Encourages idling. Also it would be possible to multibox your way to the victory.
I think any time-based solutions are a downgrade from what we have now. Application based rewrds > Rpr based rewards > Level based rewards > No rewards > Time-based rewards.
I think the player should never assume role of DM, simply because DM is omnipotent, and the player is not. It is overstepping bounds and can lead to very disastrous and OOC behavior.Huschpfusch wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:14 amfunctionalities traditionally assumed with the role of DM.
I recall an accident on another server where a player had a habit of trolling others by spawning level 20 vampires in low level areas, talking through them to travelers, then narrating the thing from the bushes while invisible. It was complete OOC behavior, plus it turned out the guy was necromancer druid to the boot (lore breach).
Better to stick with acting out the role you picked and let storytelling emerge. When the role involves creating mass events, sure, go for it. But if you want to be a DM, you should send an application to DM team.
At least that's how I see it.