle recklessly and the next she starts running when things go sour.
We are currently too full and cannot accommodate more players!In post 719, Gamma Emerald wrote:I'll be working on my character soon, so inform me if there's any roles you need filled
I did mention to you guys just after the troll fight ended that Achan had grown distant from the rest of the party and valued saving Allea above all else. Achan also specifically said that he wanted to leave at the first sign of trouble. This was a perfectly natural consequence of both of those things. And sure maybe I could have been clearer about the whole thing but I didn't know exactly how things would play out until Achan got into that situation. No one said they had a problem with it when I brought up that that's what Achan would do, so that's what he did. I would have been happy to have him stay and fight if anyone had said they preferred it that way.In post 718, Andrius wrote:You worded this perfectly. If we KNEW we couldn't trust Achan then I'd literally play as if we were one party member down at all times, and there was no way I'd support a 3-man party in what is supposed to be a 7-person campaign. The false pretense of having an extra character hurt us since we didn't know charge-headlong-into-four-berserkers-Achan would go 100% coward.In post 714, Firebringer wrote:honestly the more i think about it I REALLY THINK she should have given us a heads up on this that she was planning to develop her character this way so we don't just go "WTF is going on", because it literally happened out of nowhere. I get she was doing her character development but it kind of developed out of thin air, one minute Achan charges into battle recklessly and the next she starts running when things go sour.
