xeno rp is just salting at each other for body blocking and being extremely toxic in game
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I have found xenos to be the most toxic players in game.
I don’t think there is much fun to be had as xeno roleplaying with other xenos. Xeno RP is fun when you can RP with people other than xenos but that doesn’t happen very often. I played greeno queen once and that was really fun roleplaying with researchers. It helps that the researchers (I think it was Jean and someone else) took it seriously and didn’t turn it into a meme.
Occasionally there’s good RP with synths but most of it is just people fucking around since as the main hive there’s not much reason you would really talk with a synth.
And if you try to RP with a pred they will just murder you.
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On the topic of xeno-synth RP.
Generally, most of the time if you attempt to RP with a xeno as a synth, either the xeno uses it as an attempt to call in half the hive to jump you.
Or the xeno really does wanna do RP, but two to three warriors notice, come out of nowhere and end you.
Without the Queen being able to actually ally a synth survivor, they have no way to enforce any truces/neutrality. What’s the Queen gonna do? Banish half the hive?
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Does allying the survivor faction not include synthetics?
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The xeno RP aspect has been pretty much covered. TLDR: yea it is non-existent.
As for min/maxxing part: for xenos this game is a team deathmatch first, funny SS13 rp area second. Same for many marines who arm up, kill xenos, die, and repeat. Are you allowed to not go full tryhard? sure, as long as it is not disruptive to your team. If you want to not harm marines but see how much damage you can absorb in a round as a defender, go for it. Want to aim for the most flares melted in a round? why not. Just like team fortress 2, if you want to play a spy using only their revolver, it is not optimal but go for it.
Otherwise most will just play like it is a TDM. You go warrior, lunge marines, and die to sadar. If by min/maxxing you mean stuff like rushing scout cape on chance’s claim so they dont get it, why wouldnt you? Why would you allow them to get a free 2nd scout? It is just handicapping yourself for no reason.
edit: it is also why xenos get mad at crap like stim. Middle of your TF2 match you randomly may or may not have to deal with players 50% faster and their pyros damage do 2x.
Roleplay wise for Xenos, I don’t expect a lot. If they don’t roleplay in hivemind, its whatever.
Where I personally draw the line is on them being LRP in a way that can be seen by the marines and other actual roleplay roles. They should not be randomly turning in place while point spamming at the marines or doing LRP emotes, otherwise I don’t really think its a big issue.
The xenos are the existential threat in the marines story. They’re supporting characters and as long as they’re playing the role and not breaking immersion, its fine.
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Honestly I probably will catch hate for this, but 99% of xeno emotes are “funny” but not RPful
(to be fair, 75% of marine “RP” is “funny” but not RPful)
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