Q: The big question you still need to answer is what players do. So say I join your site right now, make a character, all that stuff. How am I going to interact with the site? What am I going to do.
A: If someone were to join right now: they'd write. I cannot get any more specific than that without breaking it down into the 4 user groups. The actual things they'll be doing vary too much.
Players will write. They'll write with others players. They'll write with stronger players. They'll write their last thread, eventually.
When characters deal with consequences, those will usually be personal consequences: emotional dilemmas such as guilt or fear, or punishments such as suspension, expulsion, or having their licenses revoked; occasionally it'll be death.
I suppose I'm still thinking too "high".
The system isn't meant to be used all the time. Beyond comparing sizes and handling combat, most of what people will do won't revolve around it.
People will do whatever they want. They'll thread with others and occasionally do solos. The content of those threads will vary: meet-ups at bars, fights, dates, honestly whatever they'd do on any other site. I think it's imperative to say that a good chunk of what people will do simply won't involve the systems in place.
Think of it as though for students it was a typical, normal highschool RP. The only difference will be that when they'd have tests or school competitions, they'll be fighting with superpowers instead.
The other groups will be more combat-centric, sure, but the premise is the same - normal-ish life (with no involvement from the systems), until they go to work.
I can't really state it enough that the systems won't be being used constantly. And that's not really a diagnosis of the current system - it's what I want too.
Maybe I'm just having a hard time understanding your question. If so, is there a specific way you could ask it? Maybe just yes or no questions? Anything in general that's more specific than "what they do"? Because right now I think I'm answering to the best of my ability.
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