Image Designer Archive

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RyadhiMakkar wrote:

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TarakAbolai wrote:

A formerly useless profession? How so? Because it didn't help with fighting? I hate the idea that just because ID didn't directly contribute anything to the mechanics of the game, such as improving your fighting, or healing you after a fight, it must be useless.

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Ok, replace useless with unecessary. That make you happy? Let's face facts; the vast majority of players take on some sort of combative role in the galaxy and this is the only profession that was completely alienated from every other profession. The simple fact is that IDs prior to May 12 were the most overlooked and neglected profession and played a very small role in the galaxy. Every other profession had something to benefit the other classes and forced a commercial trade. Prior to May 12 there is almost no way an ID could support themselves without taking on a secondary profession. Don't nitpick, take the post as a whole-the revamp was a good thing.

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I'm not nitpicking. I'm saying you're looking at our profession like a combatant. Saying we must be happy now that we're no longer "unecessary". Unecessary to who? To a combatant. Which is exactly my point. Just because we were unecessary to a large number of player didn't mean we wanted that particular aspect of our role in the game to change. Personally, I was happy having a small niche of players who we were necessary too. Those who wanted to look good for whatever reason. You're further proving my point that we are considered a pointless profession by many combatants, but unlike you, most of them don't see it as a positive thing that we are now necessary to them, they see it as a hassle and stupid because in their minds we're a girly prof who want to play with hair, and we get the flak for this.

I'm in no way attempting to trivialize harassment in the game. Just trying to point out that there are altenatives to tickets (which don't seem to get much results). I believe in handling problems at thelocal level 1st, then going to a higher authority if the problem isn't fixed.I'm a role player at heart and prefer to see in-game problems solved in-game. It's a simple solution...do not associate with the troublemakers. Don't provide your services to them. Considering the relatively small community of IDs, we should stick together if another one of us is being harrassed.If you're an entertainer, ban them. The greatest thing this gamehas going for it is the socialization which is not only encouraged, but required.I've smacked several members of my own faction who I've caught making lewd comments and will not tolerate this behavior from anyone in my guild/faction.

Maybe if you place a bounty on the heads of these offenders that will solve the problem?

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Kwee wrote:

Certainly true But I've heard far worse aimed at the female ID's than the male ones. No harassment should be trivialized however.

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I'm well aware of that. In fact, I would say I'm in a position to understand well both ends of that issue. I'd go into more detail, but it's easier to simply linky!

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Awesome! My 1st pedigree was sociology/antropology. You could turn this intoa master's thesis.

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Syzygy-Gorath wrote:

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Kwee wrote:

Certainly true But I've heard far worse aimed at the female ID's than the male ones. No harassment should be trivialized however.

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I'm well aware of that. In fact, I would say I'm in a position to understand well both ends of that issue. I'd go into more detail, but it's easier to simply linky!

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Excellent reading as always