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Message: <blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 9497528" data-attributes="member: 85870">Well . . . perhaps. But perhaps not.Thing of it is, I gave them the choice when we started which version of Star Wars to run --- Classic D6 (2e Revised), D20 Saga Edition, Edge of the Empire, or house-ruled Savage Worlds.Two of the five players wanted EotE, hands down, because they like that it bridges "trad" and "narrative." One player wanted D6, one player wanted house-ruled Savage Worlds. The player in question claimed not to care, "I just love the Star Wars universe, I'll play whatever."We collectively decided on EotE. And I definitely warned the entire group up front, "This is NOT fully a traditional game like you're used to. This game is going to push you toward making more narrative-focused choices. Gameplay resolution isn't going to be as granular as you're used to with D&D. Certain aspects are more loosely defined, and we're going to collaborate on scene structures and the narrative dice results. Character progression is somewhat flatter than maybe you're used to."I also conveyed at several points that I wanted the group to try to work with the system on its merits.This is only my second time running EotE, so I'm not anywhere close to being an expert on the gear system, but it was my impression that the core mechanic is fairly resilient against an occasional +1 gear boost here and there. So I have no problem with the players using stuff in the core rules that involves gear. I was very, very generous in their starting gear allowance. (And that fact mildly irks me occasionally when this player goes on about gear. Like, dude, I gave you waaaaay better than average starting gear, but that just isn't enough, huh?)But anyway, at least three of us actively chose EotE because it specifically offered something different than most other "traditional" games. Yet because I'm gently prodding this specific player to perhaps consider a different play perspective, I'm simply not "respecting the player's desires"?shrugs Can't win them all, I guess.And I should clarify, the player in question is having fun and enjoying himself. It's just that he's felt some of his own internal tension at times because he's applying a less-than-ideal mindset to the game's core assumptions and my preferred playstyle. The player in question also is BY FAR the one most prone to metagaming. The whole "beskar armor" thing is just one in a series of attempts by the player to use his voluminous knowledge of the Star Wars universe to create advantages for the party. To the point that another player has called him out on it two or three times in just the last four or five sessions. "Dude, quit metagaming."</blockquote>

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