I think that depends on what position your MC took during the first part. If your MC did end up not choosing between the both extremes of either investigating on your own or trusting the dean to know perfectly well what to do, but ended up left out of most of the drama, it would seem rather unexpected if they volunteered.
That’s why my MC didn’t do it. Also they don’t want to be the leader but prefer to end up as second in command, so it seems to be honest very disconcerting for me that the game assumes that my MC wants to become the leader by choosing the tactician option…or that the MC has no choice but to seem bitter about Tress being the leader? Where did that even come from?
The game gives the option to not become leader. Of course some people will chose that option no matter if it’s an even split between choices or a minority. Or did you expect that no one would take that option?
But anyway I can’t get rid of the feeling that the game tries to push me to feel resentment for Tress for becoming the leader, even when I’m not. And that honestly gets annoying? Even the character creation for the demo acts in a passive aggressive way like I would be jealous on Tress!
The whole ‘disturbance’ thing was actually just a joke so I could segway the poll into it.
But yeah,you’re right. It just doesn’t feel right when my MC,who I typically see either as a laidback Jokester or a Brooder who doesn’t give a damn about anything,would be jealous of Tress being the leader.
But I think that line in the character creation was just meant to be a joke.Or maybe we’ll have an option to be jealous of Tress or not.Who knows.
Well it’s not just the character creation, and it already started in part one with the way the tactitian choice was worded (what was by the way for me the main reason I didn’t take that choive even when it sounded like an interesting path). Honestly my MC wouldn’t even think something like:
I can help tress with tactics, or maybe convince them I should be leader?
It just seems very much like I should want the leadership position (let me some time to look into it, so I can pinpoint where else I got that feeling or if it’s just the aftertaste of the joke in combinition to the tactitian choice). And that troubles me somewhat in case that Tress insecurities really will end up in some kind of competence fight, because I wonder if in the end my character will be railroaded into the leader position.
Don’t read too much into the character creation screen. I just toss in commentary as I go without overanalyzing it…nothing in it will affect plot at all. I just don’t want it to be bland/robotic
And yes it would be MUCH easier on me to have the MC eventually become leader no matter what, but that’s not my plan.
As someone who voted her my least fave, all I know is that she asked me to help her cheat on an assignment one time. I’ve never interacted with her beyond that. She’s not in the main study group of people we hang out with, so it’s hard to care about her.
There might be more interesting results if she was removed from the poll (my second least favorite is probably Crook )
My feelings were that Crook was worse, mainly because we’ve actually interacted with him in the Part 2 WIP, and not her (all while my other unfavourite character, Stunner, seemed to be having a bit of character development). Obviously, Hedonist is still absolute worst, though.
Yeah, because that totally would excuse him from taking any responsibility for his creepy actions (and generally acting like an ass). Nah, I will still hate him.
Wouldn’t it be terrible that the father you lost was only our adoptive father… AND THE REAL FATHER IS HEDONIST. OH THE PAIN. OH THE HORROR. OH THE TABOO.
I wouldn’t mind being leader if, for some reason, Tress was obliged to step down and none of the others would step up. In fact, I think that’s a very reasonable possibility.
What I wouldn’t have liked was forcing myself into being leader (especially when I’m going up against Tress of all people, who is probably much better qualified than my MC), because it would have been awfully out of character. Circumstances forcing me, on the other hand–especially in the superhero genre–seems not only reasonable but also almost probable?
And as you say, it’d be much easier for you to have an MC who is always the leader at some point. That makes a lot of sense.
Thinking of it, why would being forced to be the leader force us to be a dictator who make all the decisions? Couldnt an mc who doesnt WANT to be leader try to be democratic? That way the leadership is shared with the group instead of everyone focusing on the leader opinion. There is good and bad with doing this.
Well, the leader is in the end still the one who has to decide, the one who has to take responsibility if something goes wrong in one way or another. Even in a flat hierarchy. (How it played out with Tress in the demo shows pretty well how a leader is expected to make decisions, I don’t know why it should go different if MC would be the leader). And then there are people that just are absolutely opposed to be anywhere close to be the leader. Or may would take responsibility if their decisions would only reflect on themself and not a whole team.
Well thats what I mean. If our character is forced into being the leader maybe the could try to spread the reaponsibility so they dont get the whole blame if something goes wrong. I’m just curious as to what will happen to those who doesnt want the leadership.
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