Any mortal naive enough to follow an elder ought to expect them to vanish at any moment. Best to serve something constant and eternal, like the Collective. >:D<
Well there's a bunch on the left that are still inactive and have been for a long time, AFAIK. But even if they are inactive, the God is still around, just for whatever reason not giving you biscuits and pats on the head right now.
Mayor Steingrim, the Grand Schema says to you, "Well, as I recall you kinda leave a mark whereever you go."
Sometimes that's how it's set up, sometimes it's not. Depends on who edited it most recently and whether the quasi-convention was followed or not. Personally, I'd rather the columns just be similar lengths with elements in alphabetical order because it is way more aesthetically pleasing.
I wouldn't worry too much about it. I mean, it does show Kraken on the left, and Jadice wasn't even visible for a long time until recently. It's probably just not up to date.
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.
At the rate we've been getting colour this and shiny that, we'll have graphics by 2016.
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 know this might be a bit unpopular, but I didn't mind the old nstat (when I even used nstat to start with). I'm not sure how I feel about the new nstat,
I'm getting frustrated with the Kephera population again.
Two or so RL years ago, they had this sudden boom of Kephera players, mostly in Serenwilde, and every female who made it through the Portal of Fate was prefixed as "Princess". Well, this trend is coming back.
Now, I'm not normally a rational individual. In fact, most times I'm completely erratic and irrational. But I feel like these teenager or 20-something nobodies taking up the title of "Princess" lessens the title and everyone/everything that genuinely earns it. Marilynth was a princess. The Vernal Goddess who was chased by Muud was a princess. Zenobia is a princess before she gets transformed into the most powerful Kephera in existence (Mind you, she is pretty darned powerful as a princess too. One-shots me).
So what makes these new kids princesses? From my understanding of Kephera culture, the Queen is the most powerful female, the King is the most powerful male, and those two breed to make more powerful Kephera. The prince (or princes) are the strongest of their offspring, and are groomed to become a future king, as they earned the right to breed for the greater good of the species.
Why, then, is every single Kepheran Female who steps through the Portal of Fate a princess? Wouldn't they just be workers? Most of them couldn't even fight on equal grounds with the average worker or warrior in the Undervault Hives. They are weak and they are soft and most of them know nothing of their culture, yet still they're a princess.
Had to turn my gem on again because the season of lame is upon us.
Gonna be fun
I dont understand. Why did you need to turn your gem on for coming ascension? Im missing something here..
Shenanigans and seal event strategies. I don't want to give away my location without the bare amount of effort to scry.
Ah for some reason I thought you meant have your name appear on purpose...I think because only a few minutes ago looked on QW and saw your name and wondered "Doesnt he have a gem..".
Okay I'm not going to claim to be near as knowledge about this as Azus but from my understanding the only female kephera in the Undervault are the Queens, the nurses and the handmaidens. There are no female workers and the Queens are the only breeders. I don't know where the Princess title came from and I admit I find it weird that it's not Hive Princess since Azus has Hive Queen as a title.
Another point is that male eggs/larva/whatever are cared for by the nurses. I may be wrong about this but the female eggs/larva/whatever are left on a rock in the middle of the undersea to either survive on their own or die.
It actually makes sense to me though that the majority of kephera coming out of the portal are female. It seems far more likely to me that a female kephera would have the willpower/force of personality to leave the Undervault and enter the portal in the first place.
I will freely admit that most of what I know about kepheran culture comes from Azus and that I haven't been as diligent as I should be in exploring the Undervault (I don't like to die!) So if you know or someone else knows more than by all means listen to them.
I was kind of iffy about the Princess title myself but decided to use/accept it for in-character reasons. And I seriously doubt that one singular person (me) counts a boon of kephera going about calling themselves princess.
The great thing is that your character can totally feel like the title is meaningless and respond accordingly. Absolutely no reason you as a player need to feel miffed by it.
Maybe all kepheran females need to be prefixed Handmaiden or Nurse or Breeder. It'd make it easy to figure out who wants to rp and who wants to romp.
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.
Okay I'm not going to claim to be near as knowledge about this as Azus but from my understanding the only female kephera in the Undervault are the Queens, the nurses and the handmaidens. There are no female workers and the Queens are the only breeders. I don't know where the Princess title came from and I admit I find it weird that it's not Hive Princess since Azus has Hive Queen as a title.
Another point is that male eggs/larva/whatever are cared for by the nurses. I may be wrong about this but the female eggs/larva/whatever are left on a rock in the middle of the undersea to either survive on their own or die.
It actually makes sense to me though that the majority of kephera coming out of the portal are female. It seems far more likely to me that a female kephera would have the willpower/force of personality to leave the Undervault and enter the portal in the first place.
I will freely admit that most of what I know about kepheran culture comes from Azus and that I haven't been as diligent as I should be in exploring the Undervault (I don't like to die!) So if you know or someone else knows more than by all means listen to them.
I was kind of iffy about the Princess title myself but decided to use/accept it for in-character reasons. And I seriously doubt that one singular person (me) counts a boon of kephera going about calling themselves princess.
Just because there are no female worker NPCs doesn't mean that female workers don't exist. (Willing to bet it's just much easier to create one NPC and clone it X amount of times rather than produce a specific NPC for every possible situation. Next thing, you'll be expecting every NPC to have an official name) Heck, the average insectoid hive, the males mostly spend their time getting fed and breeding with the queen. Each and every female is warrior/worker/nurse/etc except for the one and only queen. If a princess happens... and it doesn't happen just out of the blue either, the princess will take part of the hive and move to another location to start a new hive. If, for whichever reason, the princess is unable to do so, the princess and the queen will fight to the death for control of the hive.
Now, I won't claim that I'm horribly familiar with kephera backstory/lore, but to me it seems that not everyone and their mother can be a princess. You need some of the others, too.... in fact you need more of the others than you would have princesses.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
The problem is, with the avenue wide open for any female kephera to become a Hive Queen (or, at least, the temporary mechanical sort of queen), most players will naturally take it. It takes a very niche roleplayer to say, "Hey, instead of taking this easy route to pseudo-royalty, why don't I let someone else do it and just serve them complacently!" Ergo, almost every female kephera player ever will start with the MUST GROW HIVE, MUST BE QUEEN mentality, which often flops spectacularly.
Now, I do think @Dakhamunzu has a point, what with kephera princesses being smarter than your average kephera, and therefore potentially the most common kind of kephera to make it out of the Undervault and through the Portal. Doesn't change the fact that it's kind of annoying to me personally, but it's a very solid point.
Imo, the hive mentality should be done away with entirely. You're not living in the Undervault, your hives have no power. Now, I think it would be ten kinds of cool if there was some grueling quest chain for female kephs to follow in order to earn the right to establish themselves as a Queen, but that's a lot of time/effort invested for a non-problem. You do your weird bug things over there, I'm content with my empty Pack.
Crumkane, Lord of Epicurean Delights says, "WAS IT INDEED ON FIRE, ERITHEYL."
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With a deep reverb, Contemptible Sutekh says, "CEASE YOUR INFERNAL ENERGY, ERITHEYL."
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Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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That threw me off for ages! It was always white until fairly recently, and every time I would be all 'ooh, what's happening?? Oh. Midnight.'
Gonna be fun
But hey, midnight has never been so exciting!
Shenanigans and seal event strategies. I don't want to give away my location without the bare amount of effort to scry.
Now, I'm not normally a rational individual. In fact, most times I'm completely erratic and irrational. But I feel like these teenager or 20-something nobodies taking up the title of "Princess" lessens the title and everyone/everything that genuinely earns it. Marilynth was a princess. The Vernal Goddess who was chased by Muud was a princess. Zenobia is a princess before she gets transformed into the most powerful Kephera in existence (Mind you, she is pretty darned powerful as a princess too. One-shots me).
Ah for some reason I thought you meant have your name appear on purpose...I think because only a few minutes ago looked on QW and saw your name and wondered "Doesnt he have a gem..".
Another point is that male eggs/larva/whatever are cared for by the nurses. I may be wrong about this but the female eggs/larva/whatever are left on a rock in the middle of the undersea to either survive on their own or die.
It actually makes sense to me though that the majority of kephera coming out of the portal are female. It seems far more likely to me that a female kephera would have the willpower/force of personality to leave the Undervault and enter the portal in the first place.
I will freely admit that most of what I know about kepheran culture comes from Azus and that I haven't been as diligent as I should be in exploring the Undervault (I don't like to die!) So if you know or someone else knows more than by all means listen to them.
I was kind of iffy about the Princess title myself but decided to use/accept it for in-character reasons. And I seriously doubt that one singular person (me) counts a boon of kephera going about calling themselves princess.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
By those powers combined... Taurian RP
Now, I won't claim that I'm horribly familiar with kephera backstory/lore, but to me it seems that not everyone and their mother can be a princess. You need some of the others, too.... in fact you need more of the others than you would have princesses.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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