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<blockquote data-quote="RedSiegfried" data-source="post: 6995450" data-attributes="member: 6801611"><p>Yeah, I still don't understand why you can't powergame and roleplay at the same time. I can say as a fact that they are NOT mutually exclusive, because in my groups we play like that almost all the time. </p><p></p><p>In my experience, what people often disagree on is what constitutes roleplaying. Usually if someone is roleplaying the way another person thinks is "correct," they don't care so much if they're powergaming/minmaxing/optimizing/whatever. Not to try to place blame or take sides, but in actual games I've played in, what I see more often is self-proclaimed "roleplayers" complain about others not roleplaying the way they expect. Only one time in a game did I have someone get really upset because a few others weren't optimizing/powergaming the way they expected them to, and even that turned out okay in the end. Usually, the people I play with are the kind of folks who just naturally tend to have the same philosophy as I do about the game ... you can do one or the other a lot, or both, or neither, and we'll all work together to help you to have fun playing the game the way you like to play it.</p><p></p><p>Not trying to say one way or the other is right; it's just my observation. Like I said, I see no reason whatsoever why someone can't optimize the heck out of their character and still roleplay - they're two entirely different parts of the game that are in no way mutually exclusive, and to me that's one of the reasons I love RPGs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedSiegfried, post: 6995450, member: 6801611"] Yeah, I still don't understand why you can't powergame and roleplay at the same time. I can say as a fact that they are NOT mutually exclusive, because in my groups we play like that almost all the time. In my experience, what people often disagree on is what constitutes roleplaying. Usually if someone is roleplaying the way another person thinks is "correct," they don't care so much if they're powergaming/minmaxing/optimizing/whatever. Not to try to place blame or take sides, but in actual games I've played in, what I see more often is self-proclaimed "roleplayers" complain about others not roleplaying the way they expect. Only one time in a game did I have someone get really upset because a few others weren't optimizing/powergaming the way they expected them to, and even that turned out okay in the end. Usually, the people I play with are the kind of folks who just naturally tend to have the same philosophy as I do about the game ... you can do one or the other a lot, or both, or neither, and we'll all work together to help you to have fun playing the game the way you like to play it. Not trying to say one way or the other is right; it's just my observation. Like I said, I see no reason whatsoever why someone can't optimize the heck out of their character and still roleplay - they're two entirely different parts of the game that are in no way mutually exclusive, and to me that's one of the reasons I love RPGs. [/QUOTE]
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