I'm glad there isn't a vamp game... If there's one thing I'm really sick of, it's all these people who whenever they RP, can't think of anything but "I'm a vampire!".
I dunno... It might be all the live players I've ment in my time and the ocassional bad RP'er who couldn't say more than "I'm a vampire" who've messed up my vision of this, but the problem is as such:
Vampires are super natural beings. They can throw cars, are immortal, and can kill anyone they please... In short, it's too damn easy and there are no risks. I find the only people who play Vamp's are the people who want total power. The same people who use cheats in FPS'ers.
I'm sorry to say this, and I appologise if I offend anyone... But I find it weak.
To each his own, and I will never comment anything in game or ruin their RP... But I will leave as the whole "you can't hurt me but I could end your life now, I just choose not to cus I'm nice and mercifull" crap is beginning to bug me.. Truth is, most of these people (not all) lack any kind of respect IRL. They seek aknowledgement and when people do not treat them with the respect they want, they make up for it in RP. There is nothing wrong with this, it's always been like that. We play mages because we can't do magic. We play Sci-Fi because our world doesn't have flying cars. All RP fills a gap in reality. I just can't be bothered filling this need for self glorification that others might have.
It's a game. I don't need this to get personal, I don't need your RL problems and I really don't need to be your vent. This might seem harsh, so be it.
I stopped RP'ing because of all the drama. How anyone could start a RL crisis conflict out of a game is beyond me. That's when the fine line between game and obsession is crossed...
I think that comment might have slightly thread-jacked this whole thing, so I'll send it back on course...
I'm gonna try WoW. Simple as that. I like the mass PvP and the fact that the PvP is (from a "this is as good as it will ever get when not basd on real skill" perspective) very well balanced!
Fantasy is a little harder. There are no stims or spindles, but tbh, I also find it rewarding. At least people aren't newbs at lvl 60 unlike some 200+'s I've met. Don't mind noobs... But I'd like them to not be noobs at some point... End game seems like a suitable point imo. So far SL has undermined that. But oh well, still love AO... And I WILL be back... Erh, tho I haven't left yet... Not gonna till WoW has been runnin for a bit and they've delt with the worst tweakings... Oh well...
Tm