Komissar, I know that you're interested in the background as well, so I hope you don't take this as an affront, but the ambiguity between characters and players is part of the problem. While the character Lylanea may be 100% right from her POV, it has nothing to do with the player Acridiel. For me, it was not clear from the beginning that the movies are part of the character Lylanea's story, instead of movies about the homin races of Atys by the player Acridiel. Either way I felt the need to clarify what I (the player) had seen, if only to help other players better understand what they are seeing.komissar wrote:I second Acri on that - he's right about faith 100%.
Regarding faction PvP, of course that is the way it works on any server, but that's because there's currently no other way it could work. If you want more than casual PvP, you have to have faction PvP. If you want outposts, you have to have faction outposts. Faction currently means religious faction, at least until we have the spires, and maybe even beyond. While I agree on the factual correctness, I (as a player) see it coming from a lack in game mechanics rather than based in (and therefore part of) Fyros tradition. So to live up to their ferocious and often warlike nature, the Fyros (as characters) currently have no choice other than side with the Kami. But that is not out of faith, but a cunning stratagem in outmaneouvering the Karavan.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I still feel this is a role-playing game, and not just another third-person shooter. Of course one can play it as such, just "lvl up" and PvP WoW-style, but that means missing out on the real qualities of Ryzom, the background story that sets it apart from the masses.
I think (and hope!) Acridiels movies are being watched far beyond our small community, and thus I feel it's important to be clear about such things. And if I'm only mumbling to myself like an old toothless fyros, what harm can it do
