Posted by JARF on December 08, 1999 at 16:18:15:
In Reply to: Re: Comparing Cabals posted by Sniper on December 08, 1999 at 14:38:43:
> There are major differences in playing each cabal. > Battle: Has a good thought our purpose and it takes alot of patience to play. The only problem with battle, is getting the "suggested" roleplaying out of a rager. Ragers in the past have always been just straight out killers with no brain.. if a rager had a brain he might be deadly. Not all of them, but a decent point, however you kinda kill your point with that last line. 'if a rager had a brain he might be deadly' Weren't you talking about how they don't roleplay? Personally I'd like to see ragers adopt the 'barbarian village' roleplay a bit more. I'd like to see them actually act like the description of them in Thror's stories. > Empire: Is a dam joke, its role is stupid, but thats just my opinion. I would much rather see an old"Shadow" cabal than this empire. Hardly none if at all any, Are worth a shit. Take for granite, some actually try to roleplay which credit is then due. Far as pk wise, None can pk without four or five others riding in their hip pocket. Again you talk about lack of rp, then mention how they can't kill without back up. Which bothers you more, that they don't roleplay...or that they gang you? Be consistant. I personally like Empire's role, and they are not supposed to be the old Shadow...in many ways they're the exact opposite. Shadow was supposed to be a secret underground organazation, Empire is very much well-known...and uses the numbers vs skill mentality very well...and very much in it's role. Empire have two categories: Leader and fodder, which IMHO is a wonderful idea...if only the sects wouldn't help each other out as much. I'd love to see a little more intra-sect rivalry. > Entropy: Always been the same basically, doing their own thing..pestering whom ever they please. Now that Dopple is avaible to everyone, its turned into a mini wannabe empire. Doing nothing than souly pk'ing.. In the past(years ago) Entropy did nothing but bug the shit out of people and was more to the point of having fun in a care free environment than pk'ing. Which in my opinion, entropy is one of the funnest cabals to be in..or was at some point. Entropy is the one cabal that has stayed the same throughout the years by constantly changing with each new face. Granted there are far too many rehashed roles...but every now and then someone steps in and remolds the cabal to themself...which I've always thought was the true coolness of Entropy, the one cabal that's designed to be redesigned in role by players...think about that next time you roll up an Entropy. Okay, herein we have two of the misconceptions that have always annoyed me, 1) Knights weren't supposed to be the good vs evil cabal they evolved into...remember the word 'honor', that's what they stood for. It just trickled down to them also being the champions of the Light, by default while fighting Shadow...in the end, that's what killed them, since they stopped focusing on honor. 2) Dawn is not a replacement for Knights...at least not in the same role. Dawn is a cabal for helping goods, and nourishing the Light...the problems that I see, is it's too easy to trick them into a spot where they get whacked. So, none of them help out anymore (can you blame them). Maybe if a power were added to prevent that, they'd be able to do thier role a bit better. > Masters; Well thought out, always has been, most always will be. Though scourge is a bitch an should be toned down abit, not alot, just alittle. weaken/blind/poison, is abit much especially when the scourge itself oblits you. The passive attitude is great, cause it focuses on the actualy study of magic rather than the use of its power. Knowing the power from studing is the point.. If more masters roleplayed the persuit of magic, and not 'heh I'm a master...you're going to bite it now!' that occasionally rises in the Tower, I would say that Master's are probably the one cabal that has always stuck closest to it's role (excepting Entropy of course). > Sylvan; A nice, quaint cabal..Could be more useful if there were actual memebers. but, all the members are hand picked by sebeok/uller which i am not condiming, just is a reason any warders hardly are about. I think if more people understood Sylvan enough to pass one of Sebeok's interviews, we'd see more Sylvans...as it is *shrug* I see no reason to lower standards just because people don't get it.
> I am not saying, No imperial in the past could kill along, just saying now there isn't any.
> Dawn: ? Is there a dawn?*chuckle* useless, meaningless..totaly was of immortal time. Knights should be brought back to at least challenge the dark. There has always been major "wars" in thera. Magic against haters of magic; Chaos verses Order; Light verse the Dark..Which now of course, there is little if any light verse the Dark.
> Which is why Dark walkers are running so rampid in thera cause there is nothing special for lightwalkers to join.
> I mean, whats the statis of the cabal memebership? 10-15 people max? 2-5 that show half way regularly? The cabal should open up more, give more folks a chance to play the role. As of now, the role can not be filled when the doors are closed.