Several new players have recently joined and during this process; I noticed a few things and I thought I might share a couple of thoughts that occured to me lately; and I thought I might share them with new players/visitors to the site wanting to join in the fun....
First of all: Don't be shy! Speak up, PM me, let us all know you're here and what you think of the game!
Second; when it comes to character concepts; enough with the snipers allready!
Four out of the last 5 people to come up with character ideas have gone with a sniper type.... Okay; if that's a role that really interests you; cool and I certainly don't want to tell anyone that a character concept is a no-no; but for a game revolving around a Marine Squad; there can only be so many specialists; so please keep that in mind; and if regular Rifleman doesn't do anything for you; there are other specialties which could work: Machine Gunner; Heavy/Special Weapons, comm-tech, APC driver or vehicle repair, etc., etc. Just a thought!
Finally: While different people approach character creation in different ways; one thing I've never been a big fan of is "min-maxing" or the use of "dump stats". What this means is; deliberately making certain stats extremely low and others extremely high because that makes the character 'better' in game-terms at certain tasks. (Usually combat related) If you wish to have low stats for a character-related reason (he's incredibly clumsy....or he's just AWFUL at relating to people, etc.); then that's fine....but making certain stats low just because they have no positivie impact on a character's combat abilities...well, I don't much care for that and I WILL make these low stats come into play, sooner or later.
Just a word to the wise!
Thanks for checking out the game and I hope you enjoy it!
-Max
