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Re: an n'Rotri Ruckus

That was a fun mini-event.

Also I'm soooo glad there was no Veritus n'Rotri involvement.
UzrielUzriel

Re: Keeping Divine Orders Alive

Jolanthe said:
Divine orders just really struggle without the Divine being active in pretty much all cases I've seen. It's almost kind of magical how a Divine returning from dormancy/having a new player admin can make a whole group of players just return seemingly out of thin air - th intentions of supporting dormant orders are good, but I'm not sure how much can really be derived from it.

Aha, very good point!

Pure roleplay divine was actually the original intention behind ascension, and while I think that could be a neat avenue to explore I can also see why we've shied from it. Puts a lot of strain on coder admin who might not be able to commit in the same ways, even if they'd like to.

Yeah. I'd love to see an avenue of pure RP Gods somehow in the game. It be pretty neat to see!



AlarinAlarin

Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow

Aruokei said:
Ahhh elections. Gotta log in to build that vote weight.
You got me excited for a moment, like I was going to log in to a new seren election.

Re: Announce Post #3123: Q&A Livestream

"...coded on a napkin, and then faxed over to an actual monkey"

I love you. Also, the pronunciation was spot on :)

Re: Small(er) scale pvp

Luxurio said:
Domoth locking is already a pretty weirdly awful mechanic that should be changed. How would the random participants be determined? What if it just pits 6 random noncoms against one another? Or worse, pits a bunch of noncoms against seasoned combatants? Who decides who gets to go if it's a choice?

"This incentivizes people who want to participate in these specialized conflicts to “get good” and be chosen for their alliance to attend."

Or it just creates another elitist class of PKers and makes people who aren't fully artied up feel excluded, similar to the situation some people feel about aetherhunts.

Organisations aren't balanced populations wise and are often split across time zones.

The mess with conflict isn't an issue that can be fixed by any admin decision.
1. Participants would be chosen by their alliances.

2. Elitist PKers exist, regardless. In most cases, you stand a better chance in a 3v3 or 5v5 with no arties than you would getting smashed by 20... this is one avenue for something different, all other conflict mechanics could remain the same and everyone can still participate in their boring deathballs.

3. Populations are definitely out of whack, but there are frequently 20 people in a time quake and 3-5 waiting outside it knowing they don’t have enough to participate. If you’re locked into a 5v5, most orgs can at least field something to contest.

4. These are purposefully low stakes. The only small scale pvp happens in the arena now, and weirdly in the case of ascension war games) are basically the highest stakes ever. That being said, ascension war games are very fun.

Also, no one is excluded from aetherhunts unless they’re whining about not gunning.


MelechMelech

Re: Lore Friendly Beasts and Dwellers

In the past, when customisations were the sole behest of one person rather than a dedicated group of administrators, things could easily slip through the cracks after a long day of work - especially when that person was unfamiliar with more recent pop culture material. The benefit of multiple people on a team means that multiple people have a chance to spot these things with each having widely varying levels and niches of pop culture knowledge, so that way we can keep the level that we'd like to! 
MysraiMysrai

Re: Small(er) scale pvp

I know I don't really have a horse in this race but I don't like the idea of code-enforced alliances.

Re: Small(er) scale pvp

Down with deathballs. :(
MelechMelech

Re: Small(er) scale pvp

That’s fair, I just didn’t know how else you’d be able to enforce who was from where to determine eligibility.

(Also welcoming all thoughts/opinions, here!)
MelechMelech

Re: Lore Friendly Beasts and Dwellers

I mean, there's a character running around with the Weighted Companion Cube from the Portal series as a custom pet. I'd say there's a wide latitude here :) .