07-18-2018, 04:04 AM
Right now, I think we're focusing too much on lore. If we develop too much of a history/backstory it makes it harder to jump-in and therefore less enticing for people to join. I think we should just go in with a blank-slate universe with simple explanations for why certain things have happened.
A post-apocalyptic world is a nice place to start, perhaps no one knows what happened, and the powers/mutations are a result of natural selection and adaptations which would make sense, because surviving humans would adapt to the new world they've found themselves in. We don't have to include much in history, except maybe what wiped out a majority of the humans also wiped out things such as electricity and modern technology and that's why currently there are only stone-age type weapons and materials.
I feel like that's all we need to set up a semi-realistic, easy to jump in roleplay where people can essentially make up the history of their groups as they go along. The world itself does not necessarily require a history because I know that with Griffingate/Blackfall it was difficult to understand, and as someone who's never done well with history/geography on a whole, I was hesitant to even delve into it because it was unfamiliar to me.
I don't even think we need to worry too much about a map until we pick our boarded groups.
Starting with an essentially blank-slate post-ap universe would give room for human roleplay to grow, and for people to expand on their characters however they wish. Reincarnation of a war veteran? Sure, there must've been a war before the apocalypse. I think this is simple to understand and easy to jump in, which would make human roleplay more attractive and less restrictive to potential roleplayers.
A post-apocalyptic world is a nice place to start, perhaps no one knows what happened, and the powers/mutations are a result of natural selection and adaptations which would make sense, because surviving humans would adapt to the new world they've found themselves in. We don't have to include much in history, except maybe what wiped out a majority of the humans also wiped out things such as electricity and modern technology and that's why currently there are only stone-age type weapons and materials.
I feel like that's all we need to set up a semi-realistic, easy to jump in roleplay where people can essentially make up the history of their groups as they go along. The world itself does not necessarily require a history because I know that with Griffingate/Blackfall it was difficult to understand, and as someone who's never done well with history/geography on a whole, I was hesitant to even delve into it because it was unfamiliar to me.
I don't even think we need to worry too much about a map until we pick our boarded groups.
Starting with an essentially blank-slate post-ap universe would give room for human roleplay to grow, and for people to expand on their characters however they wish. Reincarnation of a war veteran? Sure, there must've been a war before the apocalypse. I think this is simple to understand and easy to jump in, which would make human roleplay more attractive and less restrictive to potential roleplayers.
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