I'm either not expressing myself very clearly, people aren't reading what I'm actually writing, or this is One Of Those topics that nobody is going to change their minds on. It's probably all three. Genuinely, thanks to anybody who made a constructi…
Okay, now that we've gone back to being constructive, I'll jump in again:
Great post (not even sarcastically). My point is not that we shouldn't take anything from other games. It's this: That another game has 'free' access to a mechanic …
We have got to stop comparing different IREs when it comes to What's Freely Available. Or are we going to say there's nothing we have access to that they don't? They are different games with different - and entirely separate - internal econom…
I'm confused here. I just bumped because lots of people expressed concerns about the effect of the throttle on an artefact that some folks had invested real I-went-to-work cash in. You pay your money and you take your choice, right? I don't e…
Well that's not very kind, is it? This is a serious problem that has really frustrated some individuals and reduced their enjoyment of the game. Dismissing it with a flippant meme isn't in the spirit of these forums. Come on, you're above this.
Okay, serious question to anybody who does combat:
What is the basic level lesson investment at which you could turn up to a GROUP fight and have more fun than getting instalocked? I just wonder what the actual entry level i…
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I totally get you, and don't disagree that the balance of paying-to-free players might be wrong (because I don't know either way), but the basic model still relies on incentivising investment. All I'm really asking is for the people w…
afaik, the distinction in Lusty is that Insanity refers to Astral and similar effects. Madness refers to OOC talk. (to be clear, I'm basing this on HELP MADNESS, and HELP INSANITY)
I'm really not trying to cause arguments here, but a lot of this hair-pulling seems to come down to a fundamental misunderstanding of the free-to-play model. I think the least contentious way I can put my point is that if there is no advantage for a…
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As somebody with mental issues, I'm not taking it personally that an entirely IC mechanic that has nothing to do with planet earth is being used to make people do odd things. Equally, I would hope that nobody with a physical disabilit…
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My understanding is that it was implemented partially to speedbump people looping Astral all day. It also keeps the price of sparkleberries high. I am in favour of it for both of these reasons.
One outcome of Astral insanity is that your character does things that you have to weave into your RP. The random tells don't currently help towards that (e.g., A black and white seagull tells you, "My love! Eneiran forgives a simple house maid.").<…
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I've heard colloquially that the proc chance of a gem pull is around 1/10. Can't speak to the veracity of that claim, but it feels about right from what I've seen. But hell, let's triple it and say it's 3/10. It's then going to take y…
You reach into the Ravenwood Cornucopia of Enchanting Vines, searching for something special. Your hand closes around something distinctly inedible, and amid a rainbow shower of sparkles you remove a festive present wrapped in red and green foi…
What? A CL election in an IRE, with no llamadrama, second-abuse-ballot-stuffing, Skype-summoning, Godmin intervention, or rageposts? I mean, it was more peaceful than any RL election/referendum that's taken place in the last 18 months.