I dislike the idea that your MC boosts your characters and provides such a stagggered combination of power levels at a game the idea that everyone can participate in an encounter is laughable.
I'd quite happily see the society ditch the entire concept of MC = XP, otherwise the idea of a reset is pointless.
Since this is the first I'm really hearing on the reset, I still need to research more to build up an opinion on it but my gut feeling is that it will simply alienate a swathe of players and achieve nothing in the long run.
I do like your idea though of an XP removal, some kind of "OMG my powers have stopped working" story
Actually, I wouldn't bother with the 'oh my god, my power stopped' story. I'd just never mention that the powers stopped. No need for a story. We're all adults.
I imagine this is wildly unpopular an idea, with cry's of it not staying true to character or what ever, but it's what *I'd* like to see.
Leaving aside the fact that I quite like requiem...
I don't think it'll be popular because every time I've mentioned it as a pretty obvious solution - and I mean every time - someone has said 'but if my character used to be able to do *blah* and now he can't, how can you explain that?'
Me, I'd just ignore it. But it seems like it would break peoples minds...
Off the top of my head - and this is admittedly Requiem-specific, because that's what I play - but I can think of a set-up which would let that soft reset idea make sense without breaking the 4th wall
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i agree with you very much. i'd quite like a soft reset. i'd be happy if it only affected MC XP and left all the stuff earned in play as-is. i'd be happy to ease the blow by allowing a big chunk of XP debt (so you wouldn't have to lose much unless you were in the top third or so of MC levels), just stagnate quite a bit while paying off your debt.
but i like my stories. i'm not done with them yet.
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I'd quite happily see the society ditch the entire concept of MC = XP, otherwise the idea of a reset is pointless.
Since this is the first I'm really hearing on the reset, I still need to research more to build up an opinion on it but my gut feeling is that it will simply alienate a swathe of players and achieve nothing in the long run.
I do like your idea though of an XP removal, some kind of "OMG my powers have stopped working" story
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I imagine this is wildly unpopular an idea, with cry's of it not staying true to character or what ever, but it's what *I'd* like to see.
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I don't think it'll be popular because every time I've mentioned it as a pretty obvious solution - and I mean every time - someone has said 'but if my character used to be able to do *blah* and now he can't, how can you explain that?'
Me, I'd just ignore it. But it seems like it would break peoples minds...
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but i like my stories. i'm not done with them yet.
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Anything to avoid all our stories getting scrapped.
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