07-17-2018, 06:00 PM
Carkus' post: Personally, I don't like the idea of actual aliens from outer space (and the intermingling, though Mass Effect is a good series from what I've heard, just not my kind of genre). I just have a really hard time getting into the headspace to actively play and take part in something that different from our world now. Even further removing the game from reality makes it even harder for me to grasp, understand and stay interested.
Making an entirely new world, again, is not in our best option, not if we're wanting to boost numbers and activity pretty quickly. Like April said, an entirely new world would mean months of development and planning.
April's post: Because I've been trying to get my thoughts together lately and actually,, kick myself in the ass to respond to this thread-- I do agree with radiation being restricting/limiting! However, if it wasn't just nuclear war that fucked the Earth up- there are some people that thoroughly believe in things like Mercury Retrograde. Taking from astrology and real big events that affect the Earth, we can reasonably twist things to fit what we want. I honestly don't think we should restrict the game a whole lot- even I don't want to be restricted.
I'll take an example with a concept that I'm currently attempting to transfer over here from FF- The Darkness. My thoughts (so far) on it is a form of radiation poisoning and something else. So whether that something else is supernatural, entirely natural, or some mutant of both- there's leeway. Real world radiation poisoning causes significant health issues and disabilities, twist it and it becomes mutations of otherwise healthy people. And that goes for vampires and such- who's to say that just because there was nuclear meltdown there aren't still vampires, werewolves, changelings, etc. They're here in the real world/people genuinely believe in them. Things don't have to be that far removed from reality to make 'sense'.
Elumina's post: It may be that, like you said, it's not very fleshed out but I'm having a hard time grasping what you mean exactly? I understand there being a dimensional rift (like a new world) that would bring mutants over but would it take place in the 'mutant' world or the human world?
Making an entirely new world, again, is not in our best option, not if we're wanting to boost numbers and activity pretty quickly. Like April said, an entirely new world would mean months of development and planning.
April's post: Because I've been trying to get my thoughts together lately and actually,, kick myself in the ass to respond to this thread-- I do agree with radiation being restricting/limiting! However, if it wasn't just nuclear war that fucked the Earth up- there are some people that thoroughly believe in things like Mercury Retrograde. Taking from astrology and real big events that affect the Earth, we can reasonably twist things to fit what we want. I honestly don't think we should restrict the game a whole lot- even I don't want to be restricted.
I'll take an example with a concept that I'm currently attempting to transfer over here from FF- The Darkness. My thoughts (so far) on it is a form of radiation poisoning and something else. So whether that something else is supernatural, entirely natural, or some mutant of both- there's leeway. Real world radiation poisoning causes significant health issues and disabilities, twist it and it becomes mutations of otherwise healthy people. And that goes for vampires and such- who's to say that just because there was nuclear meltdown there aren't still vampires, werewolves, changelings, etc. They're here in the real world/people genuinely believe in them. Things don't have to be that far removed from reality to make 'sense'.
Elumina's post: It may be that, like you said, it's not very fleshed out but I'm having a hard time grasping what you mean exactly? I understand there being a dimensional rift (like a new world) that would bring mutants over but would it take place in the 'mutant' world or the human world?