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This is such a trap. But fine.


Those two aren't actually connected. Roleplaying is not ERP, and RP is certainly not sexual harrassment regardless of your real-life gender.

Report the sexual harrassment and get rid of the perps.

Report the -actual- ERP if it's in a public space. Don't get it confused with roleplaying in a reasonable setting. For example, if you'd get annoyed at what two people were doing when you're in the cinema trying to watch the movie - then it's probably overstepping the rules in-game too.

Not that I've ever actually managed to run into actual ongoing ERP in game, in public or private. Don't know how people manage this.

You think all RPers actually like being lumped in with the ERP and sexual harrassment? It's offensive. It's as bad as lumping all PvPers in with the trash-talking gankers.

And, unfortunately although we approached the Community Teams and Devs directly with arguments why the Echo didn't work, or at least to get something set up that would make it work better; there was never an answer.

We just got pointed back again and again to the "but you can just use the echo" explanation.

Which is telling the characters "but you can just live in a fantasy time echo in denial of the city around you!".

...Yeah.

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However, saying all that I really do like both the "Snapshot from the day before" and the "Menders fixing the missing puzzle piece" backgrounds. It makes it a monument to the Galaxy City that was lost.

What it doesn't make though, is a social gathering place (that'd be terribly disrespectful).

But that's a whole other issue.

...Bugbear of mine.

Please note that it states "relatively sexless" and not "sterile/unsexed" (like a SuperMutant from Fallout would be in one time period).

I take this to mean the normal human tells of gender identity have diminished to the point of difficulty telling the genders of Trolls apart - not that they are barbie dolls/action man.

The oversized muscles and lack of body fat would cause the bodyshapes of male and female Trolls to look almost identical (I guess the females may be slightly shorter with narrower shoulders and wider hips... but then Dyne mutates bones as well to make the horns come through so that might not count!).

Also, the fact they lose most if not all their bodyhair as they go up the ranks and heavily tattoo their bodies would complete the transition from what the public (or the IC person writing the entry) would see. Their behaviours are a mixture of news stories and eye-witness accounts of their violence - the raves are off limits, so the genders involved/reported would fall to the same pitfalls the person on the street faces.

I would suspect doctors and Trolls can tell each other apart. The people on the street, and most heroes would see what was described, a bunch a relatively sexless musclebound green thugs covered in tattoos.

From a strictly story/RP point of view, Trolls should still have genders and still be able to function biologically - because we've not been shown otherwise. A good rule of thumb is that never commenting on it usually means canon follows real life.

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Note - I have no idea either way how closely Dyne follows steroids. But it is a good comparison to make. I'm not sure whether steroids can make someone sterile (though I am aware of the tissue wastage and possibly impotence too), but they certainly don't make people sexless.

Note 2 - For the purpose of my post, "Gender" refers to the ideological identity the person attributes to themselves "Man vs Woman vs <Of choice>". "Sex" refers to the biological status of the person, "Male vs Female vs Transitional".

Note 3 - For the purpose of my post's terms, it appears the official documentation on Trolls should actually read "Relatively genderless" and not "relatively sexless". Unfortunately that's likely because it was written by a writer and not a medical professional/psychologist/etc etc.

We demand more Trolls wearing just a santa hat and a smile!...


...or something.

RAH!

They don't need to Beta Test limited run in advance publicly. In fact it would be in their interest not to.

I have already objected/agreed with people previously on these topics. I thought of something new to ask. Do I need to preface everything I say with a summary of what I've said previously on the topic?

Because no-one would have assumed that in a costume pack called Gunslinger there'd be few to no parts capable of making a female gunslinger, would they?

My trust in the company has been seriously affected by their recent decisions.

As such, one of my advantages as a customer is to ask questions - an advantage that exists because they have a community team.

Because my confidence and trust in the company is shaken I will question every doubt I have, but will do so by taking that question to the people that can answer it.

All they have to do is answer. No-one else can answer for them unless the question has already been asked. As no-one's repeated/quoted an answer from the community team or developers already, then I can assume that the question hasn't been asked.

Or would you prefer this come bite us later, with the defence used "Well, no-one asked..."?


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Seriously people, I'm all for protecting your own interests and defending people that have done no wrong. But right now you seem to be jumping to protect the company against... someone asking a valid question? I mean, sure it has nasty implications, but the question just needs a "No, we're not planning ever doing that", and the problem is gone!

This isn't a battle worth fighting to defend the team against, just let someone answer the question, and I'll move on.