How's The Game?

[phantasmods]

How's The Game?

Well, hello there, PhanRift! Welcome to our very first How's the Game post!

How's The Game is an open forum for discussion about the current state of the game and where it may go, heading forwards. For mods, this is a place for us to make you guys aware of any changes to the game that are on the table and to hear your thoughts on them. For players, this is a chance for you guys to give us feedback on how the game is going!

Please keep in mind that this is not a HMD meme and this post should not be used as a forum for critiquing specific players or characters. We trust you guys to keep things civil but please be aware that any out of hand conduct will be frozen.

The mods will have a list of toplevels below, covering topics we want to raise with you guys, but the rest of the post is a total free for all!

Comments

CHARACTER CAP INCREASE

[phantasmods]

As stands, the current character cap in PhanRift is two characters per player. After some discussion between the mods we are proposing that we bump this cap up to three per player! This change will go into effect in the following app round (that is to say, the dungeon after the current one) if players are agreeable to it.

Let us know what you have to say!

[foolishjustice]

I've been seeing a lot of people with ideas for if thirds open up. With the population of the game at this point, I honestly don't see a problem with it. Character caps are good for small games to avoid ending up with too much of the cast played by the same handful of people, but I don't think that's something we have to worry about anymore.

[blackestwitch]

+1 to this basically

[promittere]

+1, yeah

[caduceusoncall]

+1, definitely

[dragonmouth]

+1

[matchmakes]

+1

[phantasmods]

The initial limit of two was really more directed at keeping mods from getting overwhelmed; especially as the game continues to grow in terms of number of players (not characters), that's a major consideration we have. More characters in the game represents more work for the mods - this is true at any level, but doubly so when you bring in attention at the individual level (such as tallying points, handing out loot, and so forth). It also applies to NPC interactions.

So that was honestly the main consideration in having a character cap in the first place, rather than "too many characters played by the same handful of people." Truth be told, that never entered into it, and it was entirely a cap of "this is where Nai feels okay with the workload without feeling like he's going to careen off the edge of a cliff, screaming."