Timeline for How should I handle nerfing a player for the purposes of game balance?
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| Feb 8, 2012 at 2:25 | comment | added | corvec | I am thinking that I should force them back into a conflict state, as the "Infection" that he has was not intended to be used by a player in the way he is using it. Then, he would lose the benefit of the part of his template that is the most powerful in combination with others OR he would cement his status as a bad guy. In case it's not clear, I like to have in-game explanations for changes in the meta, even if those changes are negotiated on an out of game level. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 2:22 | comment | added | corvec | That's the main thing. Because of how we stat vs. how some other chapters stat (namely, they don't allow his Infection and they don't allow multiple Alterations), he is nowhere near as powerful in other places as he is at our chapter. That said, the reason he has the Infection is central to a major campaign plot, wherein he was, for a time, undercover among the PCs and leaking information to the bad guys. Now that he's no longer undercover, he is still leaking information to them. He just managed to convince the PCs that they're not bad guys. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 2:13 | comment | added | Brian Ballsun-Stanton | Ah. Then yeah, asking him nicely and telling him that he "wins" is about it. And... basically asking him to reserve his OP character for when it goes visiting? Will need to ponder... I recommend editing that into your question. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 2:12 | comment | added | corvec | He has, however, been agreeable to certain types/degrees of nerfing - so long as it does not defeat the purpose of his character concept. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 2:10 | comment | added | corvec | Asking him to leave isn't an option as he is a Chapter Owner. He is not interested in a permanent Plot or NPC position, but I have considered making his character a local NPC. The main issue with making him an NPC is that NERO characters are able to travel to other chapters(which he does, frequently), and as an NPC (unless I pulled some shenanigans) he would lose that ability. | |
| Feb 7, 2012 at 23:12 | history | answered | Brian Ballsun-Stanton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |