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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!

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.

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

Down with deathballs.

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!)