Extremely Important

[Aqua]

At the behest of friends, I'll probably be staying. But I want to poit some things out.
Raditzu:

Aqua, you need to chill out, man. You're worried about keeping tokens? Seriously? By the time any change might be put into effect (if there's a change at all) tokens will either be already done, or it won't exist for anyone. You're getting upset because there's a chance you might lose some of the work you did over half a year of writing? If I can even call it writing as this point. You're acting like it was nothing but work and that you got no enjoyment out of expressing yourself through the art of prose. Which I know you did.

Everyone else: stop exaggerating so much. When someone has to stop and clearly define "Technique," "Ability," "Move," and "Best Move" then you know you're getting a little carried away. We're not trying to double-talk you guys, we're not trying to set up loopholes for ourselves, and we're not going to ambush you all so that one day you click on "Chubbs DBZ RPG" and its something you never knew was coming.

You basically ignored everything I said in all of my posts. I wasn't just worried about tokens. Though now that you mention them let me point out something. People keep telling me I'll already have the rewards from the tokens by the time this change is enacted. Ok... well since I have no clue what the reward is why would I continue going for them? Because, for all I know, the reward is a power up, zeni, or a TP boost. If either of these are the reward, I will lose all the work put into collecting the tokens.

And yes, I enjoy writing, but for me, the enjoyment is secondary to the game. That doesn't make me wrong and you right or vise versa, it just means I'm motivated by the game aspect of this RPG more than anything else.

And as for the disctinction between technique and move and best move and ability... I think that's pretty important. For example, if we can keep techniques but not moves, that will greatly effect what many people will do in the time to come before the switch.

I don't think you guys are trying to fuck us over. But honestly, did you expect everyone to be like "OH GAWD! RESET!!!1! LET ME SUCK YOUR NUTS!1!" I mean, you had to expect some sort of resistance otherwise you wouldn't have made this thread.

Rad:

I'm not being a drill sergeant. Waff says "some form of compensation might be provided" and suddenly people are keeping all their abilities and they're talking about ki levels and scaling and so on and so forth.

It amazes me that people have talked so much about this when we've told you next to nothing. That's what I'm saying. Don't go on like we've said more than we have.

I beg to differ sir!

To quote staff:

Waff:

We'll take this into consideration during the development of this and work a way for those who do not wish to switch to remain as their characters but they will still be affected by the stats wipe.

Waff:

Originally posted by Bulma
One last question. We'll more than likely keep our abilities right? I don't care about the stats.

Yes.

edit: If by abilties you don't mean powerups, then yes.

Waff:

It's more of the systematic change flavor. The way we measure stats is problematic and we are planning a change. But it's not like just reseting everything and starting over, your current abilities will be reflected in the new system.

Waff:

They can either use a canon, or a custom.


... Then if they don't want to be canon they can switch to custom and canon will become NPC.

Waff:

Abilities is like Raikenesis and Teleportation.

Powerups is like Supersaiyajin.

Kakarot:

No the stats would be gone, set to like 1. You'd keep your character, history, and possibly some techs.

Waff:

The stats will be like... not the stats anymore. Abilities will affect your power though and will be able to be carried over.

Waff:

Likely, your items will be removed. Perhaps a static (the same for everyone) zeni refund will be included.

As for your conversion system, it is possible and will be considered.

Waff:

I said a static refund... So like 2,000 zeni for everyone.

Not a ton but more than the newcomers would get.

Needless to say Rad, we weren't just fabricating "keeping all our abilities and talking about ki levels and scaling and so on and so forth." I was just being specific and hammering at the points I was concenred with based on what staff was offering me... my bad?

That being said, i agree with staff when they say that enough people have not showed concern to retain the boosts of our current ki levels for them to feel a need to enact any form of power compensation. Characters like mine are going to get screwed, but I'll live I suppose. I just want you all to know that I was perfectly aware that there were people losing more work than me, and that they were ok with it. I was perfectly aware that this move was for the betterment of the site. I am just of the opinion that you can minorly compensate people wo have been here for a period of time and have nothing but their work and a decent ki level to show for it. I'm not illogical, I understand the complexities of a reset, I've been through several on many DBZ RPG boards. I get how it works, I was just trying to come up with a fair method of compensation for our time for everyone, not just those with cool techniques to carry over. But as I said, staff doesn't seem to want to do anything like that (though they said they would consider it so I guess it isn't impossible...) and I'll live.

However, I really want to know why we should continue to RP until the switch. Besdies the joy of writing, of course because that's a bull shit answer and you know it. If I wanted to just write amongst friends, I'd type out something and give it to my friends at home and talk to them in person. We come to the message board because it presents us with a way to compete and meet new people and PLAY.

Therefore, it is VERY important to know what exactly will be carried over in the reset. Is it all techniques or just some (obviously not the powerups, but im referencing best moves as well)? Will there be any compensation for our stats (from what staff has said, no one seems to want any form of that, but I want a definative answer please)? If we do get all our best moves and techniques... what's to stop a person from throwing all their TPs into their mentals and getting a hole bunch of moves before the reset? If we dont give older characters anything after the reset but 2-3 techniques (the moves rewarded by staff for excellent RPing) what is to motivate us to continue RPing besides the simple joy of writing?