Review Submitted By: Sage
Author Status: Player
Started on Rifts: Chronicles of Kingsdale: October 28th, 2008
Submission Date: Feb 14, 2009
TMC Listing: Rifts: Chronicles of Kingsdale
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Sage]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Disclaimer: While my review of this place is positive as most of my
experience with it has been, I won't say that everyone's experience
will be the same. There will always be something to grumble over.
However, I feel that the positives that this game offers outweigh the
negatives.
I had been on a two year hiatus from roleplaying when I decided to
flirt with the idea of making a character on Rifts: Chronicles of
Kingsdale. I had a general idea of the type of character I wanted, but
I didn't have a concept that would hook my character into the
setting. I also didn't have any of the books beyond some notes that I
had made from previous Rifts MU*s I'd played on. I figured that my
decision of whether to make a character or not would ultimately come
down to the response that I got from the chargen staff.
This is where I was in for a surprise, a pleasant one. I found
Tiamat to be friendly and helpful as one would expect, but she
also showed me a good deal of patience, an enjoyable sense of humor
and the willingness to go the extra steps to help me out. I also found
her to be a good brainstorming partner that helped me refine my
concept. Later, I would find out that we were able to feed off each
other for inspiration in RP as well.
If I had one complaint about the chargen, it would be having to put
together your entire character sheet and sending it in by email.
However, I have been on other MU*s that used the palladium system
where it took a long time to put together your sheet. At least with
this system, you're able to control how fast everything is put
together. Of course, this can lead to fun typos as well. Like
accidentally putting Horsemanship: Erotic instead of Exotic.
Another thing that I like about Tiamat is that she isn't satisfied
with status quo when things start to slow down. She has found ways to
encourage the players to make the game their own with their own story
lines, tps and creative role playing. The latest development here is
the creation of special storyteller characters that give players a way
to work with the staff members to develop IC events and help keep
activity up.
Overall, I have found the staff to be fairly nice and helpful. There
is also a solid core of role players that help keep things fun and
creative. We've also been growing in numbers recently as a number of
new players have begun to come to the MU* through word of mouth.
So, if you're looking for an active growing MU* where you can
develop your own story line rather than wait for it to be spoon-fed to
you, you may want to consider dropping by and staying a while...
