Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
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@Breandryn I've thought about what it would take for Everiine to leave the Serenwilde. At one time, he was an enemy of Moon, Hart, Moondancers, Hartstone, and @Lisaera, and he weathered that storm. He was executed by Bandrui and still stayed. I'm not sure anything would make Ev voluntarily leave.
The only path I currently see for Ev to leave the Serenwilde is if the Moonhart Circle kicks him out or Bandrui exiles him. And even then, he'd not join another org, but instead probably just live in the Hifarae Hills and "go native" among the centaurs for good.
Everiine is a man, and is very manly. This MAN before you is so manly you might as well just gender bend right now, cause he's the manliest man that you ever did see. His manly shape has spurned many women and girlyer men to boughs of fainting. He stands before you in a manly manerific typical man-like outfit which is covered in his manly motto: "I am a man!"
Daraius said: You gotta risk it for the biscuit.
Pony power all the way, yo. The more Brontaurs the better.
@AllMortals: you wake up to the following message from Estarra.
"We're in need of fresh blood in the Havens, but don't want to have to send out another eph call. You're in. You have 24 hours to come up with a new God, minor backstory and rp, and pick an org that your main character isn't in. Go."
WDYD?
Kaenalye, "lost" (possibly dead) sister to Maylea, because I had a nice giggle when I came across that name.
They were the counterpart to the pickle platter. A pickle-themed item that was completely innocuous in spite of appearance, as opposed to the pickle surprise platter
Also, @Shevats, was there a point when the family or members thereof were going 'I don't know about this green fox guy..." or a point since his actual adoption where palms have met faces?
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Also, @Shevats, was there a point when the family or members thereof were going 'I don't know about this green fox guy..." or a point since his actual adoption where palms have met faces?
Are you asking if you've ever embarrassed or shamed House Shevat? Ahaha.
I mean, let the Shevat who has not ever been ridiculous cast the first e-stone. It certainly won't be Sylandra.
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
Also, @Shevats, was there a point when the family or members thereof were going 'I don't know about this green fox guy..." or a point since his actual adoption where palms have met faces?
I can't really speak for them, but until our lucidian to other-race ratio isn't favourable anymore (i.e. we stop getting the good breeding honour tick), then it's not ever going to be an issue. Daraius is the one who totally shattered the lucidian/trill only Shevat system, though I don't think it was ever really enforced.
And frankly, Maligorn does what he wants. So you were probably going to be a Shevat anyway.
@Ixion, what are your favorite quests? Why? Feel free to list a few, I need suggestions.
Oh my, get that a lot and it's never easy. There are so many amazing quests!
Some newer fun/easy ones: -He unlocked the mysteries of the Gem of Crys. (very interesting, lore, swan beast for 60k gold purchasable) -He ousted the invading orcs and brought harmony to the lucidians of Syxsl. (neat lore, one of which was in knowledge question this year) -He has helped Kurteba starve the Ice Tribes. -He did assist Professor Pheslida Pheeif-Zluush with her scientific research. -He did assist Vuram Blegurli in recovering the insanity cure research. -He is an Honourary Harlot of the Nomad Camp. (I still get teased about the dress-up part of this one)
Not hard in completing them but has significant depth in what happened/changing what you think you know: He fulfilled the Dynodeon objectives of Project Red Dynara. He carries the Iklaran Mark of the Bearer of Vessels.
A couple other random ones: -He did protect Duke Ironhoof by solving the mystery of the Highwater Keep. (very neat quest with a lore name drop, takes some thinking but you did it already) -He did condemn the souls of Malacoda to their nightmare. (a neat duality design) -He did assist in the brutal mutilation of the i'Xiia asylum patients. (torture, mm) -He has completed the story of Queen Serelyn, the Righteous Mother. (makes you work for it, forces you to learn some obscure things. All 3 Meliashmora quest rewards are neat) -He has brought the Song of Ail'Fae Runia to Faethorn. (hiding in plain sight) -He restored the sceptre to the Queen of the Fae. (hiding in plain sight) -He empowered the Slaghora'ruin to invade the Faethorn. (has actual impact on ethereal, pretty neat albeit simple)
Some of my favorites: -He is known as a Watcher of the Maelstrom, confidant of the Forsaken. (Both icewynd epics are easily at the top of my list. Everything icewynd is
gorgeously done. It's not easy, you work your rump off for it, but you
feel great once it's done. As you are a Hallifaxian, this should be
priority because you travel to the past.) -He is a revered Dark Reaper of the Great Illithoid Prison. (the UV cycle is just awesome) -4x Chancel quests: annoying and were buggy for a long time, but I enjoy the flavor of them. -He empowered Terae, Lady of the Wounded Crust to plague the Elemental Plane of Water. (so stupidly hard that it's never been done since the first time, but very cool nonetheless) -He procured new hosts for the slivven parasites.
(simple, reminds me of the Aliens movies. Aether-epic in general is neat) - XI/hai'gloh - He released the horrors of Castle Djarrakh onto an unsuspecting world. (The process here is unique in many ways. It's not intuitive, and was made easier because of how insanely unhelpful/obscure some parts are. The old method is so dang awesome/crazy. The castle itself is lacklustre, but hey, it's super old.) - The @Morgfyre ones are really interesting too! Mustaches and hoop snakes
Hopefully something here sparks your interest, and please give me a holler if you need help @Portius
@Ixion, do you ever have moments in your questing where you're so frustrated you just drop the quest? As in, is it just sheer perseverence, or some sort of questing voodoo that allows you to figure them out?
Mayor Steingrim, the Grand Schema says to you, "Well, as I recall you kinda leave a mark whereever you go."
Also, @Shevats, was there a point when the family or members thereof were going 'I don't know about this green fox guy..." or a point since his actual adoption where palms have met faces?
I can't really speak for them, but until our lucidian to other-race ratio isn't favourable anymore (i.e. we stop getting the good breeding honour tick), then it's not ever going to be an issue. Daraius is the one who totally shattered the lucidian/trill only Shevat system, though I don't think it was ever really enforced.
And frankly, Maligorn does what he wants. So you were probably going to be a Shevat anyway.
Daraius was adopted pretty early on and has made no secret of promoting racial diversity. He may or may not have advocated for certain adoptions of certain cute furry Hallifaxians.
Luce's incurable bachelor status is the only point of shame that comes to mind.
@Ixion, do you ever have moments in your questing where you're so frustrated you just drop the quest? As in, is it just sheer perseverence, or some sort of questing voodoo that allows you to figure them out?
Yes, on occasion. Honestly, certain easier ones tend to mess me up nice and good. The Estelbar one wrecked me and took forever- overthinking things to a fault. Sometimes I take a break from it, and give it a go with fresh eyes/brain. It's hard to know when someone has scooped something vital, or messed something up, whether you are even doing the right thing, and so on. Sometimes the quest is just broken and you really need an understanding to even do a worthy bug report.
There is one quest out there (not publicly available) that has honestly defeated me, as in I know what it would take to do it, but I don't really have it in me to invest that much if I could even finish it in the first place. It's not the end of the world, everyone should have that white whale task that keeps them moving.
@Sylandra please explain the subtleties of your bird fetish.
There is no subtlety or subtext to my trill-ness. There is only text. (Ilu, birds. )
In seriousness, I became a trill actually because I was introduced to Lusternia years ago when Hallifax came out. The person who introduced me wanted to play in Hallifax because it was new and shiny, I didn't want to play alone elsewhere because I'm rather slow on the game learning curve, and trills seemed to suit my play-style more than lucidians.
But if I had gone on my gut impulse I would have been a squirrelkin in Celest in the Cantors.
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
Okay, here's a question for all of you people, though not relevant to everyone. What was your first character on Lusternia, ever? For some, it's the same one they still play on. For me, it was a lucidian Aquamancer that promptly got purged. My first real stab at it was a trill Harbinger, though.
@Maligorn Hrm, Baltare or Illyrian, a little aquamancer was my first I think. Saran was my second MD, I remember re-rolling because back then you had like two weeks or something to get a credit bonus on your first purchase >_>
My friend from Aetolia told me to come play with him in an evil fairy tale forest, so I made Sadhyra, a bard in Glomdoring, about 6 or so years ago. But I forgot pretty much everything about mechanics, so I was basically a newb again when I came back on Breandryn.
I guess, for everyone. What's your favourite bit of mischief that your character has been involved in?
Because of nostalgia right now, mine is probably the time that Serenwilde had a tailor who was rather loudly anti-nudity and there was a couple of people that might have gotten together and filled his manse with paintings and statues of a naked individual >_>
My first character was an aslaran Paladin, because I mained a paladin in vanilla WoW. Naturally, I had no idea what I was doing, and died to a black rat, then decided text games weren't for me and quit playing forever.
Stratas doesn't get up to mischief much, so probably his favorite mischief moment was when Adalgiso came to Glomdoring, and I recited lewd poetry for him.
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My first character ever was a merian aquamancer who was the daughter of Thoros and Athine La'Saet.
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
I guess, for everyone. What's your favourite bit of mischief that your character has been involved in?
Brainstorming up a how to train your dragon care for your swan manual with @Aramel to spice up a gift egg for @Falmiis. It was fun thinking of stuff to add in there and we both got to design pretty things.
"May this be the first of many new experiences for you, Heart of the Crescendo," Czixi says, smile quirking. "The future is an exciting place."
Okay, here's a question for all of you people, though not relevant to everyone. What was your first character on Lusternia, ever? For some, it's the same one they still play on. For me, it was a lucidian Aquamancer that promptly got purged. My first real stab at it was a trill Harbinger, though.
Not sure what the name was, but it was definitely an merian aquamancer, when aquamancers were still 'good' I guess. The prospect of being able to breathe water as a character was attractive at the time, since I missed playing a selkie from another mud that had recently gone under.
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Okay, here's a question for all of you people, though not relevant to everyone. What was your first character on Lusternia, ever?
My first character was an elfen Moondancer of Serenwilde, made the day the game opened. I still have her, too, though she's changed a lot down the years, and I don't play her much anymore. I'm not good at establishing alts; out of my various attempts since then, Thayan's the only one that took hold enough to become a major character.
@Riluna is there something holding you back from getting unenemied to your allies?
Both IC and OOC reasons. ICly, Riluna doesn't really view them as allies. Though the culture of "Fireseren" hasn't really been a thing for a long time now, that remains the best way I can describe her political personality. From the early days in Gaudi, and especially anchored by her role in founding the Illuminati, the Moondancer ethos she grew up with has become pretty heavily warped and self-serving. Though in a more self-serving way, Ril does still hold to those tenets, and to this day abhors all things Taint/Wyrd. Without a clear and compelling profit in doing so, she's usually not inclined to seek more favourable relations with them.
OOCly, I also don't play anywhere near the degree I used to. The meds I need for my health issues can really mess with me sometimes, especially the painkillers. Even when I manage to play these days I'm often not really in a state where productivity is a priority. The rare times I've decided to be pragmatic and seek unenemying, I have a hard time coordinating with a single person to resolve one status, let alone trying to connect with the leader of every single guild and order I have to reach. I've tried from time to time.
Mayor Steingrim, the Grand Schema says to you, "Well, as I recall you kinda leave a mark whereever you go."
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The only path I currently see for Ev to leave the Serenwilde is if the Moonhart Circle kicks him out or Bandrui exiles him. And even then, he'd not join another org, but instead probably just live in the Hifarae Hills and "go native" among the centaurs for good.
Also, AMA.
Also, @Shevats, was there a point when the family or members thereof were going 'I don't know about this green fox guy..." or a point since his actual adoption where palms have met faces?
I mean, let the Shevat who has not ever been ridiculous cast the first e-stone. It certainly won't be Sylandra.
And frankly, Maligorn does what he wants. So you were probably going to be a Shevat anyway.
Some newer fun/easy ones:
-He unlocked the mysteries of the Gem of Crys. (very interesting, lore, swan beast for 60k gold purchasable)
-He ousted the invading orcs and brought harmony to the lucidians of Syxsl. (neat lore, one of which was in knowledge question this year)
-He has helped Kurteba starve the Ice Tribes.
-He did assist Professor Pheslida Pheeif-Zluush with her scientific research.
-He did assist Vuram Blegurli in recovering the insanity cure research.
-He is an Honourary Harlot of the Nomad Camp. (I still get teased about the dress-up part of this one)
Not hard in completing them but has significant depth in what happened/changing what you think you know:
He fulfilled the Dynodeon objectives of Project Red Dynara.
He carries the Iklaran Mark of the Bearer of Vessels.
A couple other random ones:
-He did protect Duke Ironhoof by solving the mystery of the Highwater Keep. (very neat quest with a lore name drop, takes some thinking but you did it already)
-He did condemn the souls of Malacoda to their nightmare. (a neat duality design)
-He did assist in the brutal mutilation of the i'Xiia asylum patients. (torture, mm)
-He has completed the story of Queen Serelyn, the Righteous Mother. (makes you work for it, forces you to learn some obscure things. All 3 Meliashmora quest rewards are neat)
-He has brought the Song of Ail'Fae Runia to Faethorn. (hiding in plain sight)
-He restored the sceptre to the Queen of the Fae. (hiding in plain sight)
-He empowered the Slaghora'ruin to invade the Faethorn. (has actual impact on ethereal, pretty neat albeit simple)
Some of my favorites:
-He is known as a Watcher of the Maelstrom, confidant of the Forsaken. (Both icewynd epics are easily at the top of my list. Everything icewynd is gorgeously done. It's not easy, you work your rump off for it, but you feel great once it's done. As you are a Hallifaxian, this should be priority because you travel to the past.)
-He is a revered Dark Reaper of the Great Illithoid Prison. (the UV cycle is just awesome)
-4x Chancel quests: annoying and were buggy for a long time, but I enjoy the flavor of them.
-He empowered Terae, Lady of the Wounded Crust to plague the Elemental Plane of Water. (so stupidly hard that it's never been done since the first time, but very cool nonetheless)
-He procured new hosts for the slivven parasites. (simple, reminds me of the Aliens movies. Aether-epic in general is neat)
- XI/hai'gloh
- He released the horrors of Castle Djarrakh onto an unsuspecting world. (The process here is unique in many ways. It's not intuitive, and was made easier because of how insanely unhelpful/obscure some parts are. The old method is so dang awesome/crazy. The castle itself is lacklustre, but hey, it's super old.)
- The @Morgfyre ones are really interesting too! Mustaches and hoop snakes
Hopefully something here sparks your interest, and please give me a holler if you need help @Portius
Luce's incurable bachelor status is the only point of shame that comes to mind.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
There is one quest out there (not publicly available) that has honestly defeated me, as in I know what it would take to do it, but I don't really have it in me to invest that much if I could even finish it in the first place. It's not the end of the world, everyone should have that white whale task that keeps them moving.
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@Daraius how did you become the tea commander of the north?
@Riluna is there something holding you back from getting unenemied to your allies?
@Chirbo do you still play a character? (Beloved Chirbo, the Scarlet Paintbrush (Male Demigod).//He has cut his thread from the Tapestry of the Fates.)
In seriousness, I became a trill actually because I was introduced to Lusternia years ago when Hallifax came out. The person who introduced me wanted to play in Hallifax because it was new and shiny, I didn't want to play alone elsewhere because I'm rather slow on the game learning curve, and trills seemed to suit my play-style more than lucidians.
But if I had gone on my gut impulse I would have been a squirrelkin in Celest in the Cantors.
Saran was my second MD, I remember re-rolling because back then you had like two weeks or something to get a credit bonus on your first purchase >_>
Because of nostalgia right now, mine is probably the time that Serenwilde had a tailor who was rather loudly anti-nudity and there was a couple of people that might have gotten together and filled his manse with paintings and statues of a naked individual >_>
Stratas doesn't get up to mischief much, so probably his favorite mischief moment was when Adalgiso came to Glomdoring, and I recited lewd poetry for him.
Brainstorming up a how to train your dragon care for your swan manual with @Aramel to spice up a gift egg for @Falmiis. It was fun thinking of stuff to add in there and we both got to design pretty things.
https://estelss16.deviantart.com/, visit if interested.
Not sure what the name was, but it was definitely an merian aquamancer, when aquamancers were still 'good' I guess. The prospect of being able to breathe water as a character was attractive at the time, since I missed playing a selkie from another mud that had recently gone under.
I'm a consent-based roleplayer! Kindly ask first, and I will return the favour. Open to developing tinyplots.
Atlantis is my client of choice! (Guide)
OOCly, I also don't play anywhere near the degree I used to. The meds I need for my health issues can really mess with me sometimes, especially the painkillers. Even when I manage to play these days I'm often not really in a state where productivity is a priority. The rare times I've decided to be pragmatic and seek unenemying, I have a hard time coordinating with a single person to resolve one status, let alone trying to connect with the leader of every single guild and order I have to reach. I've tried from time to time.