Dancer Archive
Thread: Crisis of Conscience
I'm in the same situation, just the other side of the fence 
If I'm overt, I'm wearing uniform, Tie-Suit or ST Armor 
and give out free buffs for imperials, no buffs for anyone else. Some take offense. Well, then go overt and kill me. But none ever did. They probably fear the 1337 triple entertainer master. I'm the combat image desiner, come and get me lol.
When I'm covert I buff anyone for money. Maybe overt imps for less but I don't have fixed prices anyway.
For the roleplaying aspect it's a different situation for rebels. If you'd say you don't buff imperials, you'd probably end up in jail in Star Wars. If you do this, I'd think it would only be fair to be overt, so imperials can "put youin jail" or something like that. Saying you are rebel, but not giving imperials the chance to act upon your rebel-ness 
is somewhat onesided 
But I adamantly refuse to do anything that may help the Rebellion kill my friends and guildmates. That's my bottom-line reason. I'm not trying to be difficult and I'm not trying to be a *censored*. Taking down bases has nothing to do with it. It's when my friends start dying at the hands of the Rebels I just buffed that things get nasty. I will gladly do ID and sell clothes to anyone who wants it, because those aren't doing anything to help the GCW. But as a doctor, I did not buff Rebels, and as a dancer, I don't buff Rebels. If I were a Rebel, I would not buff Imperials.
MasQLancer wrote:
/poke Deila
/eek!
Thanks, Zasz... I needed that.
Anytime
on another note.. think ill go nap, see you in-game later
FuschiaD wrote:
This is in response to JohnMarble's post, as well as my general take on it.
I am currently an Imperial. As such, I do not buff Rebels. Period. End of story. True, they may be just going hunting... but I can't know that, and our server is VERY PvP oriented. I don't consider myself to be "being a jerk" to support my chosen faction. It is, as was previously stated, part of the GCW. Many Rebel players as a whole, I am quite fond of. There will be times when I'll dance alongside a Rebel master dancer friend of mine - she'll buff the Rebels, I'll buff the Imperials, and we'll split the neutrals down the middle.
See, the roleplaying angle I can understand, but I don't get your reasoning at all.
It's like kids playing cops and robbers, bang-bang you're dead. Maybe they are "killing" your friends, but they certainly aren't hurting your friends. Thereare absolutely zero penalties for "death." I figure I'm increasing the fun and challenge for people in my own faction. Now, if there was some sort of penalty for death, or some sort of reason behind it all, I could understand it. But really, somebody shoots an imperial and kills them, so what? It just doesn't matter.
)! Well the reb died and one of the Imps asked me for a buff. I tred to point our diametrically oppossed political views but his reply was short and sweet . . . "Then you die!" At this time I had NO combat skills so he then proceeded to beat me to a pulp and finally DB'd me! As this was my first PvP death I was, to say the least, a little distraught. Of course he had every right to do this and I dont fault his loyalty , misguided as it is, but the extortion. . . .heck thats too nice a word. . .the BLACKMAIL was way out of line! My healing skill have gotten me into many problems since. It got so bad at one time Roho and Kirah didn't want me going out by myself. There was an equation . . . Moenia+healing rebs+overt Imps=dead Lei. The worst was at the Imp outpost on Dant. I healed some PvP Rebs who proceeded to attack everything in sight and I ended up burstruning from an AT-ST! Any way I picked up some combat skills at the expense of my Master Doc title 
, a girl has to be able to take care of herself after all. Anyway they say you always remember your first . . . PvP death that is, get your minds out of the gutter. When I finally get to be a TKMI will go hunting. Revenge is dish best served cold. I ramble and digress, the point is, faction members should realize your reluctance to buff them in lieu of the galactic war being waged right outside our door.I'm also a Master Dancer and a Rebel and I have absolutely no problem buffing Imperials in a Cantina. It fits well within my roleplaying desire (I really play the game for roleplaying), works well for my personal fun factor, and performs a useful service.
From an IC point of view, nearly all the Rebels that are regulars at the cantinas I usually dance in know that I do it and don't say anything because they know I am performing a service. In fact, my guild leader encourages me to do it. It performs a servicefor guild and the Rebellion. I can live with the anger of some Rebels who don't understand--I believe in what I am doing.
From an OOC POV, you'd be surprised what a player might let slip when you are dancing for them and truly entertaining--chatting, flirting, focusing on them. The occational Rebel that comes in and gives me grief actually helps, because it makes my customers somewhat unsure of my alligience.
- Cassie, Dance Hall Girl
JohnMarble wrote:
See, the roleplaying angle I can understand, but I don't get your reasoning at all.
It's like kids playing cops and robbers, bang-bang you're dead. Maybe they are "killing" your friends, but they certainly aren't hurting your friends. Thereare absolutely zero penalties for "death." I figure I'm increasing the fun and challenge for people in my own faction. Now, if there was some sort of penalty for death, or some sort of reason behind it all, I could understand it. But really, somebody shoots an imperial and kills them, so what? It just doesn't matter.