CommID: Under what circumstances can one start sending a character IC tells?
As much as my memory allows me to remember. I have no intention of keeping a list of who allows it or not. For me, that's what it comes down to. If I'm met with "I didn't give you my comlink ID", I would probably remove that person from my friends list because otherwise I'll eventually forget who gave me the OK for IC tells and who didn't.
I don't mind receiving IC tells from people without having them previously OK'ed, for that same reason: I don't want them to have to keep records on their computers of who they can contact or not. At any given moment in the IC call, I reserve the right to hang up or task my comlink with other task, like blocking caller ID or sending to message box.
Suppression Gas: What level of violence should be permitted under suppression gas?
I gave a part of answer in my post above.
Another thing on this topic is consistency. Two things:
1) Usage previous consented in a specific zone
If a zone has been consistently used in RP involving a certain level of violence, it's easy to start considering this a "usual thing", no malice intended. Communication's your best friend, before jumping on high horses.
2) Usage previously consented by specific players.
If a player has previously RPed violent actions in a high suppression zone, it's an easy slip to think such player allows this. Again, no malice intended, just working from a very human brain.
For both cases, if a player changes stance on those two circumstances depending if s/he got wind in their back or in their face... I'll draw my own conclusions.
Tells: Are they *normally*, as our standard, considered texts, voice messages, or videos?
I let other players decide for their own comlink.
As for my own comlink, I consider mine voice only by default, unless I use visual emotes like *smiles* or the like. Just like my Skype, actually. Camera's off by default, unless I choose to activate it.
Levels/Enlightenment: How should these be played?
Levels:
I've always treated them as security levels clearances, actions going straight into your personal record by some form of monitoring.
Enlightenment:
I consider it to have different effects on people. I generally tend to consider that it makes one more resilient to "influence" related to faction change inducers. I consider that a faction change from someone who reached enlightenment comes from a deliberate decision of that character, decision which is not induced by forceful mechanisms.
The feeling of "the core of my being shift" doesn't "rock" Xee so much now, but she definitely notices when someone reaches enlightenment, having felt it herself and meditated on it (some MAs do that kind of stuff ).