How to Ignore the Factory

[Jsc]

Heard some really dumb ideas over the past year. Even more so lately,

• We need "Counter" Tech. We have to out build them in the Factory or we will lose PvP, right?
• We need Planetary Defenses. Because everybody acknowledges planetary defenses during Invasions, right?
• We need Lightsaber Resistant Materials. Because if they can't hit us with a lightsaber multiple times, we're safe from the other 9 million offensive technologies in the galaxy too, right?

No.

Look. This is not a thing. If you rely on The Factory to give you any type of advantage in PvP you are just throwing away the greatest utility any writer can ever ask for. Their imagination. Using the Factory only limits you. That's all it ever does. If you have 100 guns. They will build 100+1. If you have a tank that can destroy a moon, they will build a tank that can destroy a moon+1. If you have a ship that can block ion cannons, they will just build ion cannons+1. ...You can't win. The Factory has become your crutch. It is a weakness to believe you can rely on the Factory to solve all your PvP woes. Better add it to all your character profiles under the line: "Weakness - Uses the Factory in an attempt to win fictional prose."

Now. You don't care what I have to say. You love the Factory. It's your baby. So, I'm not here to convince you of this. Because most of you out there know how this really works. So I'm going to turn the time over to you. The people who have figured out, how to ignore the Factory.

Tell us, oh veterans. How have you managed to ignore the Factory all together? Tell us oh Faction Admins, how have you managed to ignore every Planetary Defense Dev Thread ever when crafting an Invasion? Tell us, LEGO kiddies how many times you've had to build "New" tech to counter "New" tech that was built to counter your "New" tech? Tell us, oh Faction Admins how many times you've had to reshuffle your Armory Manifest because it had somehow gotten "Old" or now how you ignore it completely. Tell us, oh Factory Judges how "The Arms Race" is a never ending shenanigan that has more to do with Rail Guns and bad Sith Alchemy, than it ever did with Star Wars.

Tell us Chaos. How the Factory does not "win" PvP. And probably never did.

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

I used it like once to turn materials I received as an event reward for the Dark Harvest event into something usable.

Ignored it ever since, besides when some people spam me on Skype bragging about their hundred variations of their factions tank that are much better then the other factions and all the other tanks ever made.

Seriously guiz, that's annoying. Staph.

 

[Anita Willamina]

I love the factory, it lets me stretch my imagination for fun as I dislike pvp unless it is against someone fun.

 

[Lief]

>Uses the Factory and Codex purely for personal Lore
>Never really uses what I make in a PVP situation
>Oh wait, I don't PVP... Nevermind...

 

[Rexus Drath]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]

I <3 U oh wise and powerful Jay Scott of the family Clark

 

[Atham'aali'kema]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]

We had a phrase for it at my last site - The Arms Race. It was no good and precisely what you described. Make 100 guns, they make 100+1.

 

[Alric Kuhn]

The factory is just an accent, nothing more.

 

[Kiber Dorn]

I have never used the factory and I have a grand old time.

 

[Jsc]

^ All of these comments. The feelz.

And if that's not enough? I'll give you an example from my personal archives: The Primeval Invasion of Silver Ziost - Karen Roberts Vs Condor. Neutral Master vs NFU.

Now. I know what your thinking? Unfair fight right? Hmm. Let's see. Let's do the numbers. My character is wearing Factory armor that is technically immune to his standard blaster rifle. My character is wearing a Factory shield that is technically immune to energy weapons. My character is wearing a Factory gun that can technically one-shot kill his character into ash with just a graze. And, my character has access to dozens of Force techniques that can render his character unconscious in just a flick of the wrist. His character is wearing generic armor, a jetpack, a standard blaster rifle, and some fragmentation grenades. Hmm. So how does this play out exactly? ...Surprisingly, fairly.

See. Condor and I don't care about the Factory, nor about winning. So before the fight even started we decided that we would just trade hits until our characters were both so bloody neither of them could stand up anymore. We wanted this epic fight that would exhaust our characters to the limit. Factory, or no Factory. Force, or no Force. Win, or no win. We didn't care. It was just going to be spontaneous fun. And that's what happened. Me and him had a ton of fun. It was some of the best PvP posting I've ever had. Condor went toe-to-toe with the most powerful Force User I've ever constructed and we both had fun. Ha. And we both could have lost. Imagine that. It was anyone's game. Instead? We both won. Because it was a blast.

In closing. The Factory doesn't matter. It doesn't just give you wins, or counters, or even a good time. It's just an accent to the game. Another optional experience. So don't let it tie you down to numbers, or HP, or power levels, or stats of +4 Dexterity. Because at the end of the day this is just a stupid game. Learn to love the stupidity of it all. Lol.

But don't just take it from me. Listen to these guys above ^. They know much better than I do. They really do.

Cheers and happy posting Chaos. You got this.

 

[Allyson Locke]

TL;DR: Talk to the person you're writing with and understand that everything has a limit. The factory is for funsies, its the minecraft of the board. GG.

 

[Doctor Azure]

The factory is for you to explain OOCly what your character can't be bothered to explain ICly... Or what they can't explain without sounding like a cliche megalomaniac.

 

[Rusty]

Call me crazy, but I don't think the job of the Factory to make sure every little thing is unique. Their job is to make sure a minimum of things are getting pulled out of the minimum of asses, and that you're not walking around with a gun that shoots Jesus nails that's powered by the blood of the Virgin Mary whilst walking into a room full of demons or something.

Other than that, it's all on you, the writer, how much BS you're willing to put up with, or how much fun you plan on having.

Some people are going to weigh down the fights with stats and numbers and cry foul when you don't instantly get vaporized by their shiny. We call these people things I'm not allowed to say on this board. If we all just pretended they didn't exist, the world would be a better place.

 

[Jsc]

Their job is to make sure a minimum of things are getting pulled out of the minimum of asses, and that you're not walking around with a gun that shoots Jesus nails that's powered by the blood of the Virgin Mary whilst walking into a room full of demons or something.

This is the greatest comment ever.

Also. I will build a Jesus gun one day. ...Mmm. SoonTM

 

[Doctor Azure]

[member="Rusty"]

Can you help me develop Jesus nails? I really want to see what that would look like being shot out of a coilgun.

 

[Allyson Locke]

It was just a lot of words to reiterate something that is the basic ground for Role-Playing.​

Communication​

 

[Rusty]

Meet me at my shop and we'll talk.
[member="Doctor Azure"]

 

[Doctor Azure]

[member="Rusty"]

This falls under "never asking 'what's the worst thing that could happen'", yes?

 

[Rusty]

[member="Doctor Azure"]

*Points up*

See? He gets it.

 

[Doctor Azure]

[member="Rusty"]

I'll bug you about not-Jesus-produced ammo soon

 

[Jak Sandrow]

Fun Fact: in Marvel, the Punisher had a gun that shot knives.