Originally Posted by
Swagile
well no one is tackling the big elephant in the room of why roleplay no longer exists
yall keep forgetting that in "YE OLDE DAYS" roleplay happened because rounds lasted (AT MINIMUM) 3 hours.
THREE HOURS.
THREE.
not one, not two, THREE.
MINIMUM.
i am saying this a lot as emphasis, but i bet if awan pulled out his 9000000 IQ graph of round timers nowadays, 3 hours would be an outlier, not the norm.
we've had 4, 5, even 6 hour rounds before.
mid to late game for xenos was MATURE T3, Elder was if marines were sucking, and if you saw a Ancient T3 as a marine? you really fucked up, like actually pants on head sitting at FOB behind 4 turrets levels of bad
so what did you do during all this down time? when you've patrolled, found xenos, first clash, then retreated or pushed?
you roleplayed. you talked about the arm you lost to a single rav slash and thanked the stars you didn't get decapped in one hit. you talked about how you survived a crusher AoE dummy slapping the ground and dragging you away but then a brave robusto came outta fucking nowhere, grabbed you, and kept shooting his AP pulse rifle while dragging you (back before dragging didn't take a hand slot to do and you could juggle 3 people). you talked about how you survived a double hugger drop on your phat face because the second hugger got shot by a SG 0.5 seconds before it latched onto your face right after the first hugger took your helmet off
the game was a lot deadlier as well if you haven't been reading till now; ravs could permanently remove you from the round in one hit, corpses could be dragged even when dead, defibs only healed you in 1 minutes time, cloning was a thing but no one dragged bodies back (or you were the one unsung hero who dragged 10 people to dropship only for researcher to be AFK and not clone anyone), delimbs happened FREQUENTLY, medbay only had 2 doctors and 2 rooms that didn't even come fucking stocked with all surgery tools nor did you start with advanced tools; all of this had to be found on the PLANET.
yes as a doctor you were literally a ghetto hood docta who had to scramble for tools or STEAL the only set(s) available on the entire ship, or mug the researcher for his autolathe to print you some more
all of these garbage mechanics, the deadliness of the game, and the long times you had to play the game FORCED you to roleplay because you had nothing else to do. thats how some of the most iconic player identities ingame were formed, such as Bravo FOB, Delta shock squad, Charlie breakfast club, Alpha whomp or Alpha strike team.
tl;dr garbage game mechanics and long game times forced roleplay, now no one has time for roleplay besides a few chipped sentences while pushing a choke for the 100000000000000000th time