[MR] 4/5th Peerage - OMG WILL IT NEVER END?

[Kevin B]

Should there be a another peerage for non-armored combat? If it comes
to pass then I guess there should, if not then I guess not. *shrugs*
things happen in time for reasons I for one shall just wait and see.

There that's done, I would however like to address a few points. "Why
Melchior, why bother?" because these are opinions and non-legitimate
arguments, and I feel the need to dispel them. In this I will use the
term rapier as that is what has been directly discussed. Feel free to
replace it with whatever flips your fancy [As appropriate] :)

1) 'Rapier is not a society wide activity'
   There is a Society Rapier Marshal just like there is a Society
Armored Marshal, to me that says the Society seems to think it is
indeed a society activity. Look it up :)

2) 'Rapier is not _as good_ as armored/No one does that who _can_
fight armored.'
   That is a personal opinion, and doesn't have s#!t to do with a
corporate petition. I've done both, I enjoy both, I chose to pursue
rapier because I was more interested to learn to fight with a real
sword, not a chunk of wood. Personal choice. P.S. I'm a healthy-fit
28yr male who likes to rock climb, scuba dive, drink whiskey and
fight, so you can stuff the unfit argument as well. :-)

NOW That I got that off my chest :-P

Ok, so all that aside I think that the heart of the reason why people
are so passionate about this is that it is pretty obvious to me that
it's biased system. "Really Melchior? How so?"

Everything, I can think of, in this game falls into one of three
categories; Combat, Arts/Science, & Service. Each of these have a
peerage. The difference is that:
      No matter what kind of service you do, you can be a Pelican.
      No matter what kind of Art you do, you can be a Laurel.
      But to be a Society Peer for combat (Chivalry), you HAVE to do
combat as an armored fighter.

It's not calculus IV people. Should it change is not for me to say,
but don't ignore the fact that things are the way they are. If you
want to keep them that way, awesome. Do I want a super special sparkly
hat just for rapier? no, I do what I like because I like it. All I
want is for people to look at the system for what it is, good & bad.
As far as I'm concerned: if I really want a peerage in combat I'll
heft my shield again. *shrugs* but that's me. If it needs to change,
then with time and effort, it will.

In short: don't poo-poo on people because they play the game
differently than you do.

Fini~

-Melchior zum grauen Wolf