Starting a random colony from scratch with no i like cheating mod

I'd join if more people chipped in.

 

I think this is a really awesome idea. It's not endangering anyone else's RP and it's just a different roleplay style than what is the norm here. Using the game mechanics to roleplay is how I generally RP anyway in games like this.
I was one of the ones that send a PM to join, so I'll be joining in!

 

This makes me wonder what's going to happen when this group reaches higher tier items, since the community in general tends to have a problem with people having full Impervium armor and all.

At least I thought that was the case. Don't murder me if I'm wrong. ._.

 

Yeah, true... I think that we would have to accept this as a place of impervium. So People could legitly get impervium. For RP. Legitimate Impervium. My gourd.

 

The X-Sector mobs are fucking dangerous if you're using vanilla only shit.

 

Or for rp shake just every new armor tier you get after dura steel just rp that you've upgraded your current dura steel armors rather then claiming you found impervium gear.

Mind you if this groups makes it that far on strictly game mechanics/rp alone, perhaps they deserve to hit a jackpot of rubium or impervium.

Whether we like to admit it or not, the shit exists.

 

After the update I will join you playing without cheats. For now I'm playing the nightly build. No reason to sink time into building stuff when it is so close to being wiped from the update.

 

I'm sure the cheat/mod will need a update. All the new items would have to be added to the mod I guess.

 

Only if the old Alioth chat asks for it.

 

I have a few issues with this, honestly. It's a neat idea, but how do you explain your characters being capable of constructing such things? For example, once you reach the robot boss (Whatever his name is), you'd have to have someone who is capable of building a droid from scratch. You would also need a mine for resources, someone with the knowledge of how to refine and shape ore, someone with programming experience, and a whole other mess of things.

My worry is that this colony is going over the heads of all those who worked IC and dealt with funding, explanation, recruitment, and various other sacrifices, and saying that the game mechanics are sound reasoning for it. Not to be too rude, but in my opinion, if this is your goal, then it'd be better to get a free play server together with some friends on the server and build up a colony there, since this idea conflicts rather heavily with the current rule-set and expectations of this server.

 

Where in the short list of rules does it say anything about how we are supposed to acquire items IC? We don't have any sort of server wide lore section that makes sense of game mechanics that I could find in the forums. We have not made an explanation of where these items come from, we only void the process of getting them in the game (and some people IC too) by cheating them in. I'm not saying its wrong or right, only that it can be fun to role play the game for what it is, instead of fighting against it with realism.

If you expect Chimpowitz to explain this... Everyone should have to explain where they get ships, fuel, furniture, armor, guns, food, PDA, radio, paper, wood, glass, and everything else when they make a new character. Instead of worrying about a group of players not cheating maybe we should be dealing with the people that bring in a fully stocked armory and a death wish for a new character. The characters to come out of this playing without cheats will actually be afraid of danger because they have spent time getting what they have instead of instantly getting it from the start.

There is nothing wrong with using the medium of the game to role play. It can be more immersive and rewarding to just go with whats there rather than having to stop what your doing and make some super realistic explanation for every silly thing in the 2-D pixel game that isn't even finished. This game was not meant to be a ultra realistic role play experience. There are much better mediums for realistic role play out there if that's your thing. Forcing it on Starbound so harshly only makes it more confusing and boring.

The way we progress through sectors will be done away with soon and progression will make much more sense. I intend to make a miner/explorer character when the update hits and I won't be using the cheats. I think its a shame we have a moderator suggesting a group should go to another server simply because they want to role play without cheating. Please stay Chimpowitz, others will want to role play using Starbound mechanics without cheats very soon and it will be awesome.

 

While I do partially agree with what you've said here, I think that the issue is if this colony ends up growing much, much larger than any other colony that currently exists. Now, that normally wouldn't be an issue, and I'd actually welcome such a thing; However, that could result in problems, such as the question of how a small group of people managed to mine for resources and farm and hunt for food, as well as build a large number of buildings when previously they had all been either prisoners or guards at a prison colony. This is especially an issue if this group goes about that when, even though it does not happen OOCly, ICly other factions and colonies do have NPCs handle such things because normally, they could not handle it on their own.

Now, with that being said, I will say that I support this idea. But, I do ask that you keep in mind while doing it that, even though you are following IG mechanics, you should still take into consideration your characters' skill level with whatever task they may be performing. No one is good at everything, and few are good at most, failure is an option and while it does not mean this colony should fail, your characters should be allowed to make mistakes without dire consequences.