Memorable quotes

Eld

Delphinus said:

Eld said:

Time for someone to learn about lowering ladders.

Can't disembark if you're too close to a harbour. (This is an outdated solution to an outdated problem.)

Generally, if I need to go to Tapoa for something and the harbour's full, as it usually is, I just sail around to the far side of the island and lower ladders. It's annoying, but less so than sailing all the way out there for nothing. (Edit: And I'm not sure what you're saying is outdated. The use of ladders to avoid a full harbour, or the fact that you can't disembark too close to a harbour?)

Vaehl

Tip: MSGing exterminators can get them to leave if you have a good reason!

Anatral

Vaehl said:

Tip: MSGing exterminators can get them to leave if you have a good reason!

That is by no means universally true.

Delphinus

Eld said:

Delphinus said:

Eld said:

Time for someone to learn about lowering ladders.

Can't disembark if you're too close to a harbour. (This is an outdated solution to an outdated problem.)

Generally, if I need to go to Tapoa for something and the harbour's full, as it usually is, I just sail around to the far side of the island and lower ladders. It's annoying, but less so than sailing all the way out there for nothing. (Edit: And I'm not sure what you're saying is outdated. The use of ladders to avoid a full harbour, or the fact that you can't disembark too close to a harbour?)

The latter. Before ship weapons, people would simply lower anchor near a harbour and disembark there. The risk of attack now makes this a moot point.

Vaehl

Anatral said:

Vaehl said:

Tip: MSGing exterminators can get them to leave if you have a good reason!

That is by no means universally true.

I've canceled exterminations if I get a message that they've been raided enough/they say they have no leader/are busy. Make sure you're not messaging someone like..Cain either. Messaging me, Xer, or Tirac will normally get it stopped.

May not work all the time, but if you have a solid reason it's worth a shot.

Tirac

Anatral said:

Also, for fun... here's some pretty brilliant Forestal RP that happened earlier

Sorry. You guys had a giant group today and we couldn't resist. We did not know juicy RP was being interrupted.

Anatral

Tirac said:

Anatral said:

Also, for fun... here's some pretty brilliant Forestal RP that happened earlier

Sorry. You guys had a giant group today and we couldn't resist. We did not know juicy RP was being interrupted.

Nah, it was alright. I got my ass handed to me but we had a really angry @Artemis playing with us which is always a nice rarity.

Kresslack

Sliff tells you, "Hail."

Sliff tells you, "Do you still do much sailing?"

Kyriella

The bee saga continues, and takes a dark turn, all because I scolded them for getting lost:

Barely within the range of normal hearing, you utter a buzz-like hum from deep within your throat.

A swarm of bees flies in from the ether.

You scold a swarm of bees angrily.

A swarm of bees lets out a blood-curdling scream.

The swarm of bees angrily stings you in multiple places.

A swarm of bees does not see who you want killed.

You take a drink from an exquisitely carved sandalwood vial.

The elixir heals and soothes you.

The swarm of bees angrily stings you in multiple places.

A swarm of bees does not see who you want killed.

You take a drink from an exquisitely carved sandalwood vial.

The elixir heals and soothes you.

You order a swarm of bees to assume a passive stance.

With seeming reluctance, a swarm of bees obeys your command.

You tell Druidess Firien Lighthawk-Snowhunter, "ARGH."

Kresslack

Kyriella said:

A swarm of bees lets out a blood-curdling scream.

Best part.

Oceana

There are a few more emotes that will trigger this. I had this happen once during a ward training. Ward died. Valuable lesson!

Idelisa

@Tirac, don't let @Anatral guilt you.  Muria was just congratulating me on getting job as Librarian, nothing happened after that.  I just let Anatral think stuff did because I'm a troll, especially to people I care about.

Namino

I have a confession to make.

Jonathin

Delphinus said:

Eld said:

Delphinus said:

Eld said:

Time for someone to learn about lowering ladders.

Can't disembark if you're too close to a harbour. (This is an outdated solution to an outdated problem.)

Generally, if I need to go to Tapoa for something and the harbour's full, as it usually is, I just sail around to the far side of the island and lower ladders. It's annoying, but less so than sailing all the way out there for nothing. (Edit: And I'm not sure what you're saying is outdated. The use of ladders to avoid a full harbour, or the fact that you can't disembark too close to a harbour?)



The latter. Before ship weapons, people would simply lower anchor near a harbour and disembark there. The risk of attack now makes this a moot point.


The likelihood of a ship travelling to the specific island in the time you would spend with your ladders lowered is pretty low. You might have to worry about a citadel or sea monster, but the chances of that are pretty low as well. It's not necessarily an outdated problem.

Delphinus

Jonathin said:

The likelihood of a ship travelling to the specific island in the time you would spend with your ladders lowered is pretty low. You might have to worry about a citadel or sea monster, but the chances of that are pretty low as well. It's not necessarily an outdated problem.

Things like harvesting, hunting, and questing take time. When someone does this once, the risk is comparatively small, but it's compounded by habit. (You probably weren't around when people were leaving fleets of unattended ships outside the harbours, which is what it was actually intended to curb.)

There's also the fact that having to sail a sufficient distance away to disembark is clunky, awkward, counterintuitive, hard to justify, impossible in the case of small islands, and only exacerbates the problems presented by full harbours. If there's a good reason to keep this (saving 2k at most, nothing in the case of natural harbours, and all at risk), it's buried under the mountain of reasons to cut it loose.

Synbios

Kresslack said:

Kyriella said:

A swarm of bees lets out a blood-curdling scream.

Best part.

I keep imagining a swarm of bees making an angry-face formation

Synbios

On quotes:

(Market):  Bully says, "Performing all kinds of desirable services for a small price. You name it, I got it! Send tell for more details."

Bully for hire - a desirable enterprise.

Iocun

There should be a third type of mark. Not champions, not assassins, but good old bullies.

Tvistor

That is basically what the assassins are. It's tradition to get griefed horribly then have someone tell you "Welcome to the Mark".

Iocun

Still waiting to get griefed horribly, myself, but perhaps it only happens for the Quisalis!

Tvistor

I think it only happens if they're confident they can lame you in about ten seconds. They scurred of you, man.

Iocun

Tvistor said:

I think it only happens if they're confident they can lame you in about ten seconds. They scurred of you, man.

Well, the very few times I was attacked as a mark, I died, and sometimes rather quickly. I can't even remember the last time I won a fight/killed someone outside the arena!

Tvistor

They still scurred of you man, trust me.

Iocun

Rawr.

Tanaar

Dude, you use a piano to fight. Effectively. You're a bard/snake multiclass before multiclass exists (monk/priest plz?).

Cahin

Jarrel tells you, "I m sorry lol do i look like i give a shit."

Erasariel

Oh my.

Asmodron

u @jarrel

Ada

(Refugees of Shallam): Panick says, "Oi what happened to shallam..."

Iocun

How many people replied "don't panic!" to that?