February EMP Meme

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What’s it like playing a RvB character in the low-tech setting of the game, and how well do you think RvB characters mix with it?

Also, would a character who has canon positive CR with Washington (eg. the Reds and Blues, the Freelancers, the Chorusans) be better than one who has canon negative CR with Washington (eg. the Blues and Reds, the mercs)?

(I might not be using the term CR correctly but hopefully you get what I mean.)

And lastly, is there anything you think would sell RvB players specifically on the game, anything about the game that you think would suit them especially well?

[counterblows]

Hello! Personally I don't find the low-tech setting to be that conflicting; Wash and other past RvBs get a sigil that lets their power armor keep working, even if the more OP mods and such would be nerfed. As far as positive/negative CR goes, I have no real preference. Positive CR is easiest to work with in the short term, since negative CR almost always has that "how do I justify OOCly not killing/making this character's life hell Constantly" hurdle that's hard to clear, but I'm flexible and don't mind talking things out.

As far as the game's specifics...well, I'm someone who likes challenging my characters and pushing them out of their comfort zones. In RvB, there's a lot of "shoot the problem until it stops being a problem" which understandably works a lot of the time! Even where diplomatic solutions exist, there's usually a combat-based solution somewhere in the mix. That doesn't really fly so well here, where ammo is limited and these spacefaring military dudes have to get used to working with a diverse range of characters - children, aliens, magicians, etc. It'd be almost too easy for me to put Wash in some kind of futuristic or space-set setting. That wouldn't challenge him nearly enough for my liking. LifeAftr has forced him to not be the soldier he is in a lot of ways; he can't just establish a military base here and whip a bunch of soldiers into shape the way he did on Chorus, because there aren't any supplies to manage that sort of thing, and there are so few people here who know how to shoot a weapon, let alone run combat drills.

It's a challenge that works for me, though I'd understand if it doesn't work for everyone! That's just part of the appeal of the setting for me.