Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26296200-20160403042703/@comment-26078371-20160409184554

AlteOgre wrote:

I'm not saying you're stupid. I'm saying those are stupid ways for server set-up, management and roleplay with this mod. The type of roleplay you use is stupid, in my distinct opinion on this matter, regardless the quality of your roleplay. It inherently has a huge risk of derailing and for it to function properly it requires a level of mutual trust and maturity (of both staff and players, and between staff), I don't expect will be available on any roleplay server without a whitelist and very strict roleplay rules and supporting systems. That is my distinct opinion, regardless the starting points and gameplay objectives of the mod. Yet, as far as I understand / interpret the way the mod is designed, the LOTR mod isn't set up to support this way of roleplay, apart from the fact that specific plugins and/or additinal mods are required to achieve such a set-up. Given these two observations/interpretations, I can only conclude that it would not be sensible for the mod to support the gameplay options you desire. I have to disagree here. I don't think the mod team should strictly define what sort of play style is acceptable. Yes, some limitations are necessary for balance or other reasons, but in my opinion, they in general leave the decisions for how they want to play up to the players. Not everyone enjoys a strict role play experience, or pvp, or even building for that matter. If they're forced into one type of play, it's likely that they're not going to stick around.

You've said that you've looked at many of the servers out there. If so, then you know there's a myriad of different options to choose from when looking at how a server is set up. That's one of the things I love about the mod, you can pretty much play it how you like.

That's also why I support adding a command to change Utumno alignment. It allows server owners and players more options, without changing stock gameplay, or putting an undue burden on Mevans (since it's one command that we already know he can do).