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04-28-2017, 09:48 AM
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The very presence of a weapon does impact the RP environment as such that when even if its lowered citizens would take more caution and be more uncomfortable depending on the context.
But a lowered weapon does not have any leverage in terms of FearRP initiating and to compare a pointed weapon with a lowered one is absurd, especially when the pointed weapon had initiated fearRP first. To allow a lowered weapon to be used as a fearRP tool would be extremely abuse-able and would be much like an officer pointing his gun at every citizen he walks by, because that's the purpose of fearRP. During my all time on Fearless this has been followed by myself and other (staff) so I am unsure why this has arisen as a problem now - do note that the new rule set clarified this even more.
FearRP rule is dull in every aspect, no doubt. But as there has yet to be an efficient solution to this a compromise with having "pointed" even clearer in the rules were made. FearRP is plainly used on Fearless to have individuals get under command, but the general presence of a weapon will theoretically impact a character's decision but a pointed one being far more aggressive and limiting the space for an "argue" RP (pardon my phrasing there, I am too tired to find the appropriate word). A lowered weapon is in a far more passive stand whilst a pointed weapon is direct and initiates something.
As Spear said, theoretically a security guard would have FearRP advantage in a whole store even if a gun man came in and pointed a gun at him - doesn't make any sense. In any realistic situation the lowered weapon would be of disadvantage and ordered to be removed, only reason I could see it being useful is if the gunman turns around and is not a threat anymore - then the security guard would be able to take his shot behind the man's back. Having a lowered weapon would be too vague and fearRP is explicitly used to determine when you must follow a command and it uses the most aggressive way to initiate that - a pointed weapon.
These discussions are healthy to have so I applaud DVN and any other serious debaters that have posted on this thread. Thank you.
But a lowered weapon does not have any leverage in terms of FearRP initiating and to compare a pointed weapon with a lowered one is absurd, especially when the pointed weapon had initiated fearRP first. To allow a lowered weapon to be used as a fearRP tool would be extremely abuse-able and would be much like an officer pointing his gun at every citizen he walks by, because that's the purpose of fearRP. During my all time on Fearless this has been followed by myself and other (staff) so I am unsure why this has arisen as a problem now - do note that the new rule set clarified this even more.
FearRP rule is dull in every aspect, no doubt. But as there has yet to be an efficient solution to this a compromise with having "pointed" even clearer in the rules were made. FearRP is plainly used on Fearless to have individuals get under command, but the general presence of a weapon will theoretically impact a character's decision but a pointed one being far more aggressive and limiting the space for an "argue" RP (pardon my phrasing there, I am too tired to find the appropriate word). A lowered weapon is in a far more passive stand whilst a pointed weapon is direct and initiates something.
As Spear said, theoretically a security guard would have FearRP advantage in a whole store even if a gun man came in and pointed a gun at him - doesn't make any sense. In any realistic situation the lowered weapon would be of disadvantage and ordered to be removed, only reason I could see it being useful is if the gunman turns around and is not a threat anymore - then the security guard would be able to take his shot behind the man's back. Having a lowered weapon would be too vague and fearRP is explicitly used to determine when you must follow a command and it uses the most aggressive way to initiate that - a pointed weapon.
These discussions are healthy to have so I applaud DVN and any other serious debaters that have posted on this thread. Thank you.
Kind Regards,
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