"Balance"

[Rune 1,099]

This has come up a few times, but it always makes for good discussion.

 

Do you bother balancing your site in terms of colours? Canonically, greens make up 50% of the population. For me, forcing players to have 2 greens for every 1 of every other colour seems ridiculous but some sites take it to an extreme. (Even if phrased differently. ie: Only 1 bronze per player, etc. Not that this is an extreme example.)

 

I find it restricting. If you claim all the "slots" you have for the more desired characters you are guaranteed to only Impress the "less desirable" colours it pretty much cripples your character options. If you make a character that's a leader but you already have your bronze, you're going to get a blue or green (depending on whether or not browns are considered ranking on that individual site.) Not that getting those colours is a bad thing, but it can be... disheartening, if that makes sense.

 

What's your opinion?

[jenneral_jennson 154]

*slams tankards on table* You already know my opinion on it!

 

That said. It's stifling, it limits creativity and is incredibly controlling. It's fairly easy to say canonically weyrs only had a limited amount of this and that and be stringent in the population you have so you have to have a fighter majority and be done with it without allowing players the ability to use their imagination. This is done for control, for admins to have a tight fist on who and when people get those super special colors. That being said, why do people put so much emphasis on the super special colors. Who fricking cares to be honest. A bronze doesn't have to be in a leadership role. A gold doesn't have to clutch or even rise. Stop making them so damn special all the time. That's what creates "shiny" chasers and fights and dissatisfaction with your game.

 

Stop limiting your players. It stunts game growth. Game stagnating? Let your grip go ffs. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by jenneral_jennson

[ThistleProse 8]

People are the ridiculous. Honestly, that’s like saying you need to play 6 non-rider’s for every dragonrider you play! Non riders FAR outnumber the dragon riders - I think DLGtP says there are like 6,000 people in the Weyr, PLUS the dragon riders? -, but I never see THIS type of rule roaming around!

 

NPCs exist for a reason. NPCs make up the bulk of any RP community. Got 17 played characters? Those 17 are the special characters. They shouldn’t have to be super balanced. I mean, you don’t want a ton of Sues, but at the same time, PCs are meant to be SPECIAL.

 

Play the dumb-as-mud goldrider. Play the sloth bronzerider!
 

I have a gold rider who is a more sexual creature than most greens OR their riders!

I have a gay bronze rider mated to a male blue rider. He has aspirations to be a Weyrleader, but right now he’s just screwing and chillaxing. The good life.

 

Why should the colour of the dragon immediately mean the character in question has to be Leadership and Important? It’s so silly.

 

Anyway; the ones with aspirations that never reach them (or keep failing) are the best. Excuse me while I go torment my characters some more :P

[fandomjunkie 9]

Old  topic, but player characters are almost never going to be representative of their setting anyway. XD So what if there's more bronzes in play than blues, or more blues than greens? It should be obvious that the NPCs that make up the rest of the population account for any discrepancies.