A Forsaken Motivation?

[Liadon Xiloscient]

I don't know whats going on but all of a sudden I just hit a roadblock hardcore. I just lost ALL of my motivation to play FL anymore. I made this new character after denying all my others... I have a HUGE story with this one and I'm planning on learning PK along with making an AMAZING story. One bigger than EVER before... at least with my own characters.

But uh... tonight? Something died. All day at work I grinded through excited for when I came home that I could play this (at the time unrolled) character. I had RP's going through with various characters that I know that are running around the FL.

Has anyone else ever run into this, is anyone else struggling with finding the muse to play all of a sudden?

[P_body]

What you need is a boy toy to keep you sane and relaxed.

[Liadon Xiloscient]

In-Game or in RL? I'm engaged in RL but in-game? Perhaps a boy toy wouldn't be so bad. Look for the only non-lesbian female character playing FL.

LoL JKJK

[jibber]

Heh.

You roll and re-roll far too often. You also have the WHOLE life story of all of your characters decided as you roll. Something that would make any playtime here stale.

I suggest making a backstory, and then starting to write the story as you go through FL and gain experiences with different people, hunting, IMMs, training, etc, and go from there. Don't have the whole roll figured out before you even roll your char.

Just a suggestion

[Liadon Xiloscient]

Yeah I suppose... I just set up scenarios so I know what to do when the scenario unfolds. Not breaking character ever... I guess just winging it would work but meh. Anume's hollered a few times for me to stick to one character, I plan to actually stick this one out for once.

[P_body]

Having a solid backstory and some flimsy or vague goals has been a lot of fun for me. Or have an underlining backbone to my chars character but not too much else planned out. Granted, it takes me until I hit 50 usually to have established a solid rp and personality IG for how I react to others and their activities...but once at 50, I usually have some good stuff going that's unique to the char because I actually experienced in IG on the char.

*shrug*

I've done it both ways. I prefer the former because when things don't work out exactly as I had planned in my grand scheme, it isn't a disappointment. I roll with the punches easier.

[F-3000]

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Ay, I've ran into that. Had a pause of about two years. Then the dreams drove me back.

[Imoutgoodbye]

*slams on the brakes*

You know what really kills my motivation to play a character? When I decide wtf is supposed to happen before I even roll.

So, I just lay around and think about what race would be cool to be. I've never pinned with a race I wouldn't want to ever be. My pinns are humans, h-elves, ferals, and undead. Then I move onto my class or "profession". This usually ties in with my backstory. We're all born who we are, but it's the choices we make and the options available that determine what we do. How did I end up in that particular guild? By the time those thoughts run through my head, I've already thought about the character's attitude and beliefs. This gives me a small range on alignment/ethos. I pick it and refine the attitude/beliefs/morals. This in turn helps me choose my religion (you may find this backwards as you can use the religion to influence the align/ethos, but I like to think my characters had understanding parents who let him/her have some form of autonomy, even if he/she killed them).

Now, this is the tricky part. Do I have qrace/class options? If so, do I want to bother trying? Probably not. What are cabal options? Do I want one? Maybe. Clans are nice at the least. Then I go forward, putting cabal thoughts from my mind and simply allowing my character to enjoy his/her life as he/she gains guild ranks and interacts with others. Where I'm going doesn't matter to me because I may not end up there. Only the Gods know where these feet roam.

Too many expectations become a killer, especially when:

A) Things don't turn out that way.

Others don't understand what you're trying to do.

C) What you're trying to do clashes with what other characters believe, thus causing strife.

D) Others may simply want to convert you to what they believe.

E) Any number of things I can't think of may also happen.

Just relax and go with the flow. Make a character, live a life. Don't read the Tapestry of Fate.

[Liadon Xiloscient]

A / B / C applies for this particular character.

Though after giving me that advice and it'll help for sure I plan on just rolling with the punches. *shakes self out jabs a few punchers* Focus girl! You can do this!

OOOOHHHH YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH! GET DOMINATED!

In any case, despite some hardships I think I got it finally figured off. With each new class I'm using it seems like I bite off a bit more than I can handle, then I have to take a second, reanalyze and push forward again a little less hardcore. Which happened to me in the arena. Go ahead of myself and died. Got angry and deleted the character and tried it again. So far... it's going good.

So... Valek, once again thank you for your fatherly words of wisdom! *kisses cheek with a tight hug* THANKS AGAIN! *toddles off into our mystical yet Forsaken Lands.