I wholeheartedly get what you're saying - there was no moral conflict, no grey areas, no conflicting decisions and, really, no stat challenge.
But I loved it. I loved it, because much of the time that I play Bregan I'm desperately trying to stay alive with a stat build tailored to one thing and one thing only, and the chance to cut loose with that stat build is the best. I enjoyed it because it was relaxing and I got to blow off some of the immense amount of steam I'm carrying around - one of the core reasons I lrp and one that has been eroded to almost non existence in recent years. The difficulties of life and the world resolved down into a really easy Good vs Evil, Us vs Them. And if it was one sided in that fight, it was because we were well briefed on what was coming and brought the right characters. A tribute to the power of information.
I absolutely agree that the same thing with a more complex character than Bregan would have generated less enjoyment.
I am left curious - did you enjoy the Praesent And Correct 36 hour? Because it had all the same issues for me as you're describing for this, in my perception, yet I perceived you to enjoy it. Which leaves me wondering what the difference was, if that was so?
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Date: 2015-07-27 06:47 pm (UTC)But I loved it. I loved it, because much of the time that I play Bregan I'm desperately trying to stay alive with a stat build tailored to one thing and one thing only, and the chance to cut loose with that stat build is the best. I enjoyed it because it was relaxing and I got to blow off some of the immense amount of steam I'm carrying around - one of the core reasons I lrp and one that has been eroded to almost non existence in recent years. The difficulties of life and the world resolved down into a really easy Good vs Evil, Us vs Them. And if it was one sided in that fight, it was because we were well briefed on what was coming and brought the right characters. A tribute to the power of information.
I absolutely agree that the same thing with a more complex character than Bregan would have generated less enjoyment.
I am left curious - did you enjoy the Praesent And Correct 36 hour? Because it had all the same issues for me as you're describing for this, in my perception, yet I perceived you to enjoy it. Which leaves me wondering what the difference was, if that was so?