Something as simple as: "XYZ just trusted you to operate on them, check help @trust for more details". And similar functionality for @untrust.
Something as simple as: "XYZ just trusted you to operate on them, check help @trust for more details". And similar functionality for @untrust.
@trust can ICly be used to mess with people just like trust can be used to mess with people IRL. Maybe I want to @trust someone for a while so they feel confident that they can grapple me then I want to engineer a situation where they try to do so and they fail at it thus resulting in X happening.
I know that seems pretty far off but it has actually come up for me in game before just by happenstance which was what got me thinking about how getting people used to certain trust levels then changing that on them without them knowing could be a tool one can use to mess with others
Also, I don't want people to always be aware of what I currently trust them with or don't trust them with. That gives them levers and angles that they can use against me that they should have to find out about or develop ICly. I don't want them to magically know via OOC messaging.
I tend to give a nod if needed or ask if someone is ready or whatever in a IC way and it's worked fine for me so far. And if it's a character yours spends a lot of time with, it's not unusual for certain trusts to be set and left unless there is reason to change them which also alleviates the problem some.
How do you know I'm going to let you do something just because I let you do it before?
I sort of see your point Marleen, but really the only meta thing is being told Person A trust's/doesn't trust you. Without the notification everything's FOIC.
FOIC ;)
It's all in the context. As just like we do IRL, our trust is not binary but depends on the situation and people involved.
The command does nothing more than change my character's IC actions and reactions. Just like attack, pose, and others. I don't see @trusting someone to grapple to get them complacent then changing it on them is much different then not attacking them for a long time then suddenly attacking them.
I still struggle to see where having that OOC clarification would be bad. If someone emoted that they put no resistance to undressing or whatever, then NOT having @trust to strip seems a bit meta to. Same with all the other actions. So... what's the problem? This only provides OOC clarity to IC actions.