Revising training guidelines

[Brandon Rhea]

Over the next few days, I'm going to be completely - and some might say radically - revising the training guidelines for this faction. I know what I want to do with them, but I also want to hear how you all would like to see this faction's training work. If I like the ideas, I may incorporate them.

For the moment, I'm not going to tell you guys what I'm planning on doing, only because I don't want to skew your ideas. I'd rather have ideas that aren't biased in any particular direction based on where you know I'm looking to go.

Post away!

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Dark Jedi service the Master. The Master does not teach as much as use the Acolyte to achieve his own missions and goals. The Master may teach his padawan what he wishes and grants the Acolyte rank when they are judged proficient enough to independently achieve their own tasks.

If an Acolyte performs a task worthy of advancement, such as killing a Jedi. I feel that too many dark Masters give a class when all Acolytes should be just that- an acolyte. An acolyte is a servant.

 

[Lucid]

Dark Jedi service the Master. The Master does not teach as much as use the Acolyte to achieve his own missions and goals. The Master may teach his padawan what he wishes and grants the Acolyte rank when they are judged proficient enough to independently achieve their own tasks.

If an Acolyte performs a task worthy of advancement, such as killing a Jedi. I feel that too many dark Masters give a class when all Acolytes should be just that- an acolyte. An acolyte is a servant.

Sounds very Yuuzhan Vong to me. Also, sounds pretty neat to RP...teaches people how to watch their back IC.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Well, you're ****ing dark Jedi. The way Acolytes have been treated is like babies but evil. It's very meh. You should be sending your Acolytes(multiple ones) out to compete for prizes and your favour. Once an acolyte gets your favour they get rewards. This creates competition and what not that you see for example in KOTOR.

 

[Lucid]

that makes sense, lol. I was agreeing with what you were saying. I like this concept.

 

[Mars]

Dark Jedi service the Master. The Master does not teach as much as use the Acolyte to achieve his own missions and goals. The Master may teach his padawan what he wishes and grants the Acolyte rank when they are judged proficient enough to independently achieve their own tasks.

If an Acolyte performs a task worthy of advancement, such as killing a Jedi. I feel that too many dark Masters give a class when all Acolytes should be just that- an acolyte. An acolyte is a servant.

This x1000

Personally, with training as is right now, I find it to be incredibly boring and repetitive.

 

[Gambler]

Training, in my opinion, should be a series of mini-missions. Instead of just sitting in a room bashing an acolyte's brains out, the entire training should consist of mission after mission. It is easier to learn something when one's life literally depends on it, and there is no better way to learn how to apply something to a real-life situation when one is thrust into that sort of situation from the get go.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Training, in my opinion, should be a series of mini-missions. Instead of just sitting in a room bashing an acolyte's brains out, the entire training should consist of mission after mission. It is easier to learn something when one's life literally depends on it, and there is no better way to learn how to apply something to a real-life situation when one is thrust into that sort of situation from the get go.

With missions it becomes a pain. You should work for a goal and you'll make some open threads that get attention rather than begging users to be your enemy that will never show up.

 

[Gambler]

With missions it becomes a pain. You should work for a goal and you'll make some open threads that get attention rather than begging users to be your enemy that will never show up.

Missions could become a pain if they were full-fledged, ten page monstrosities with some random goal that barely makes sense or is out of an Acolyte's league, yes. I am suggesting that training encompasses a bunch of mini, planet-specific ones, that allow the use of basic Force powers and make it less tedious than, "run fast there. Hit that. Push this. Try and kill me," as after a page or two the posts of those deteriorate to the quality of piss. Monkey piss.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Missions could become a pain if they were full-fledged, ten page monstrosities with some random goal that barely makes sense or is out of an Acolyte's league, yes. I am suggesting that training encompasses a bunch of mini, planet-specific ones, that allow the use of basic Force powers and make it less tedious than, "run fast there. Hit that. Push this. Try and kill me," as after a page or two the posts of those deteriorate to the quality of piss. Monkey piss.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand this is the other problem. Shit missions that have no impact on anything. Writing missions for other people never works. You need to try and further the goals of the faction in your own way.

 

[Zen]

Well, you're ****ing dark Jedi. The way Acolytes have been treated is like babies but evil. It's very meh. You should be sending your Acolytes(multiple ones) out to compete for prizes and your favour. Once an acolyte gets your favour they get rewards. This creates competition and what not that you see for example in KOTOR.

There my babies of the Dark force of level.

May the Dread Father train you all.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Good ideas in here so far, guys.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

[Zen]

I was hoping having Stronger and more strict training maybe ritual stuff and so on? Aww Just my thought Bringing some back from the Dead with the Rescuert Force technique would be great, I have seen a Profile I believe it was a Shade or Opsio Knight or Master that had the move it would be amazing bringing the dead back.

 

[Horizon]

I was hoping having Stronger and more strict training maybe ritual stuff and so on? Aww Just my thought Bringing some back from the Dead with the Rescuert Force technique would be great, I have seen a Profile I believe it was a Shade or Opsio Knight or Master that had the move it would be amazing bringing the dead back.

Well the resseructing part might lead to people reviving more than one person per their life span which would cause alot of problems xD!

But I agree with Ru's idea. Crusader's are the big guys on campus which only answer to Masters and anything above. Acolytes have to earn everything and if it means killing one another to achieve their goal then it would single out the weak ones, disposing them in the process. Seriously I know we are supposed to be training individual characters to allow our numbers to grow but the Bogan are known for cruelty and the odds for survival should be slim.
I always try to think back to how the Sith worked in Star Wars:KOTOR.

Everything was a test. Everyone was out for themselves. Death awaited in almost every trial. It was succeede or die. I only stated most of this because I have seen Acolytes been babied through out their training. And what Gambler said on "sitting in a room bashing an acolyte's brains out" I see nothing wrong with. As long as it has a lesson to it.

 

[Zen]

Well the resseructing part might lead to people reviving more than one person per their life span which would cause alot of problems xD!

But I agree with Ru's idea. Crusader's are the big guys on campus which only answer to Masters and anything above. Acolytes have to earn everything and if it means killing one another to achieve their goal then it would single out the weak ones, disposing them in the process. Seriously I know we are supposed to be training individual characters to allow our numbers to grow but the Bogan are known for cruelty and the odds for survival should be slim.
I always try to think back to how the Sith worked in Star Wars:KOTOR.

Everything was a test. Everyone was out for themselves. Death awaited in almost every trial. It was succeede or die. I only stated most of this because I have seen Acolytes been babied through out their training. And what Gambler said on "sitting in a room bashing an acolyte's brains out" I see nothing wrong with. As long as it has a lesson to it.

Yeah, But shouldn't resseructing have a limit on how much you use it and the drain of it?

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Resurrection should be nigh impossible. Being able to do it would require devotion to it on a level that would require ones exclusive attention.

 

[Zen]

Resurrection should be nigh impossible. Being able to do it would require devotion to it on a level that would require ones exclusive attention.

I believe in the second time line, A Shade Knight or Master maybe a Orpison Knight or master Had that skill. So having Resurrection is very very very very very rare?

 

[Horizon]

I believe in the second time line, A Shade Knight or Master maybe a Orpison Knight or master Had that skill. So having Resurrection is very very very very very rare?

Yes and in realistic terms that ospion knight should be the only one. Infact even he shouldn't have had that ability. And resurrecting is not even relative to training guidelines.

 

[Jake]

Hey, cool, I thought this would get shot down immediately.

Curious to see if Bac is still implementing these since there hasn't been a post here from him in about two weeks.

 

[Zen]

Yes and in realistic terms that ospion knight should be the only one. Infact even he shouldn't have had that ability. And resurrecting is not even relative to training guidelines.

Umm, It was a She that had blind eyes. I can send you the link to the profile if I can find it again. If you wish me to.