Popo
I'm Sexy and I Know It
After seeing the increasing volume of "Mandos beat me up plz" threads in the RP Discussion Forums, I'm beginning to wonder if we should reassess the Restricted Metal Objective for Beskar which reads:
"Beskar (( [SIZE=10pt]Objective:[/SIZE] Perform a mining operation, a raid, an excavation, or steal to obtain Mandalorian Iron Ore from any of the following planets: Mandalore, Concordia –OR— suffer a devastating defeat at the hands of a Mandalorian character. Characters belonging to the Major Faction whose influence covers Mandalore and/or Concordia are exempt from fulfilling this objective. ))"
The mining operation, raid, excavation, and/or theft idea is sound and is fine. It's doable and has a fair/balanced chance of passing or failing. It also encourages writers to be creative in how they do it all together. I've even seen folks band together for a restricted metal mining thread as a joint effort. It works out.
What I'm looking at mainly is the "Devastating defeat" by a Mando character. I think in the past month or two I've seen a dozen requests for a Mandalorian to show up and kick someone's ass so they can have beskar. It's literally throwing a fight for a reward and the quality of some of these threads shows it. We had one guy get punched in the face for a devastating defeat and, even if it was a literal devastating defeat, it's still a deliberately thrown fight. Also, from an IC and logic perspective, it doesn't make sense from what I can see. If you lose a fight to a Mandalorian, wouldn't you technically lose everything you have? Mandos are known for taking an enemy's personal effects as trophies, including scalps. So far, I haven't seen any bald characters walking around after losing a fight to a Mando or losing their kit and weapons to one that took them as trophies.
So, here's what I propose. Reverse the objective. Instead of losing a fight to a Mandalorian, I think it should be winning a fight against a Mandalorian. Logically, it makes sense. You take the beskar from them whether in weapon or armor for to be remade or to step over their unconscious and bleeding body to go take the ore itself. You'll see less "Mandos come kick my ass" threads in the RP section and you'd also make Beskar that much more valuable to non-Mandos/Those not holding Mandalore the planet.
Thoughts?
"Beskar (( [SIZE=10pt]Objective:[/SIZE] Perform a mining operation, a raid, an excavation, or steal to obtain Mandalorian Iron Ore from any of the following planets: Mandalore, Concordia –OR— suffer a devastating defeat at the hands of a Mandalorian character. Characters belonging to the Major Faction whose influence covers Mandalore and/or Concordia are exempt from fulfilling this objective. ))"
The mining operation, raid, excavation, and/or theft idea is sound and is fine. It's doable and has a fair/balanced chance of passing or failing. It also encourages writers to be creative in how they do it all together. I've even seen folks band together for a restricted metal mining thread as a joint effort. It works out.
What I'm looking at mainly is the "Devastating defeat" by a Mando character. I think in the past month or two I've seen a dozen requests for a Mandalorian to show up and kick someone's ass so they can have beskar. It's literally throwing a fight for a reward and the quality of some of these threads shows it. We had one guy get punched in the face for a devastating defeat and, even if it was a literal devastating defeat, it's still a deliberately thrown fight. Also, from an IC and logic perspective, it doesn't make sense from what I can see. If you lose a fight to a Mandalorian, wouldn't you technically lose everything you have? Mandos are known for taking an enemy's personal effects as trophies, including scalps. So far, I haven't seen any bald characters walking around after losing a fight to a Mando or losing their kit and weapons to one that took them as trophies.
So, here's what I propose. Reverse the objective. Instead of losing a fight to a Mandalorian, I think it should be winning a fight against a Mandalorian. Logically, it makes sense. You take the beskar from them whether in weapon or armor for to be remade or to step over their unconscious and bleeding body to go take the ore itself. You'll see less "Mandos come kick my ass" threads in the RP section and you'd also make Beskar that much more valuable to non-Mandos/Those not holding Mandalore the planet.
Thoughts?
