TwilightDisciple Wrote:I do wonder if actually trying to conceal one's prestige ICly and reserving it for when the time is needed would help alleviate this problem? I've seen many prestige characters be quite blatant about their role, leaving no mystery.
Indeed. At first when I RP'd with Fala'thorei I used to have him in a hooded cloak with a shirt to conceal his tattoos. Unfortunately, the glaives gave it away and people spotted him as a DH from a mile off. After a while, I just stopped caring OOCly (And Fala did ICly).
In reference to prestige power, I'm definitely of the opinion that they shouldn't be all powerful. I know Fala
acts invincible when he's angry, but the reality is he's most certainly not.
Of course, he can feel fear like anyone. But in situations where he's in combat (most likely against a Fel-sworn or warlock), his hatred of them generally overpowers his fear. Were he to face off against a group of gladiators or something, he'd be wetting himself.
In relation to people targeting prestiges, it doesn't happen to me half as much as it did a few months ago, when the system was much more locked up and there were only a small handful of us. Though Fala wasn't involved in too much combat RP at the time, he got threatened all the time in public. Not even from NElves who had a viable racial stigma against him. Just random humans and BElves who'd size him up and insult him, as if looking for an excuse to get into a fight.
The reality is that while many prestiges are subtle in appearance (Necromancer, Dead Shot, etc), many are also much more conspicuous. If your character saw a Fel-sworn or Demon Hunter out in the wild, they'd more than likely head for the hills. For me, Fala's an exception, but my other characters certainly wouldn't try to stand their ground or engage. Especially alone.
One of the main reasons CoB moved out of Raven Hill (both ICly and OOCly) was the fact that we'd get random people dropping in for RP. While it's alright to have random RP with people out in the wild, how many characters would really just decide to up and travel to an abandoned town next to a graveyard teeming with undead, for no other reason than they wanted to check it out? *shrug*
I'd like to take this opportunity, (though not really relevant to the OP) to commend Delta's RP of Valsera. Fala first bumped into her in Raven Hill, where the character was maintaining a vigil for a blood knight. I'd often log on and Val would be the only character in the zone. She wasn't there to stick her nose into random RP out of boredom, it was a real IC reason that was kept up, even when there was no RP nearby for miles.
For days at a time.
EDIT: I called Delta Scout. My bad :3