So, are other races helping out the remaining ones?

[acridiel]

Dear Suibom, I assume you always stayed neutral to the civilizations so I understand that you does not know what happens to the fame caps when you pledge allegiance to a civilization. As Trini became a Tryker citizen her Zorai fame was reduced from about 80 of the old fame system to 0 in the new one.
0 is the maximum fame a Tryker citizen can reach under the current fame system.

And don't think I shun the fame grind fur the ridiculous 10 points, it just is impossible for me to do so!

And you might have noticed that each and every one of us who took a citizenship received this treatment.
As a Matis my fame with the Fyros is Zero, Zip, Nada, None, Nix, Niente, 0.

Do I complain? Why should I?

Its only natural political evolution.
If I as a German, would suddenly want to crop up in Africa somewhere and want to help build a house, most people probably would look pretty much sideways at me. True some would welcome my help. But never all.
Jeez people, use your imagination a bit, and don´t take everything at face value and so extremely serious.

Nobody complains about a Horde Char. not being able to built a shelter for an Alliance Char, on Azeroth... *rolleyes*

So what? The Zorai don´t want Trykers to help them, the Fyros don´t like Matis strolling around their cities, the reverse is true for the other races.
What´s the point in arguing about it?

The Story continues, if it´ll be all out war, or peace, still lies with us.
If the leaders might one day, god forbid, declare war on the other nations...
what If we just don´t show up?

We might be obliged to follow them, but we´re not forbidden to state our mind and act the way y´know.
Just an example.

The Lore and the continous story are just frameworks for us to build our own stories in the World of Atys. Some rules have got to apply, if not, there´s nothing much to work with, or obstacles to overcome.

As long as a Fame 0 Player isn´t outright killed by NPCs for entering a city of a rival race, its just something to "play with". To built your story around.
And not to see as a hindrance to the way you want to play.

Chess has got a set of strict rules too.
I wouldn´t think of changing them.

Same with most any other game out there.

Anyway, before I get my usual set of slaps for speaking here, I´ll get away and let you think

CU
Acridiel

[suib0m]

Dear Suibom, I assume you always stayed neutral to the civilizations so I understand that you does not know what happens to the fame caps when you pledge allegiance to a civilization. As Trini became a Tryker citizen her Zorai fame was reduced from about 80 of the old fame system to 0 in the new one.
0 is the maximum fame a Tryker citizen can reach under the current fame system.

And don't think I shun the fame grind fur the ridiculous 10 points, it just is impossible for me to do so!

Dear Trini,
Assumptions are a killer, aren't they ? I am Matis, I came to the mainland in search of information about my adoptive father, I strived to become a productive member of my people and to join a strong and able guild. I had high hopes. I achieved some of that, I became a Matis citizen.

And then I discovered the truth about how things work. I was led astray was stonewalled about information on my father. I had to lose my kinship to him because of the beliefs of the people. I lost the guild I was part of because the search for my father was destroying me; realizing that my people are not as noble as the stories I heard as a child (obviously not my people as a whole, just some of the more influential leaders). It turns out that my father was involved with Elias and was killed as a known Trytonist. For my safety I realized that I must publicly, for now, disavow my involvement. Though I know King Yrkanis would likely not shun me, because I try to work hard for the betterment of my people, I also know that other political leaders in the Matis monarchy would happily destroy me as an example of "lack of faith".

When I finally began to pull myself together and forge a new path through life on Atys, I publicly renounced my Matis citizenship. It was painful, and it was sad, but it was a choice that I had to make to meet the objectives I have laid out for myself. I may become a Matis citizen again at some point, or possibly a Tryker citizen. But for now, I am not racially aligned.

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So, you see, I do understand the situation and I still do not agree with the supposed stance that game mechanics are interfering with roleplay aspects when lore and the belief of the peoples is just thrown aside.

Through my writings and posts to the roleplay site, I hope to help affect change in the game, because I would love it if we all worked together to defeat the kitin and the Dragon. Can I do it? I dunno.. hopefully. I have faith that my voice means something. But I will try to do it within the boundaries that have been put in place for me, because my character would not know better and would have heavy prejudices ingrained from birth.
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Peace,
- Sui