If I knew then...

Sylvance

Yep, so this is another 'bored at work' thread. Feel free to contribute seriously or not-so:

Okay, so imagine for just a minute that you haven't already invested well over 6 months of your life and lots of real money in your main, but you still magically had all the knowledge of the game that you've acquired thus far. Would you roll exactly the same character again? Or something better?

Kyrra

Probably the same. Because totems.

Sena

Would I be starting over today, having never played the game, or would I be starting the game in the past when I actually started, but with the knowledge I have now?

Katzchen

Would definitely do the same again.

Sylvance

Sena said:

Would I be starting over today, having never played the game, or would I be starting the game in the past when I actually started, but with the knowledge I have now?

@Sena - Starting the game in the past when you actually started, but with the knowledge you have now.

Sena

That greatly complicates things, since I was 12 or 13 when I first found Achaea. Changing anything could completely change the course of the last 10+ years of my life.

Would I retain my knowledge of the game indefinitely, or only use it to choose how I start the game and then continue from there as someone entirely new with no special information? If the former, would I have knowledge of future events, or just general information about the game at the time, or general information about the game now?

However it works, I'd be hesitant to change anything because even subtle changes would have wildly unpredictable results 10 years later. I could end up dead by now if I'm not careful (I spent several minutes trying to decide what tenses to use here).

Katzchen

@Sena you're overthinking it!

Shunsui

I'd do it all again. The only difference is I wouldn't keep trading in arties to change class. I'd just artie the crap out of jester.

Sylvance

Katzchen said:

@Sena you're overthinking it!

It's... Sena. That's what she's supposed to do!

ETA: Eff you, quotes.

Mishgul

I'd roll a jester

Daslin

Yes. But I'd go monk from the start, and just get all monk arties of lulzy fun, rather than stupid lessons for extra shit.

Sylvance

Well, I'd go with race != siren and not have wasted spent lessons on Riding.

Mishgul

Id buy a pet floating whale too
With pink fur and sunglasses and call it orcarmain

Antonius

I've always thought that if I'd come to the game a few years later I would have ended up choosing Infernal over Paladin, and that would have no doubt changed everything that's happened in my life since. I'm not sure if that would have been a good or bad thing.

However, if I were to start as a new player now, knowing everything that I do, I'd no doubt pick Paladin again.

Korben

I'd make friends with more people who'd still be here 10 years later.

Taraus

Would definitely roll same.

Kenway

Would be Evil.

Those Western bastards got to me...

Achilles

Would have switched classes earlier

Hataru

Little difficult for me to answer as well since I don't think 13 year old me could have handled Mhaldor and I fully back up the fact that I went Mhaldorian later in life - though there are a lot of things I could have done without going through in Hashan (mostly just senseless drama or creepy people). I probably would have deleted Hataru and just remade under a different name instead of suffering those 10 IC years in Cyrene like I did - but I'd have missed out on a few friendships I don't know if I'd want to give up.

If I didn't do the same thing over the thing I would have changed was never going Shaman and staying Magi even after my return to Hashan - I went Shaman for purely RP reasons but with how much I know I enjoy raiding now (even though I detest 1v1 combat) I think I would have maybe enjoyed Magi more all those years.

Definitely would not have gone Atavian first and would have been Tsol'aa from the bat, that's one change I 100% would make.

Trevize

I'd join Ourania's Order sooner... would have probably joined the Warlock guild and stayed there forever... didn't really enjoy any other Guilds/Houses. Xoran is a given. Because lizard. Can't say much else would have changed.

Eiredhel

I would have never read the forums and continued to play Achaea happily oblivious.

Trevize

Eiredhel said:

I would have never read the forums and continued to play Achaea happily oblivious.

Two addictions are better than one.

Sena

With less overthinking: I probably wouldn't start out any differently. It might have been interesting to try a Mhaldorian character when I was still new to the game, but I was also 12 or 13 then, and I don't think that would have worked out very well.

I think the only thing I might have done differently is take all the money I spent on games that I didn't like much or didn't play for very long, and spend that money on Achaea instead.

Aerek

Sylvance said:

Well, I'd go with race != siren and not have wasted spent lessons on Riding.

But sticking with Siren despite your dislike made you the only Siren worth knowing.

I would have gone Paladin much, much sooner, but I might have avoided the no-nonsense, drill-sergeant persona, which ended up making me unpopular as time went on.

Kyrra

I never thought you unpopular, Aerek. Most Wardens and even the Runewardens before houses, always had a militaristic air. If anything, you were one of the few I always admired for that ( and holding your fiancee hostage is fun ).

Sidonia

I quit characters and start over semi-frequently, regardless of investment, but if I had to do it all again, I'd be @Sylvance.

Shibumi

Totally the same. If I had the time, I would experience other classes, though.

Berenene

While I'd mostly make the same choices, there are one or two things I would change...like that terrible back-story I made up for my character. Thank god I never actually made it part of my character and only posted it to the forums for critique.

Akali

REFLINK

that is all

ETA: not that I have made a huge investment in Akali (yet), it's not worth starting over

Synbios

I would probably be a walking spoiler, warning Orders to withdraw all their funds before the Bal'met-ing, warning people about THIS GUY WILL BETRAY YOU.

And then I'd probably turn into a text-Cassandra(and probably shrubbed for meta-knowledge), eventually being cast out by Shallamese society as their blind ignorance happily leads them into Oblivion. 

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Oh, you meant classes? I'd probably still stick as Blademaster as soon as it was released.

Melodie

I'm honestly not sure if there's much I'd change. A few personal or OOC decisions, sure, but as far as the actual character goes, that's difficult. I'd probably give myself a warning about that hunting trip that ended up being the straw that broke the Devotionist camel's back, but even that is hard to say with any real certainty.

There's definitely a few people I'd tell myself not to bother with, but overall, I'm happy with the journey Mel has made thus far, even if it stressed me out at the time (and likely will continue to do so!). But, mistakes get turned into an interesting story, and really, isn't that what Achaea is all about?