Galm Fae
Guardian Solutions
DARKSTAR ARMY
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Posted - 2013.09.18 22:24:00 -
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When I think of a few more tips I will post them, but here are some off the top of my head:
1. Lore up. Like, hardcore. While lore might present the issue of accidently leaking knowledge that your character shouldn't know into your roleplay, it is also a must if you ever want to make a character that really fits into new eden. thinking if it as if you were spending skill points. If you are going to be a caldari player, than you can spec into Caldari lore to prioritize your time. I can get away with not knowing much about Amarr lore. Why would I? It is hard enough learning the history of one planet, much less an entire universe of vast empires. Besides giving you background information and keeping posts accurate, it also helps you build your character.
2. Character development. Okay, so you are looking back on the character you have made and you don't really like him. No big deal. A massive part of the IGS for me is the concept of character development. It helps you feel out all aspects of a character until it fits you like a suit and you can swap into character without even thinking about it. Over time you can forge and shape a character, which is why it is important to have a character that you can play with for a bit before laying down a backstory and forming a persona. I am still forumlating who Galm is to this day, and I like to think he is trying to figure himself out to. Aren't we all? Experiment. See what feels right. Work with it, then make it your own.
3. Don't fall into archetypes. New Eden is a ball of wibbley-wobbley moral shades of grey. Often times life isn't a game of good versus evil, but where you were born and which truth you believe. Even factions you may hate with a burning passion may prove to be not all that different from yourself from a different point of view. Are the Dragonaurs just heartless terrorists, or is there something more behind their armor? We need to ask questions like this to do this world we have to play with justice. Strictly speaking, I have yet to mark anyone in the Summit as a hero or a villian yet. We are all just people trying to live another day.
After all, in my mind Galm is anything but a hero. |
Galm Fae
Guardian Solutions
DARKSTAR ARMY
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Posted - 2013.09.20 05:21:00 -
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By the way, have some fun with your character's aesthetics. If you character sticks to stock clones, than have some identifying marks on his combat suit. It could be an emblem, nose art, it could even be a smiley face key scratched into the helmet. If your character has a leisure clone, than New Eden holds a variety of augmentations that can make it your own. Get creative!
(And yes, your leisure clone could keep some augmentations for a while despite the constant jumping between bodies. Clone jumping could keep one clone in one part of the universe that you could snap to in an instant and revive from storage. Hence my justification for why Galm is always in and out of the IGS.)
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