RPing with NPCs... powergaming?

[Hone]

Its no more powergaming than shooting an npc ingame - i.e. none at all. NPCs are very usefull for rping e.g:
http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?...pic=101153
You can pretty much do what you like with NPCs, although having them tell you restricted info about the faction would probly be considered powergaming by many people.

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[BaconSoda]

It might not necessarily be powergaming, but it definitely is a taboo around here. Generally, not something I would do if I wanted to initiate a serious RP encounter here on the forum. Most people like to have a vague control over what happens to their characters and their characters' factions. Even if there is some challenge posed to your character, it isn't really fun when suddenly a Slave Liner shows up on the forum saying "I'LL KILL ALL 4000 LPI I DECIDED TO FARM WHILE THE SERVER WAS ON KIWI TIME IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME 100,000,000 BY HIGH NOON TOMORROW, SHERIFF!"

That said, if a Slave Liner decided to do this ingame and not over the forum, it would go over a little easier. For some reason, everyone seems a little more open to fun when they're actually playing the game. And there's the fact that if there's a Slave Liner by Planet Pittsburgh with 4,000 LPI, it suddenly becomes a tangible challenge instead of some jerkwad on the other side of space you'll likely never see.

Moral of the story: taboo goes over better when you do it ingame and not on the forum.

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