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by mystry
Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?
Replies: 32
Views: 45083

Re: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?

My opinion is that Guild promotion culture is often unnecessarily bureaucratic to begin with. Many seekers have obvious experience in the lore, mechanics, etc of the Guild they want to join. Despite this, there is a very strong culture of making sure everyone "does their time" in Ranks 1 and 2, eve...
by mystry
Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?
Replies: 32
Views: 45083

Re: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?

I agree that seeking can be a good opportunity for RP. It also gives the guild more cohesion by having guild members interview and get to know the various seekers before they're inducted, whereas once they're in they might have less reason to communicate and form bonds with other members, depending...
by mystry
Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?
Replies: 32
Views: 45083

Re: [Poll] Alternative to seeking?

I disapproved of this change on TI's sister game, and I don't particularly like it here. My thought is that it will cut down on GL RP of seeking out seekers and interviewing them, finding out if they're a good fit, potentially generating conflict if they aren't. I think this would only benefit guild...
by mystry
Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mage v Knight Balance, Revisited
Replies: 53
Views: 388534

Re: Mage v Knight Balance, Revisited

I believe that it's a perception that the danger level is just too high. Unless you know for a fact who the other mage is, and you know they won't betray you, there's little to incentivize someone to seek out another mage. Having an actual organized (and obviously covert) guild or something similar ...
by mystry
Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: Ideas and Requests
Topic: Proposal - Mage Sanctuary
Replies: 17
Views: 18253

Re: Proposal - Mage Sanctuary

I'm not really understanding how xblocks are a problem. The idea that mages will just sit behind them eternally is certainly possible... and it's also possible for their targets and the knights and the order to just sit behind their own xblocks, and they're allowed to have them. Nothing will get don...
by mystry
Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mage v Knight Balance, Revisited
Replies: 53
Views: 388534

Re: Mage v Knight Balance, Revisited

But then the question becomes: do mages, when they have access to all the elements and teacher mages and magic guild and so on, become overpowered? Oh and also, I really don't get the complaint about wax balls. I know exactly one person outside the Order who has one at the moment, and they have a VE...
by mystry
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: New Player Hints
Topic: How to successfully play a noble.
Replies: 5
Views: 26343

Re: How to successfully play a noble.

I would add to all of this that there is a careful balance with the relationship of Nobles and the Gentry. Gentry are essentially Freemen who are wealthy enough to live like a noble, but they themselves don't have titles or land (or at least not as much land as a noble. A gentry owning something lik...
by mystry
Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: Rejected Requests
Topic: Bandages Recipe
Replies: 4
Views: 23064

Re: Bandages Recipe

While this might not change a need for a dedicated recipe for Medicine folks, as an FYI/workaround in the meantime the following is functional. Name : (1649) Patchworked Cloth - Tailoring (Rank 5) Utilizes: 3x a scrap of colored cloth snipped clean of any fraying edges. And produces: an even, patch...
by mystry
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OOC Support Thread - You're Awesome and Here's Why
Replies: 41
Views: 143210

Re: OOC Support Thread - You're Awesome and Here's Why

Torin is ridiculously funny in every single scene he's in. I think everyone whose met him knows that. Marakus (aka Mister Lightningfingers) always has very large, very descriptive and good emotes. He is also the only one I've met who can produce emotes that long faster than me. Very large props. Naj...
by mystry
Thu Jul 16, 2020 2:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In what circumstances should you deny a PC (cyan or otherwise) entry into a guild?
Replies: 46
Views: 52559

Re: In what circumstances should you deny a PC (cyan or otherwise) entry into a guild?

Wait wait wait... All of this complaining over a GL's time when the Guild itself is a total of six players, currently? Two of which are GLs? That's literally two players per GL. How hard could it possibly be for one player to arrange all of this stuff for two players? If you don't have time to mana...