10-01-2020, 10:27 PM
Want to reply to the above post--it raises a very good point and issue. A lot of the time if your character even has the implication of doing something wrong then they'll just be arrested by the guards. I know that from experience myself. It all comes down to the court of public opinion--and this would be tolerable if the punishment didn't mean a glorify ban from the game. Yeah, you get put in a jail cell, but what are you able to do there? Nothing. Maybe once in a blue moon someone is around to RP with you. Essentially though you're given 1+ days of being unable to play the game on your character. That's an extremely shitty system honestly--especially when arrests can be made over extremely trivial matters and when the character in question hasn't even actually done anything wrong.
I can speak firsthand that I'm less inclined to play the kind of antagonistic character I'd like to play because of how these things usually play out. It doesn't help that whenever something happens, somehow 15 other people gather around as the event unfolds out of nowhere. If you're solo antagonizing, then good luck because you'll easily be outnumbered. While one could argue 'just be in a party or antagonize in a group' that shouldn't be literally the only way to do it. Some of the most interesting villains in other media--especially anime, which this game takes heavy inspiration from--are those that act alone or represent some sort of overarching villain. It's impossible to play a character like that on SL2.
I can speak firsthand that I'm less inclined to play the kind of antagonistic character I'd like to play because of how these things usually play out. It doesn't help that whenever something happens, somehow 15 other people gather around as the event unfolds out of nowhere. If you're solo antagonizing, then good luck because you'll easily be outnumbered. While one could argue 'just be in a party or antagonize in a group' that shouldn't be literally the only way to do it. Some of the most interesting villains in other media--especially anime, which this game takes heavy inspiration from--are those that act alone or represent some sort of overarching villain. It's impossible to play a character like that on SL2.