Raider to Non-Raider: an exhibition on thoughts and misconceptions

[Belhi]

Im only really going to comment on the issue of story which is the only thing I think I can fairly comment on since I haven't raided Savage.

One of the issues with BCoB was it was exclusive. It was story the majority of the player base didn't have access to. Sure it didn't require the level of skill Savage does but it still required time investment and good teamwork. The majority of players probably never saw past turn 9. If they even got that far.

The very fact there was a story version of Alex was to address that. That's why its called Story. This is because having story content locked behind harder content and content that requires structure denies players access to that story if they don't have the time or skill or even the contacts within the community to access it. This is untrue for raiders. Raiders who can do that content are not limited access in any way to any other story within the game. For non raiders this understandably feels very unfair. Do remember that the number of structured raiders make up a pretty small percentage of the total player base. Having such a set up makes raiders seem 'exclusive' or favoured, even if it isn't the case since they have access to things simply because of the play style they favour.

This is where giving Savage versions unique stories is an issue. Its hard to do that without it coming across as making no raiders 'second class' players.

Perhaps part of the solution is in glamour. If the Savage sets looked notably more impressive than the non savage, rather than just dyeable, they would still make the raiders stand out without denying non raiders narrative. The raiding sets from Coil stood out pretty well in 2.x.