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Re: Upcoming Economy Rework and Goals
Actually, I'll take a moment to clarify on the last part - obviously you'll get more commodities struggling to take back some mob producers than not, but the difference would be, say, if all comm producers stay in village A, it produces 300 units, whereas if there is conflict dragging them back and forth, they will produce 100 units in village A and 100 units in village B. The net production is 200 units being added to the game instead of 300, which is overall less even if it is spread out more. This can also produce the illusion that holding all of the commodity producers isn't quite as worthwhile as it actually is, if you don't get to enjoy them uncontested for that added perspective.
EDIT: Extra addendum - it is probably set up this way so that allies controlling rival villages aren't encouraged to purposefully game producer swapping for maximum results, assuming you could achieve higher outputs through some happy medium of holding/swapping. I have my various dislikes for the set up, but can see how/why it might have been designed this way initially.
EDIT: Extra addendum - it is probably set up this way so that allies controlling rival villages aren't encouraged to purposefully game producer swapping for maximum results, assuming you could achieve higher outputs through some happy medium of holding/swapping. I have my various dislikes for the set up, but can see how/why it might have been designed this way initially.
Jolanthe
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Re: Upcoming Economy Rework and Goals
I don't have any information on commercial, but we can talk about some of the others.Mboagn said:Things like, how are village tithes calculated, what effect does village specialization do (for example, rope for Stewartsville/Delport or silk for Angkrag/Dairuchi), and how does Commercial government boost comm production...
"Village specialisation" really just means there are mobs in that village tied to specific commodities, and some sort of conflict mechanism to move them around to affect production. Miners in mining villages, hemp farmers between Delport and Stewarts, vegetable fruit and grain farmers for Estelbar/Acknor, and so forth. While it is hard to control against active player generation in some circumstances, the most that appears to be produced in a village with maximum mob producers is around 250-300. This seems to vary a bit from village to village and commodity and commodity, with Ptoma/Ixthiaxa producing less metals generally than Angkrag/Southgard/Rockholm (with the caveat that geomycus are much easier to move around without getting enemied and don't have an annoying crowning quest to pivot around). All other commodities just seem to be small tithes that tic on occasion and are often times limited for no specific reason - IE, Rikenfriez just doesn't produce eggs. Too cold for chickens I guess.
What gets more complicated is how mob producers function when moved around frequently. They seem to produce commodities based on intervals of how long they have been in that village, and moving them around too much from village to village can reset that timer and slow down production for both villages. The more competition there is moving them around, the less they generally produce for everyone, seemingly. Which, imo, is a rather annoying and frustrating mechanic, and does a lot to stymy interest in conflict based over them in the long run.
Jolanthe
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Should Your Custom Beast Be Included Into Your Character's RP?
Hello!
Having thoroughly entwined my custom beast into Alarin's RP to the point where people actually acknowledge and interact with Thaldorn, I've always wondered.... should your custom beast be a part of your RP? Why or why not? Myself personally, my original thought was "Hey, I paid for this damn gorilla to talk and emote, this damn gorilla is very well going to talk and emote!" But as time went on, I found myself mentally forming Thaldorn's RP as I acted it out in-game, doing it so often that it's just as natural for me now as playing Alarin. The responses have been mixed, though most seem to enjoy Alarin's and Thaldorn's frequent bickering, off-the-wall antics (like what we did with the Christmas tree decorating during a festival in Glomdoring) and Thaldorn often bringing up historical events that he remembers. I figured, he's 578 years old. Hell yes, I'm using that!
So, for myself personally, I am going to say that they should indeed be a part of your character's RP, even if ithe role is small and infrequent. I'm glad I decided to try it and the response seems to be a positive one, so I will definitely continue to do it. I mean... why not, right?
Until next time, folks!
P.S. Special mention goes to @Alaula @Knorrith @Ferne @Reyqae @Aeldra @Romaan and a bunch of others who have responded to the RP and actually makes me want to come up with more.
Having thoroughly entwined my custom beast into Alarin's RP to the point where people actually acknowledge and interact with Thaldorn, I've always wondered.... should your custom beast be a part of your RP? Why or why not? Myself personally, my original thought was "Hey, I paid for this damn gorilla to talk and emote, this damn gorilla is very well going to talk and emote!" But as time went on, I found myself mentally forming Thaldorn's RP as I acted it out in-game, doing it so often that it's just as natural for me now as playing Alarin. The responses have been mixed, though most seem to enjoy Alarin's and Thaldorn's frequent bickering, off-the-wall antics (like what we did with the Christmas tree decorating during a festival in Glomdoring) and Thaldorn often bringing up historical events that he remembers. I figured, he's 578 years old. Hell yes, I'm using that!
So, for myself personally, I am going to say that they should indeed be a part of your character's RP, even if ithe role is small and infrequent. I'm glad I decided to try it and the response seems to be a positive one, so I will definitely continue to do it. I mean... why not, right?
Until next time, folks!
P.S. Special mention goes to @Alaula @Knorrith @Ferne @Reyqae @Aeldra @Romaan and a bunch of others who have responded to the RP and actually makes me want to come up with more.
Alarin
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Re: SSC and You
I hardly see how a single command is a giant alias.Sulwh said:Yeah I know you can modify the elixir queue. But there's no real way to just "toggle vitalsipping", without having a giant alias to put the queue list back together in the right order. Good to know that the second point is not possible. And I will look at the third point!Thanks for the fast response
Set to vessels only:
AC MOD ELIXIRQUEUE SET vessels 1
Reset to normal:
AC MOD ELIXIRQUEUE SET health 25, vessels 9, mana 50, ego 50, health 30, mana 70, ego 70, health 90, mana 90, ego 90, vessels 1
Ianir
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Re: Tweets VIII: Knocks Me Off My Tweet
Alright, so, a few things.
1) If you feel players are trolling or violating rules, including those in HELP NAMES, the Forums are not a place to air this concern whatsoever, ISSUE it.
2) Piling on another player, especially a new player, because you disagree with their character is generally a bit rude to say the absolute least. And if you spend several messages harping on a player, probably also a violation of forum rules.
3) If you disagree with game or forum rules, or any rulings, you are absolutely free to discuss it with the producers via emailing support@lusternia.com.
4) If you, as a player, ever find yourself pointing to somebody to NAMECHANGE instead of issuing to ask us to look at it, please, before you hit that enter button, delete everything you just typed and go take a breather.
I just had to delete a chain of comments here, many of which were fine but were replying to individuals being absolutely abusive, and some which were abusive. The conversation that spawned this deletion is over. Any continuation of it will lead to punishment.
Carry on with tweets.
1) If you feel players are trolling or violating rules, including those in HELP NAMES, the Forums are not a place to air this concern whatsoever, ISSUE it.
2) Piling on another player, especially a new player, because you disagree with their character is generally a bit rude to say the absolute least. And if you spend several messages harping on a player, probably also a violation of forum rules.
3) If you disagree with game or forum rules, or any rulings, you are absolutely free to discuss it with the producers via emailing support@lusternia.com.
4) If you, as a player, ever find yourself pointing to somebody to NAMECHANGE instead of issuing to ask us to look at it, please, before you hit that enter button, delete everything you just typed and go take a breather.
I just had to delete a chain of comments here, many of which were fine but were replying to individuals being absolutely abusive, and some which were abusive. The conversation that spawned this deletion is over. Any continuation of it will lead to punishment.
Carry on with tweets.
Ianir
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Nice try. I call dibs. She'll look so lovely next to Manteekan, and Her ghost would be called the Terentia, the Terrible.Parhelion said:
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Viravain
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
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