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Nerf Tarken

You know @Lavinya -  Steingrim raises a really, really valid point.  You weren't CL of Mag, sure, but the amount of power and time you contributed and still contribute to Magnagora would make up tenfold for what you lost by quitting (not to mention the enormous amount you did pay back after the fact, lol).

As a person that has tried several times to play Lusternia (currently working on a new character) one of the things that I find frustrating is the amount of stuff thrown at you. Things tend to be needlessly wordy in Lusternia. Something as simple as a title for a guild can be twelve words long. This is just one example. If you would take the time to simplify and streamline things, clean up and make help files and scrolls to the point, then I think it would make it a lot more appealing to people that are coming in. As a writer of sorts, there is a difference between being descriptive, and being overly "wordy". When you are dealing with a text-based experience, you need a balance between descriptive and brevity. Otherwise, it is just a wall of text.

Second to this would be formatting. Several of the other IRE (Aetolia for example) have taken the time to work out ways to better format the display of information. They have a very nice layout for things like HELPs and SCORE and STATUS. Which believe it or not helps with the ability to make ones experience in a text-based game easier.

I want to like Lusternia for many reasons, however, it often feels very bulky and tiresome to me.

Lavinya said:

EDIT: Tired of the shade and jabs. Less verbiage, just this. (Dude I was kinda sticking up for you and finding a silver lining.)

If that is to me I was neither taking a jab back at you or being defensive. I did have to consider the effect of leaving suddenly and I know how much power I've been responsible in contributing (over the years) and how many credits I spent out of my own pocket to reward other people for bringing in power. I'm just saying the normal rules don't apply to me in this situation.

I did have to decide if the value of remaining and possibly hamstringing the outcome later in the event was worth the extra non-insignificant power leaving early would cost them. It did give me pause and I even considered the impact it had on you (remember I did icly appeal on your behalf).

Lavinya said:

@Steingrim speaking from experience - no matter how good your own reasoning and the importance you felt to leave, you're ever going to cop heat for leaving as VA. Years on I still get shade and jabs and I returned and paid back just over half the debt. 

If nothing else, it sure makes for a juicy, angsty RP base to work from.

Difference is I paid the debt in full. /flex
Edit: I also did what is absolutely best for the org.
Edit2: I also did what was IC for the character with doing the least damage to the org, instead of remaining and risking the org blowing up.

Aydeksa said:

I'm not sure how my post was abusive but okay?

You're doing the thing.

Lycidas's post mocked a crappy attitude that's having a negative impact on the game and you seemly told them to leave.

Didn't you retire yesterday and say you hated where the game was going? Why stick around just to offer petty retorts? If the environment is that bad for you move on from it.

Does anyone feel deja vu

I'm not sure how my post was abusive but okay?