The history of ryzom is part of it too, when I first started, it was not possible to join a faction, we could buy all the tps on atys and for the most part, we were all neutrals.
Some time later, came the fame patch, that allowed us to declare ourselves karavan or kami, and a lot of us ran around tagged. My tag was always on as part of my toon's roleplay - Atys is a dangerous place, and one can be attacked by the mobs and/or players at any time.
From 2005 until the servers merged earlier this year, I was 'ganked' by a tagged kami player (that is killed while afk or crafting/digging) about 3 times. I engaged in tagged faction pvp probably about that many times as well.
After the servers merged, I started turning off the pvp tag. As some of the players from other servers were different than us, and anyone wearing a faction tag now is likely to be attacked at any time now, digging or not.
We really didn't care what faction someone was in early days, nor up until arispotle was closed down that I recall, we really left the kami lands ops be held by kami guilds and kara land ones were held by the karas.. Sometimes there would be an attack and things changed for a time, but inevitably, things returned back to this state for time and time again. I did have a break due to 'real life' that MMO with less beauty and more ugliness in it for a few years, but that wast the state at 2008 and seemed the state when i returned for a few months in 2010 as well.
But what has always been a constant is the respect players have for each other in Ryzom. The faction is just a grouping within the community, and minou was just about kami at first, and so I'd have had different 'closer' friends in that case, but I still team/hunt/boss hunt or trek with anyone of any faction to this day, even since the merging of servers.
Exteremist roleplay is just not for me, nor never has been. The story isn't about a great war between two factions, as much as homins struggle against the kitins, the factional division playing a small part in that. The races were more divided at first, but time and time again, came together to combat the kitins, and karavan and kami doing the same, side by side. Where is there room for extremism in this story? There isn't unless one wishes to feel marginalized.. I find there's little difference between people's 'roleplay' and their real personalities here.
Because of that, it's hard to accept an extreme roleplay, as it is too easy for this to be taken personally (or be given personally).
Some time later, came the fame patch, that allowed us to declare ourselves karavan or kami, and a lot of us ran around tagged. My tag was always on as part of my toon's roleplay - Atys is a dangerous place, and one can be attacked by the mobs and/or players at any time.
From 2005 until the servers merged earlier this year, I was 'ganked' by a tagged kami player (that is killed while afk or crafting/digging) about 3 times. I engaged in tagged faction pvp probably about that many times as well.
After the servers merged, I started turning off the pvp tag. As some of the players from other servers were different than us, and anyone wearing a faction tag now is likely to be attacked at any time now, digging or not.
We really didn't care what faction someone was in early days, nor up until arispotle was closed down that I recall, we really left the kami lands ops be held by kami guilds and kara land ones were held by the karas.. Sometimes there would be an attack and things changed for a time, but inevitably, things returned back to this state for time and time again. I did have a break due to 'real life' that MMO with less beauty and more ugliness in it for a few years, but that wast the state at 2008 and seemed the state when i returned for a few months in 2010 as well.
But what has always been a constant is the respect players have for each other in Ryzom. The faction is just a grouping within the community, and minou was just about kami at first, and so I'd have had different 'closer' friends in that case, but I still team/hunt/boss hunt or trek with anyone of any faction to this day, even since the merging of servers.
Exteremist roleplay is just not for me, nor never has been. The story isn't about a great war between two factions, as much as homins struggle against the kitins, the factional division playing a small part in that. The races were more divided at first, but time and time again, came together to combat the kitins, and karavan and kami doing the same, side by side. Where is there room for extremism in this story? There isn't unless one wishes to feel marginalized.. I find there's little difference between people's 'roleplay' and their real personalities here.
Because of that, it's hard to accept an extreme roleplay, as it is too easy for this to be taken personally (or be given personally).
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~minouHigh Officer, Spiritus Artificis
Former Officer, High Officer and Leader, Reapers of the Dark