StaceyPowers Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 What is the best approach for a conscientious player to play an “evil” character in an MMO? My brother mentioned that he usually tells people OOC in games to let him know if he’s gone too far. He wants to make sure everyone is having fun, even when he’s doing messed up stuff IC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 When I'm an evil character, I normally start recruiting people and let them join other organizations and make them start wars with each other. You know, manipulating things from the shadows so when I attack, everyone's too distracted by other incidents to really get in my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withywarlock Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 It's kind of hard to without being an ass to players, rather than their characters, such as robbing guild banks and ganking others (which was one of the earliest unsolved problems of Ultima Online). With the exception of Star Wars: The Old Republic and I imagine Eve: Online, MMOs as a whole simply aren't sophisticated enough to have any more than killing NPCs or roleplaying things in chat channels. And if everything's done through chat channels and murdering NPCs of an opposite faction, I'd say this is just a weaker version of the tabletop or a single-player title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 If I'm playing the evil Character role, there is no trying to paint it to look good, I'd embrace it fully and be an ass since it's what I decided to play at. It's fun anyways when I get what I want the way I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
