HMD | May 2012

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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Comments

[forcefateshand]

So, your solution is to make... nothing required? For it to be entirely possible for someone to play a Rocket but do absolutely nothing for the team, ever, except come to the event posts? Is that what you want?

This is an honest question here, I'm really not entirely certain what you want.

[(Anonymous)]

First, as I can recall, myself and others have suggested to just decrease to a more managable and realistic number, like monthly or even bi-weekly thefts.

Second, I'm saying to make it optional not so that a character doesn't have to do anything period, and perhaps this is where all of this fighting and confusion is stemming from, but so that a character is not required to do it EVERY SINGLE WEEK. I've talked to others about this, and you're free to not believe me as I'm anon, but I know I'm not alone when I say that that is just a really frequent pace to force onto characters.

And that's all.

That truly is ALL.

If you want, take out the optional and just make it so that Grunts have to catch once a month and Execs stay once a week. Characters could be Rockets and the ones who are really gung ho will get the promotion and do it.

Also, thirdly and not entirely related, I think having it be optional with rewards would have a much better turnout while leaving the optional to not do it available as well as make it an option for Trainers or Breeders to be interested in joining.

I do not think the Rockets should do nothing outside of events. I want to make that clear. I don't think that being an option is wrong, especially when that was essentially what being a Rocket meant for a good year, but I like what we've been given. I do. I just find the forcing of it to be too extreme.

As I said way down low though, I think I've stated what I believe more than well enough, not to mention completely scared off the player who was thinking of applying here who started this to begin with, so I'll take my leave.

I apologize to all of you, to unlosing, and lastly to the mods, though I do hope you all take our side into consideration here. With that, good night.

[forcefateshand]

I'll just put up my final thoughts on this matter into a little thing here then.

When it comes to the timing of the theft/missions/what-have-you, I honestly have no opinion. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, they all sound good to me. So if you and those in agreement with you convinced the mods to back off to monthly, I'd be fine. So I can agree with you, or at least be neutral on the subject, there.

That said, though, I do think that it needs to be a requirement, an IC one if not an OOC one, to do at least something for the team on a regular basis. If everything was made optional ICly, there would be nothing to stop a character without much (or any) loyalty to the team from basically waltzing off, doing their own thing, and ignoring all the responsibilities that come with being a Rocket member. It's what Illidan here would do in that situation.

As for rewards, they already exist. Promotion opportunities, trust for more important and interesting missions, and networking within Team Rocket itself are all things that the more diligent members can look forward to under the current system. That might not all be spelled out in the FAQ, but it can be reasoned out pretty easily, I think.

And that's pretty much everything I have to say on the matter. I'm sorry we couldn't come to an agreement on this issue, and that you had to leave feeling upset and unlistened to. Good night to you.