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  • Dartgun newbies clearly made to troll? 
  • I am ranked second in the current listofferings of Isune's order. It resets often, meaning that all that essence comes mainly from gars I hunt in search of that elusive Incandescent Bracer piece. So at least that's good I suppose.
    Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
  • XenthosXenthos Shadow Lord
    Thus far I have generated:
    3 Flames of the Soulless
    2 Blackened Staves
    2 Spines of Damnation
    0 Soulless Diamonds.

    Sigh.  Curio griefing at its finest. :(
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  • QistrelQistrel the hemisemidemifink
    The Soulless enjoy your suffering. :P

  • Equinox over... why me... politics here I come.
  • CyndarinCyndarin used Flamethrower! It was super effective.
    Morshoth said:
    Equinox over... why me... politics here I come.

    Oh don't worry, we were already coming for you.
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  • LavinyaLavinya Queen of Snark Australia
    You want amnesty to kill Celestians in our territories? I can probably live with that.



  • This was a really stupid move on Celest's part. I'm not going to comment on the wisdom of Glom's actions (that would be a big enough derail that the Hawking radiation off the resulting singularity would fry my computer), just going to say that it was a really dumb move for Celest.
  • ShuyinShuyin The pug life chose me.
    edited January 2013
    Well, they just made the following events much harder to win for themselves, if everyone starts swinging: domoths, revolts, wildnodes, and most importantly, Ascension and all related events.

    So, I would say that as far as mechanically speaking, it probably was a stupid move to do so right before Ascension, IMO, they could have at least waited until that was squared away.

    Pridewise? Not so much, I personally think it was for the best when it comes to reputation/morale.

    And I'm not surprised that Equinox haters approve of the events, but then again, a lot of them expect that Equinox breaking up would magically fix everything that's wrong with their orgs.

    [spoiler]It won't[/spoiler]
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  • LavinyaLavinya Queen of Snark Australia
    Of course it won't be a magic fix for anyone, but it's change, and suddenly there is the possibility for things to be different.



  • ShuyinShuyin The pug life chose me.
    I really, really don't think it was solely Equinox holding you back from change, but maybe I'm just crazy and irrational.

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  • LavinyaLavinya Queen of Snark Australia
    Pretty sure Equinox refusing to budge for over two RL years was a pretty deciding factor in the ability to alter alliances in the game, which is the change I was referring to. Anyway! Not getting into that argument! Time will tell what happens now. Maybe nothing much. Maybe lots of things shifting. Either way, it could be interesting.



  • Personally i would love to see the old ideological based alliances of celest/seren and mag/glom back together and seeing how hali/gaudi work into them. Prolly celest/seren/hali and mag/glom/gaudi.

    Too bad all those people reeeeeeeaaaaaally hate each other :-?

    We live in interesting times.......

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  • Llandros said:
    Personally i would love to see the old ideological based alliances of celest/seren and mag/glom back together and seeing how hali/gaudi work into them. Prolly celest/seren/hali and mag/glom/gaudi.

    Too bad all those people reeeeeeeaaaaaally hate each other :-?

    We live in interesting times.......
    We don't hate Gaudi too much, at least I don't. The main problem is the divine pantheon seem to be set on keeping them as enemies, they wont let me be unenemied for instance...
  • People need to stop being scared of telling their Divine to stuff it when it comes to political agreements.
  • ShuyinShuyin The pug life chose me.
    The game lore and mechanics support One True Enemy for each org.

    It'd be silly for those orgs to cooperate with one another unless it's something serious that threatens both like the Hai'gloh, Soulless, etc.
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  • The game lore for Gaudiguch and Hallifax is that their disagreement is a political and ideological one, ala the US vs the USSR. And, as a result, it can be politically resolved in game. A Gaudi-Halli ceasefire agreement makes as much sense IC as the START and SALT treaties did OOC. More, given that the Paradox-Crucible interaction resulted in the complete loss of the entire population of both countries. And it works mechanically too: if Gaudiguch and Hallifax both agree that they're not going to fight, then Paradox and Crucible don't get used anymore (non-citizens cannot start the process) and there's nothing anybody outside the alliance can do about it.

    Just got to think outside the box, man.
  • That's debatable, isn't it? Even without the Operation Crucible in the picture, the Lucidians and Dracnari have been portrayed in ways that could easily lead to intepretations of them being racially prejudiced against each other, not just in the histories, but also in some of the quests/areas of the game. I guess it's a little of a stretch, but still an acceptable one, to say that the logical vs passionate way of lives the two cities lead is an ideological one tied to their cities and ancient demographics, but it's also not much of a stretch to go the other way and tie it to the Lucidians and Dracnari.

    OOC wise, it's can also be argued that it is enriching and exciting from a player point of view to have two races that appear similar at first (basking in the sun, natural daytime regeneration) but which are so opposed to each other in their actions and their philosophies. But yeah, basically, it's possible to go either way with the argument, though the status quo makes an alliance something that is much more unlikely than continued enemyship.

  • I feel like the Gaudi/Halli fight is similar to the Dwarf/Troll fight in Disc World, Isn't there some debate about if Tzariko was lucidian or dracnari? Everybody blames the other for striking first.

    It is something that with just a little bit of trust could be resolved for a long time because it's just centuries of misunderstandings and misattribution.

    However, as a proud Hallifax, they're going to have to be understanding FIRST (this is a joke, to the people that inevitably would troll me.)
  • Zvoltz has a cool new realm, though wandering through it made me wonder if the Pearl Sandals help with moving through them at all, since most of it seemed to be cloudy urban.
    Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
  • edited January 2013
    In my personal opinion, just because the conflict between Hallifax and Gaudiguch isn't based around the mechanical existance of Taint/Wyrd vs Light/Nature doesn't make it any less deep or as easy to just push aside. I see the way of life in Gaudiguch and Hallifax as mutually exlusive. Gaudiguch has that freedom thing going on and Hallifax is grotesquely oppressive and willing to sacrifice the individual for the greater good (look what they did to poor Elostian!). That's on top of the racial tensions over Tzaraziko which have been going on since before the modern age! The conflict between Zvoltz and Mysrai also adds a layer of religious animosity into the mix.

    Opposing orgs have worked together in the past, certainly, but I don't think it's as simple as "Let's agree to disagree and be friends!"

    Not as eloquent as Eventru, but those are my personal thoughts on the topic.

  • Goddamn Tzaraziko. S/he started it!
    If it's broken, break it some more.
  • edited January 2013
    Scuchi lighting Cririk's robes on fire didn't help much either... if only I could get the chance to do something so epic!

    @Maellio I think we need to have a meeting!
  • NeosNeos The Subtle Griefer
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    Celina said:
    You can't really same the same, can you?
    Zvoltz said:
    "The Panthron"

  • Neos said:
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    @Neos If this is about what I think it might, you're very silly. If it isn't, carry on blerghing.

    @Morshoth Sure, why not. Just [A] get unenemied and [B] totally don't expect it to go the way you think it will

    Also why didn't it notify me of the @ thingie, mrrghle


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  • NeosNeos The Subtle Griefer
    Maellio said:

    Neos said:
    Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh Blergh
    @Neos If this is about what I think it might, you're very silly. If it isn't, carry on blerghing.

    It's one of the blerghs. I don't care to be unenemied to any of the places I'm enemied to and someone had to go and mess up the list!
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    Celina said:
    You can't really same the same, can you?
    Zvoltz said:
    "The Panthron"
  • QistrelQistrel the hemisemidemifink
    It would be hilarious if one day we find out that Tzaraziko was actually a krokani.

  • She was the inventor of the Changeling Cameo, and made like eighteen million copies in a deliberate effort to confuse the crap out of history.

    But before that, she was a tae'dae. *sagenod*
  • A new dawn arises as you begin your duties as Archmage of the Aeromancers. In a
    glorious blaze, the Medallion of the Four Winds appears above your head and
    descends into your hands.
    Aeromage Tulemrah Shevat, Tender of Breezes has just replaced Archmage Vashner
    as Guildmaster of the Aeromancers.

    I've been back a week you guys, what is going on?! How could this happen to me, I've made my mistakes.
  • ShaddusShaddus , the Leper Messiah Outside your window.
    Sweet, Vashner can come back to Mag now.

    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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