[InsainArcaneBirdbrain]

Gonna play Devil's advocate on this one, since while I do get behind the sentiment that the rule can be a pain oocly, it does serve a couple of important functions.

-The obvious case is roiding out a new make with decked out grinding gear. Level requirements and all that don't help when you consider the optimal grind builds use things at low rarity values.

-When you just deck out your character from the get-go, and can craft for yourself, then suddenly the ic demands for crafters plummet. People are incentivised to have a key full of crafter alts for themselves, which for an RP game, removes a lot of the RP to be had having to go out and find a crafter to make it. On the G6, sure, the lack of enforced ic rules make it less of an issue, but for Korvara, it's part of the design to encourage you to actually get out there and interact. As for the point about not being a fledgling adventure, well you don't have to RP being one at all. Mechanics =/= IC, pvp ain't the end all be all folks (and yes before it gets brought up, you can antag without pvp, I've done it myself).

-The game economy heavily revolves around new makes getting that grind done and getting some rare but unnecessary drops. Rare items especially on Korv should stay rare, makes them just a bit more special. Your build most likely isn't going to be non-functional without it, and if it is, you *probably* should have checked to see if anyone had one for sale ahead of time you could have reserved for ic acquisition. If you just allow twinking, no one will want to sell things anymore. "I could sell this, OR I could stash it for when I make an alt later that can use it." That's one of the major conundrums the rule helps prevent. If you get a rare drop, pass it on if you can't use it, and let another do the same for you. As annoying as it can be, this isn't a single player game.


For those reasons, I personally think the rule should stand despite the annoyances. There's too much risk that the entire game economy would be broken in the sense that player interaction no longer becomes nessesary.

Edit: Deng... I got sniped, but yeah, it wouldn't be healthy for the RP environment.