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Re: Game Balance
Sapphira said:I completely empathise with the sentiment of being disheartened, and not finding joy in the game.
Real talk here - I know all of you are saying you have no solutions, but this is broken and awful. Don't disagree, it's not great. But what are we on the 'winning' side supposed to do here? No longer engage? Stop logging in? I know that no one on our 'side' is loving having no competition, you find people come running at the first sign of conflict because they love a fight and are desperate for a taste of one. Not because they want to demoralise, not because they want to crush and be masters of the universe, but because pk is a large part of why they play the game, and they will take what they can of it!
I'm sad that people are leaving or considering leaving. I know it's not always skewed - firstly the 'off-peak' timequakes we're as often evenly matched or outnumbered as we are on the up side. Secondly I have also played on the losing side many times and endures round the clock raids and 'off-peak' raids, being ganked any time leaving prime, having no domoths or villages, being a ghost town, demoralised, beat down and generally just not wanting to even play anymore. I 100% understand where you are coming from - but things did shift. People got better at their skills. People got hungry to learn and do better. New people started to come around.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, genuinely, what can we actually do to help, and also, hang in there? Please don't give up?
No one is, in any shape, way or form, expecting people on the "winning" side (I hate the notion of sides on the ooc side of things) to stand back and not engage, because that isn't reasonable.
I agree that for a time, off-peak timequakes were still okay, but as is with declining populace, it gets less and less and for the last few I've seen, I was happy if we had like 4 or 5 people coming. I've been in a few of those situations before on this game, but I feel it wasn't quite as bad in a long time. Or maybe I'm just getting tired myself? It's extremely sad if your mindset has shifted to "please no people leaving today" when you log in from the usual "what exciting things did happened while I was not playing?" that I usually had.
Aeldra
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Re: Game Balance
Give it a week and we'll see if we can do enough roleplay to make things enjoyable for you. I don't want to see you go because ILorina said:I have expressed my concerns already. This current state cannot continue. It is too emotionally draining and I am beginning the process of wrapping things up to step away from Lusternia. I have tried for a few months now to help others find some enjoyment, but the collective anger, sadness and apathy that has built up has put too much of strain on me to continue.
It might not look it, but the game is hurting here. Every few days we hear more leaving, and no new blood. It saddens me that this is what the game has become. I genuinely hope solution is found to ease the suffering of so many players. I wish everyone the best.
you. 
Yinuish
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Re: Game Balance
It's not fun, more people are talking about quitting because Lusternia is no longer fun for them due to conflict.
I don't think there's any solution other than us getting new players, people alting until the sides are more even, or people from IHC getting bored and quitting. Obviously no one wants to see less people playing, but let's be real. That's going to be the most likely 'solution' to the numbers game and then it'll just repeat itself over and over.
I have no great ideas. I've been trying to work with people one on one but many of them just feel hopeless and that's so hard to deal with in a game where people come to relax.
I don't think there's any solution other than us getting new players, people alting until the sides are more even, or people from IHC getting bored and quitting. Obviously no one wants to see less people playing, but let's be real. That's going to be the most likely 'solution' to the numbers game and then it'll just repeat itself over and over.
I have no great ideas. I've been trying to work with people one on one but many of them just feel hopeless and that's so hard to deal with in a game where people come to relax.
Yinuish
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Re: Lusternian Divine AMA
3) Thetis, the Windblown Thistledown was awesome. I loved the character's description and personality and concept overall. The event to bring all her bits together and make her hold her form was very cute and I loved it!Terentia said:The Quizmaster turns their attention to the Divine.
1) In the spirit of Ephemeral Season closing, what motivated you to apply to be an Ephemeral?
2) What is one suggestion that you would give to anyone who may apply to be an Ephemeral in the future?
3) Who have been your favorite Ephemeral characters (note, not the admin because that is rude, but like, the persona that they portrayed; e.g. Kidaen, the Empyrean Bard)?
4) What has been the most enjoyable thing you created or contributed to the game? Bonus points if it was something that you did as an Ephemeral.
4) Binky Tailsnap, a Seren vendor mobile. I've always wanted to have a mouse-kin, and now he exists, and he's adorable.
Maylea
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Re: Descriptions: From Divines to Mortals, and Beasts, and Items, and Mobs, and Places!
Thief of Hidden Apogees best aspectGurashi said:The Thief of Hidden Apogees
The air holds its breath surrounding the gargantuan feathered form of this enormous creature, aetheric energies sparking in hieroglyphs of saffron colour that guarantee He is a radiant immortal. Covering Him from head to claw is a vast field of inky black feathers, dusted along their tips with saffron dust that shimmers in light like the distant abyss of space as they cast shapes and flowing rivers before being cast into entirely new patterns with His movement. Two enormous wings are folded at His sides in place of arms, falling down to the ground before spilling out and behind Him like the train of a dress. Golden claws can be seen extending from His leathery grey, avian feet, spreading out further hieroglyphs along the surface of what it is He walks upon like oil spilling over water. Towering upwards to twelve feet in height, His head is rounded and His face distinctly owl-shaped, a viciously curved gold beak protruding from the bottom of a central ridge splitting His face in half. Wide and unblinking, His eyes are little more than voidstruck pools of absolute darkness that shimmer with swiftly-changing saffron constellations in unfathomable patterns.
Re: Simple Ideas
Nepenthe said:RENOUNCE <god> - removes a god's favor from you, and notifies the god in question that you did it
This is the command for quitting a divine order. I don't suggest anything close to this for removing favors.
Ayisdra
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Re: Lore Query: Ancient History, Ageless Planes, and the Myth of Saint Tresalyne
Its entirely possible that there's only a reflection of the Flame on Sag because when someone burrowed from vortex to astral, their travelling pushed a bit of the nexus into wherever it connected, like when you screw a screw into a board and splinters of wood crack outwards ever so slightly.
It's a simplistic view but viable.
It's a simplistic view but viable.
Re: Lore Query: Ancient History, Ageless Planes, and the Myth of Saint Tresalyne
We love it when people have lore questions! But the forums isn't always the best place for us (the admin) to answer them, especially for very wide-reaching questions like this. There is a Lore Questions thread for specific questions where you want to get clarification, which we do sometimes respond to when we feel it is appropriate.
For the mostpart, though, lore is delivered by us through IG means. Quests, visions, statements made by NPCs, etc. It sounds like you're engaging with those already, and I encourage you to continue. Look over what you've not yet found, and revisit the things you've already seen. Sometimes a second glance at a vision, dialogue response or text will reveal insights that you missed reading the first time around.
Your fellow players are also a great source of information, as they may have done quests or experienced events that you haven't yet uncovered, which can offer clarification and correction where needed. You'll see that in the Lore Questions thread, where a lot of the answers come from the playerbase - and in the answers you're getting here!
For the mostpart, though, lore is delivered by us through IG means. Quests, visions, statements made by NPCs, etc. It sounds like you're engaging with those already, and I encourage you to continue. Look over what you've not yet found, and revisit the things you've already seen. Sometimes a second glance at a vision, dialogue response or text will reveal insights that you missed reading the first time around.
Your fellow players are also a great source of information, as they may have done quests or experienced events that you haven't yet uncovered, which can offer clarification and correction where needed. You'll see that in the Lore Questions thread, where a lot of the answers come from the playerbase - and in the answers you're getting here!
Aonia
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