Still looking for some more volunteers, for this extremely rewarding role that totally makes everyone your friend.

(It also goes a long way towards the Community karma point).

I loved Whira because of it's emptiness. It's exactly what I envision an elemental plane of existence dedicated to air /would/ be. There shouldn't be anything there. It was like - a Zen Den. The very thing for my whiran.

I think the rinth would be great if it had more of an ecosystem and throughput.

Personally I don't really have a preference for regions,

I can play anywhere there are collaborators to work with. I think the Outpost full time is the last stop on my bucket list though.

I prefer the Gol Krathu. I like the Sun King, and the Legion because I love being a loyal soldier. There is so much more to explore and the different areas make for a better play area IMO. The Pymlithe groves are one of my favourite places and I remember going there on a "date" with a Faithful Lady one time, as well as the edge of the Yen-el-Tun hunting herbs for the Grey Hunt and coming across elder tandu. There's so much more beauty in what RP you can come up with there.

The Vrun Driath can be so boring. It needs more landmarks. Oasis. Desert Plantlife. Rock Formations. Underground Riverbeds. Large Cave Systems. Mines/Quarries. Villages. Ruins. High vantage points that rooms surrounding echo to the one spot (places that could allow for tactical military advantage). And so on.

I love the Westside rinth and almost always ended up gravitating there. I loved to just roll up a scrappy, loyalish underling. Possibly like Kavrick said, maybe it feels homely because it's kinda British?? A little sad I probably won't get that experience again but it's worth it! I also loved Luirs before it got 'downgraded' and had a wonderful time playing tribal indie in the tent camp, that was such a good time and dynamic.

I like Allanak. The theme appeals a lot and I tend to gravitate toward zealot like characters in most games that can really push theme I tried a Vru'Rihali but they were too nice and my character was a bit lackluster. A lot of my clan mates had very different schedules too. I had fun on my Tuluki Bynner until she was recruited to the dark side. She lied and basically went awol to chill with super badguys only to get double-beetled the second she went out exploring alone. </3 But I think so far the rinth is my favorite, though I was a celf toward the end of the game so finding rp could be tough. I haven't been able to play it for long. I'm interested to see if its much a no rp death fest as I've heard when its populated. I really like the guild and have never been in it

The ease of getting permanently dead and story progression just dissolving in this game is my number one meh, so I will likely always be attracted to city characters. That way some random npc megacreature doesn't delete me as easy. Would rather die to pcs or shenanigans.

Quote from: Lizzie on April 24, 2024, 10:56:22 PMThe area above "the bowl" past the Canyon of Wastes.
Far to the east of Tuluk, past the thornlands, up in the mountains there.
The plane of Whira
Allanak rooftops

All of those but the plane of Whira. TBH after seeing some of the stuff for the other elemental planes, I was a bit saddened at the possibilities there. Like, it made sense for what it was. But. I really wished there was more to do there. The east past the Thornlands is one of the most intriguing places to me. It's much smaller than the bowl above the Canyon but, the implications of the rooms that are described is fantastic. The diversity of places in the bowl as well as the exotic npcs are both a big draw and interest, too, yeah.

The area above "the bowl" past the Canyon of Wastes.
Far to the east of Tuluk, past the thornlands, up in the mountains there.
The plane of Whira
Allanak rooftops

Quote from: Dresan on April 24, 2024, 07:07:08 PMRedstorm (wish the surrounding weather code factored in playability a bit more)

Allanak Rooftops (just more please)

Rinth (until backstab is maxed)

Tuluk (pre volcano tossing war only)

I like all of these, too, other than the rinth. It's just not for me. The PCs from there can sometimes do interesting stuff, but so much of it looks so similar to itself that the geography/anything about the descs of it just sort of glaze to white noise in my mind. The Allanak rooftops have always been pretty cool but got a lot cooler when they expanded. Creative use of the vertical is always fun in an area.

Quote from: Roon on April 24, 2024, 12:17:09 PM

Quote from: Halaster on April 23, 2024, 10:31:14 AMI'm not really interested in getting into a discussion about our stat system, sorry.  I'll say that I didn't design the system 30+ years ago for stats, it's what we have, and there's no interest in changing it at this time.

Well, that's your decision and it's up to you, but you did put "Overhaul / fix stats" on the list of stretch goals for seasons. While I appreciate that the stretch goals are an 'if we have time' thing, it's peculiar to see it on the list and then hear that there's no interest in changing it. Either way, I'll resort to the topical thread for any further discussion on the stat system.

Yeah, that's fair to call me on that. There's no real interest in changing it right now, because we've just got too much other stuff on our plate.  And that's because it is not an easy change.  A minor tweak here or there is one thing, but a meaningful overhaul of stats is a really big deal, because soooo much code and other systems rely on the stat system being what it is.  If people wanna brainstorm and thought-experiment over it, by all means go for it (in another thread!), just not sure how much I can participate right now.


EDIT:  Aaaand I see you did here:  https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,60269.0.html