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<blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 5927023" data-attributes="member: 37277">So is the answer to remove any attempts at verisimilitude? I mean, if that's the case, then why shouldn't everyone be playing Super-Ninja-Merlin-Wolverine? Or give everyone 25000 Hit Points and the innate ability to fly and shoot lightning bolts from their ass?No one is asking for a game that simultaneously emulates degree programs in engineering, medicine, particle physics, fluid-dynamics, English literature, history, and sociology. We just want a nod in the direction, something that's seemingly plausible. Do people who get angry because some of us want the illusion of real healing also get pissed off at Star Trek because it nods more in the direction of realism than Star Wars? Do they look at Dresden Files and get angry because Murphy uses pistols? I mean, it's totally unrealistic that a human casts magic with a staff, so why shouldn't Murphy wear a mech-suit and blast things to pieces with gamma missiles?The reason for nods to realism is because not every one wants to play fantasy superheroes. Some people do want to play fantasy Vietnam (not me), and some people just want to meet somewhere in the middle. We don't want 1990s style super-gritty anti-hero Punisher, but neither do we want Golden Age super fantastic invincible goody-two-shoes Superman.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercutio01, post: 5927023, member: 37277"] So is the answer to remove any attempts at verisimilitude? I mean, if that's the case, then why shouldn't everyone be playing Super-Ninja-Merlin-Wolverine? Or give everyone 25000 Hit Points and the innate ability to fly and shoot lightning bolts from their ass? No one is asking for a game that simultaneously emulates degree programs in engineering, medicine, particle physics, fluid-dynamics, English literature, history, and sociology. We just want a nod in the direction, something that's seemingly plausible. Do people who get angry because some of us want the illusion of real healing also get pissed off at Star Trek because it nods more in the direction of realism than Star Wars? Do they look at Dresden Files and get angry because Murphy uses pistols? I mean, it's totally unrealistic that a human casts magic with a staff, so why shouldn't Murphy wear a mech-suit and blast things to pieces with gamma missiles? The reason for nods to realism is because not every one wants to play fantasy superheroes. Some people do want to play fantasy Vietnam (not me), and some people just want to meet somewhere in the middle. We don't want 1990s style super-gritty anti-hero Punisher, but neither do we want Golden Age super fantastic invincible goody-two-shoes Superman. [/QUOTE]

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