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Time to bash ALL the oysters on a loop, eh?
I've never been crazy about mechanics that inspire any sort of deep-seated emotional attachment (over story), in part because it's probably the most static of the game's elements and in part because unlike the story, which changes in dynamic, if subtle, ways, things like the Master Crystal either get bigger or they get raided. There's nothing to do with facets except sell them past a certain point; perhaps people could've done something interesting, storyline-wise, involving using facets as a means to an end for events, but 1.) I think you'd only be able to use that a couple of times ever before it very quickly became terribly cliched, and 2.) you would still have the same problems you see now: wherever the story demands sacrificing all those hours of RL work, people start to balk because the expectation exists already that they're entitled to the fruits of their very tedious labor.
That people were ever encouraged to contribute all those hours to something as boring and static as a Master Crystal with zero dynamic roleplay attached, zero dynamic roleplay expected, and frankly very limited roleplay opportunity is more of a problem than changing it.
We've also seen where those sorts of peculiar attachments can go and it's never healthy (e.g., the forums after a Master Crystal raid, while entertaining to some, historically haven't really been conducive to the betterment of the community or the elevation of the tone of discussion that happens here), and while I'm not trying to assign responsibility, I do think the Hoarders-esque nature of what it means to have a MC probably wasn't helping.
I understand overall why they are doing it...and it sucks regardless. But to take something that in some houses has played an essential role, has been used as a RP focus...and just say hey, we don't like this...its gone. (oh and by the way, we're only telling you about it in an ooc fashion in the announce post) Is a big slap in the face. Now, not only does it create more work as in the update of dozens of scrolls, rules, privileges...But I have to somehow find a way to reconcile it with the House because of the importance it has played over the years....do I really just say..." Well guys, it sucks. They're gone. Thanks for 300 years of hard work though!" ?
If it had to be done..I get that. But it could have been done in a way that made sense. Some of the ideas suggested would have worked...or even let the House Leaders know so that we could at least come up with something ourselves. To throw it at us....and pretend like it has no effect on the in game aspect of our role-play just kind of sucks...
Clearly this is just an extension of the storyline started when Lorielan refused to come to Shallam's aid. Now She has taken the next step and stolen everyone's horded facets. The final step will be Her glorious return to Her original personality as a big bad.
What a plot twist!
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
If your House is truly attached to the MC as an RP device, absolutely nothing changed. If your House is attached to the MC as an ever-increasing number, then that is not a conducive RP front.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
The changes themselves are pretty helpful, though I'm not entirely sure why a hard cap needs to exist in the first place.
I agree with almost all of this - I never folded obsessively, and looked down on people who did much in the same way as I do obsessive bashers, or questers, or tailors, or shopkeepers. Seems dull to me. Still seems dull to me.
But I'd be pissed off with a change that erased the hundreds/thousands of hours of work that those people do. Something that knocked everyone back down to max level 80, or erased any tailoring design older than a month, or removed player shops. It's just kind of a crappy way to treat people who do care when you know that they care, and the only benefit you're getting from it is an extremely marginal increase in your own personal efficiency.
It's a shitty way to run a business, or a game for that matter. Autistic MC counting isn't not my cup of tea, but then my cup of tea was never other people's and I'd hope that if the admin decided to take a metaphorical crap in my cup of tea people would generally think that sucked too.
I really don't understand the attitude of the people posting here who are all (i) yeah people care and put thousands of hours into this, (ii) I don't care, if Tecton needs that extra 5 seconds for a footrub, let's do it anyway! Cos next time it'll be the admin pooing on something *you* like. It's a good idea to encourage the admin of a game you care about to take views like that into consideration. There's some well reasoned and thoughtful support for some kind of change from some people in this thread though, it's the "heh whevs" people that are irking me.
Because to US..it has always been implied that the larger our MC the more powerful we are. When Shallam Sank...and theirs went under...there was action under the water surrounding it.. things that implied it was kind of a ticking bomb..something that could have been used by...the tritons..or whoever as a weapon. Maybe some us read that all completely wrong. But as a lifelong Magi House...the larger our Crystal was...it felt like a weapon..something we'd cherished..had been fanning for years to help grow. Like our own secret weapon..that we had no idea how to use, but deep down thought that if it ever came down to it. We could.
There was also...a storyline somewhere..about an MC being large enough that if it were to blow it would destroy a whole city...or more. I mean. It's moot now. But it was more than just a number.
I am just sad that the Tritons for a long time were trying to get to the Shallam Crystal, and we figured to weaponize it, but I guess in my head I will pretend that .. the Garden saw the danger and withdrew power. Sure it's not as elaborate as some awesome event that would take a lot of time for Team Tecton (I like it I am using it) to put together but it fits my RP at least.
I figure the patrons of each of the houses could probably give some kind of "This is what is what, it had to be done. The End." just to keep some continuity and justification. and dear me the refining spree if there was a one year warning, would have been madness.
I do understand WHY it has to happen, It was the way it was rolled out that was more upsetting.
As I've been telling house members for the past few hours, we'll make things work and it will be fine.
Still agree aside from that, though. To sell them, you'd have to flood the market with cheap crystals, possibly making them practically worthless for quite a while (which would be an even worse problem if you start hitting the new caps too quickly, and have nothing to do with the excess crystals but hoard them or continue to sell them cheaply, prolonging the problem).