Shiro15
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Well that still doesn't address my problem that this "feature" creates in the game. And that is the jarring writing from having multiple writers work on the same character. A character's characterization isn't something that should be changed haphazardly. If people are going to collaborate on something they need to be in communication, and have some level of agreement on the direction a character is going to take. They would need this for character interactions as well.See, here's where I think the disconnect is. Fans writing for characters is the gas that keeps the train moving.
CoC, TiTs, and CoC2 are community collaborations. They always have been. All of the writers currently writing this are just that - fans who wrote a bunch of stuff. Any writer in the future will be exactly the same thing. That's an intended function of process these games use, and it's what keeps content flowing in.
People writing content for characters they want to see more of isn't a bug, it's a feature.
Now I'm not trying to shit on the fans who want to continue developing abandoned content, commission writers or people that support the project. As I said I think it's great that fans want to be involved. But Savin and Co needs to do a better job of managing how this content is curated and developed. I know they have rules for submissions, but there honestly not good enough. The quality is all over the place. And this is why imo Wsan's content stands out as some of the stronger content. Not because their some sort of writing god. (I personally think their content is average.) But at the very least their content is mostly consistent. With only expectation being Elthera getting breed by Brint imo.
Edit: All this has lead to is a bunch of one off characters who start off interesting, but thats it. They play no greater role in the story and they hold no real meaning. It's like watching the first episode of a show that talks about how a character is going to go on this grand adventer that ends with them leaving their home-town and then... nothing. No second episode. No continuation in a larger series. Just nothing.