Roleplay Server?
Cabinetduck1147
The city outside of Ns2_Eclipse Join Date: 2015-09-08 Member: 207832Members
The city outside of Ns2_Eclipse Join Date: 2015-09-08 Member: 207832Members
I'm going to start off with saying that I am a Lore Nerd. I love the lore to almost anything I play/read/watch etc. I have been thinking for a couple weeks now, that a Roleplay Server has never even been thought of for Ns2. I know your initial reaction was "Roleplay, what the hell"? But please allow me to elaborate. This Roleplay Server would consist of Ns2 players who love lore, or Roleplay (Obviously). Basic Roleplay, Alien lore would be in heavy use, as well as a little Marine lore too. Aliens would actually have a Power Structure for once, and Marines could have ranks. Limited number of Aliens of all types, very slow paced, easy- going Roleplay, that the faint of heart could definitely handle. For more in- depth information, please ask in thee comments. Thank you, and I hope you take a few seconds out of your time to reply.
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Somewhat, it would be more like Marines don't realize that Kharaa are there, and Kharaa don't realize they are spreading into Marine territory.
You get this kind of teamplay at 3AM.
Other than that, I'm not entirely sure it would be workable... I'm not against the idea of it, in fact, if someone were to say they were making a roleplaying game set in the NS2 universe, I'd leap at the chance to play it, that would be amazeballs!... but the way this game has been designed, i'm not sure its possible
I think it has value and could work, but would need a lot of modding activity.
If you ever RPed on the Half-Life 1 mod called The Specialists, I ran the "TSRN" network of servers. I also made the main map that we used, and contracted out a currency mod. Our "rival" (a dude named Rickler) went all-out with some craaazy custom maps and mods for property ownership, jobs, etc. In the end both communities suffered because the RP dwindled while the idling and unused buildings (because the owner wasn't online) increased.
Anyways, my advice: keep it simple, and keep it private. If you have a core group of folks that are really into RP, that's all you need to have a fantastic time. Proper RPers will respect OOC chat, global "whispers", etc. without the need for complex mods. As for the private aspect: you *will* be trolled like crazy if you don't lock down the server and require tryouts/character profiles/etc. for it... just anything that will require some effort so that you can weed out the fly-by jackasses.
Good luck with it! I may have to get back into RPing if this gets traction. It'd certainly be a fantastic environment to do it in.
In my imagination the a kharra don't know that, so to the kharra the marines are alien intruders.
It would be nice if UWE could create bits of fluff every now and then.
I am just glad you didn't LARP a gorge. That could be akward with the spitting, bile bombs, hydras, clogs, babblers, and webs...