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Ankyrean Anguish - Aetolia-based RAGE
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do not lie they are a myth >.>
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Besides, in most fantasy it's assumed that humans are the dominant race.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Chrome crashed and deleted an epic, long rant I had brewing. Probably for the best, but...
Having played for a bit now, I can honestly say that I think Aetolia is a way more toxic environment than Imperian. The difference, primarily, being that Imperianites will tell you straight up what they dislike, what they don't want to see, and handle it accordingly. In Aetolia, people smile and offer a handshake while pouring poison in your drink behind their back. The rumor mill here is atrocious. The assumptions and petty behavior is widespread. This is a game set in a dark environment, which means we all collectively have the opportunity to roleplay some extremely dark, scary characters and events. Despite this, I think it is wholly possible to create organizations in which the OOC feel of it is inclusive, fun, and catering to a multitude of playing styles. And leaders of those organizations should understand that, whatever their personal issues are with the individuals in their guilds, it is their job to create a place for all different people to come in and engage in the RP of that organization, to participate and be rewarded for their participation. It is a leader's job to be encouraging and create opportunity. Being a leader in these games is usually thankless, a lot of work, and often frustrating and aggravating. The reward comes from watching what you do make other people REALLY dig what they are doing with their characters, watch them grow and participate and enjoy themselves.
I have now watched petty drama, assumption, gossip, a complete lack of empathy, just straight-out metagaming, and all sorts of other nastiness create really unfriendly, unfun environments in multiple orgs I've been in across multiple characters. There is one particular event that is my breaking point here, but it's not an unusual event.
I just really, really want to see this game reach its potential and I'm tired of feeling like I just don't want to participate because of the constant nastiness that crops up. Grow up, people.
Also I do believe our guild systems really do need to be looked at as certain guilds (teradrim, bahkatu of top of my head) have soo much protential but are ran by people who dont give a dam and you cant contest as they'll get the ooc friends to login to vote for them..
I am an anti-fan of the way the Wheel handles boufs. With Skull Tokens, if you get the boufs while still active, you get 4 hours added. It, in my mind, strongly discourages spinning the wheel repeatedly, which in turn discourages me from buying Skull Tokens on a whim to spin the Wheel repeatedly.
So, instead of buying 150 Skull Tokens and going nuts, I'll buy a handful, be more patient than I am with my kid and dog combined, and basically have perma-crit and double exp boufs for the month. Eh.
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
I know it is client side because even typing into the command line lags.