What Happened To You Today?

Cooper

Decided to see if anyone had killed the unsidhe and sidhe in a while...nope, this XP was so hot.

keneanung: You gained 0 levels, 1.5% towards the next level and 34704 gold during the period 'trip'.

keneanung: The period was 0h 13min and 53.476 sec long.

Astarod

You pay 350 credits and receive Adchachel's lament.

Bones of purest alabaster fuse together as one to shape a long grip for this menacing scythe, a skull embedded at the construct's culmination. Erupting from the gaping maw, a blackened steel blade emits a discordant hum, silvery streaks setting the metal alight in tune with the cacophonous melody.

It weighs 0 ounce(s).

It bears the distinctive mark of Astarod.


I know this may be a boring post to most of you, but every single artefact is amazingly interesting and exciting to me. They are never taken for granted. May I slay many with this scythe!

Cooper

Nope. I still remember the hours I spent thinking about my first artefacts, it was a really great feeling each time I earned a new one. I don't get that feeling anymore, but it was fun while it lasted. Enjoy it!

Mathonwy

I remember that feeling after getting my Shield of Absorption -- which involved legit camping in the Tundra for like three RL months. Powerful stuff.

Jinos

Felt a bit burned out so I took it easy today. Unwinded a shrine, and just relaxed for awhile.

Had my first bounty duel in Thera later on. @Tasus gave me some good pointers which I'm looking forward to sitting down, and studying when I get the chance. I've adjusted to most group combat, but 1v1 is another beast to tackle.

@Dynos helped me with a few fun spars in the arena which enabled me to earn my first Renown with the new Adventure system.

The rest of the evening was a blur. Walked into Eleusis and got immediately curbstomped by Hailqas'an a few steps in. And @Krizal completed the bounty I've been dodging like a caffeinated monkey, throwing concussives around like candy. 

Skye

                

Vinzent

- 2019/05/03 17:00:35 - Ensign Vinzent Obuun tore the vital fluids from Kaama'lier in a visceral display of Sllshya's dominion.
- 2019/05/03 17:01:22 - Ensign Vinzent Obuun tore the vital fluids from An'maal in a visceral display of Sllshya's dominion.

You reaffirm your hold on the liquid that courses throughout the physical shell of Kaama'lier, allowing yourself an indulgent moment as you raise a triumphant hand, forming it into a fist. Then, you pull. Kaama'lier gives a violent convulsion, back arching and face contorting in horror. Every vein stands out stark against his skin, before finally with a ripping squelch every place where water gathers beneath the surface rips open. Water and other fluids stream from the thrashing wreck that is Kaama'lier, his convulsions growing ever weaker until at last his desiccated husk drops, devoid of any remnants of water, to the ground.
You have slain Kaama'lier.

You reaffirm your hold on the liquid that courses throughout the physical shell of An'maal, allowing yourself an indulgent moment as you raise a triumphant hand, forming it into a fist. Then, you pull. An'maal gives a violent convulsion, back arching and face contorting in horror. Every vein stands out stark against his skin, before finally with a ripping squelch every place where water gathers beneath the surface rips open. Water and other fluids stream from the thrashing wreck that is An'maal, his convulsions growing ever weaker until at last his desiccated husk drops, devoid of any remnants of water, to the ground.
You have slain An'maal.

Cooper

That's awesome, good job! 

Astarod

Gattan'bahar's malignance, how I desire thee. 

Skye

that's a badly drawn paint brush. But carry on!

Cooper

Simply minding my own business, haven't talked to anyone in HOURS, not provoking anyone even a little bit...

You have recovered balance on all limbs.

You slip behind a mhun guard and garrote him with your whip.

A mhun guard swings wildly with his shortsword, cutting you with the sharp blade.

9605h, 7384m, 30277e, 30279w guard17806 55%(-464h, 4.6%) 

keneanung: Priority list changed to:

a mhun guard

You have recovered balance on all limbs.

You slip behind a mhun guard and garrote him with your whip.

You have scored an ANNIHILATINGLY POWERFUL CRITICAL hit!

You have slain a mhun guard, retrieving the corpse.

A large pile of sovereigns spills from the corpse.

The death of the corpse of a mhun guard fuels the fires that rage within an armoured charge tank.

You feel a surge of energy course through your body as a sycophantic shoulder cape feeds upon the

lifeforce of your fallen foe.

Nothing can be seen here by that name.

9605h, 7384m, 30264e, 30290w  

Your target is now: 17818 (a denizen)

9605h, 7384m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%

Your target is now: 17818 (a denizen)

9605h, 7384m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%

A bolt of burning blue fire slams into the ground near where you stand, a warning from Makarios. The

next one may not miss...

9605h, 7384m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%

You hear a whistling noise and notice a narrow beam of yellow energy arcing through the heavens and

striking your body. Pain envelops you as golden fire surrounds and engulfs you in a paroxysm of 

suffering before it departs, leaving your body charred and smoking. You realise that this was but a 

warning.

1921h, 1477m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%(-7684h, 76.3%, -5907m, 80.0%) 

You bleed 32 health.

1889h, 1477m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%(-32h, 0.3%) 

The elixir heals and soothes you.

3614h, 1477m, 30264e, 30290w guard17818 100%(+1725h, 17.1%) 

Taryius

The wrath of @Makarios is as fickle and unpredictable as the winds. Appease him, and he will restore you to life, displease him and he will smite you mid-bash.

Thaisen

There are obviously plans for the mhun in the works and they need to be ALIVE for them 

Cooper

Gasp! You figured out the evil plan! (Not the Evil plan, though).

Ygia

((With all the deepest respect to event organisers,))
Fuck this stupid event.

Minifie

Ygia said:

((With all the deepest respect to event organisers,))
Fuck this stupid event.

Hey how's it going Ambassa. . . oh. . .


OH. . . 

Edit: Not trying to pick on you @Ygia, just a harmless jab, No matter which City you play in, and the people with, these decisions are feral when you make them. Hopefully Ygia's path forward isn't into the old folk's home for retirees .

Ygia

Yeah. It's going like that.
God. And the worst part is my thousands of citymates trying to justify the decision.
Everyone's acting as if Tsol'teth are utterly incapable of any lies or deception and just believing something said outright and immediately - IMMEDIATELY - flipping on their backs in submission.
If you can see echoes of screaming mothers pleading for their children to be safe and think "hmm, good allies", well...
I won't say my opinions further because this isn't the place for them.
God. Fuck. This.

the worst part is I still love Targossas. It's still 'my city' at heart. I'd still die for them. And Achaea is empty without them. But I can't justify this.
This decision just.
Doesn't parse with literally everything else I've seen of Targ. It maybe parses with the axiom of "do anything in service of Righteousness, no matter what" etc etc but like.
THIS? Fuck.

This isn't right. And it certainly isn't 'fun'. I don't see myself enjoying Achaea until this event is over.
I might retire if they never turn their backs on Tsol'teth. Not like character retire. Retire retire.
How can you look at all of what's happened and think this is good.

Accipiter

Ygia said:

Yeah. It's going like that.
God. And the worst part is my thousands of citymates trying to justify the decision.
Everyone's acting as if Tsol'teth are utterly incapable of any lies or deception and just believing something said outright and immediately - IMMEDIATELY - flipping on their backs in submission.
If you can see echoes of screaming mothers pleading for their children to be safe and think "hmm, good allies", well...
I won't say my opinions further because this isn't the place for them.
God. Fuck. This.

the worst part is I still love Targossas. It's still 'my city' at heart. I'd still die for them. And Achaea is empty without them. But I can't justify this.
This decision just.
Doesn't parse with literally everything else I've seen of Targ. It maybe parses with the axiom of "do anything in service of Righteousness, no matter what" etc etc but like.
THIS? Fuck.

This was my experience as well.

Taryius

Jeez.

If a city, including its leaders and majority of population make a choice to move in one direction then that city should move in that one direction. Good choices are never going to please everyone, and just because you don't like it doesn't mean it shouldn't of happened, let the world and your characters flow and adapt.

Kiet

Ygia said:

Yeah. It's going like that.
God. And the worst part is my thousands of citymates trying to justify the decision.
Everyone's acting as if Tsol'teth are utterly incapable of any lies or deception and just believing something said outright and immediately - IMMEDIATELY - flipping on their backs in submission.
If you can see echoes of screaming mothers pleading for their children to be safe and think "hmm, good allies", well...
I won't say my opinions further because this isn't the place for them.
God. Fuck. This.

the worst part is I still love Targossas. It's still 'my city' at heart. I'd still die for them. And Achaea is empty without them. But I can't justify this.
This decision just.
Doesn't parse with literally everything else I've seen of Targ. It maybe parses with the axiom of "do anything in service of Righteousness, no matter what" etc etc but like.
THIS? Fuck.

This isn't right. And it certainly isn't 'fun'. I don't see myself enjoying Achaea until this event is over.
I might retire if they never turn their backs on Tsol'teth. Not like character retire. Retire retire.
How can you look at all of what's happened and think this is good.

I say this with the best intentions but: it's just a game. Literally none of this is real. There is no reason to take a decision Targossas, a made up city in a game where people pretend to be knights and mages and whatever, makes personally.

When you're writing that 'you' would do X for targossas it's time to take a step back. It's great that Ygia would give up a lot for targossas! but ygia is a character, ideally, and whatever happens to her should at worst make you feel like you just read a sad story--and we like sad stories, in the end, tragedies lead to catharsis.

Nothing that happens in Achaea should lead you to ever feel miserable and angry, and if it is, then it's a good idea to step back and take a break and put some distance between you and the game, regardless of what your future plans are right now.

Ygia

It wasn't a majority of the population. The decision was made briskly following a meeting with two participants from Targossas.

People can think whatever they want. I'm done with Achaea for now, barring logging in to unwind and stuff because apparently they need all the help they can get now.

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Edit:

For the inevitable hatetrain, yes I know my limits, yes I'm not seeing this as a second life, as was discussed on the Discord. I TTRPG a lot - saying "I" in place of "<characters name>" is a reflex. Please don't derail into scepticism about my mental state - I am fine, I'm just emotionally invested in this game as it helped me overcome some big things and learn things about myself. It's like seeing a beloved Tamagotchi die after years of perfect care. I'm not in bereavement, I'm just quite upset. Yes, I am stepping away, yes I am fine. Please stop with the speculation on my mental state.

Jethan

I'm a nobody now and will likely continue to be but I will say that I sounded much like you at the end of my first character. When retirement was added, I was thrilled. I could start over and move on, I ended up retiring two more characters after my first retirement, losing a lot of value - because I didn't learn to properly separate myself from my character. I'm not saying you're wrong or saying to change who you are or who your character is - but you should really focus on yourself, which it sounds like you are doing. . .but from someone who spoke a lot like you, made choices a little heated OOCly and regretting it, it's very important. I'm still learning it.

I'd definitely say taking a break is a good idea and hope you find your own peace however necessary, like others have said: it's a game...one with intrigue, storytelling that oftentimes means stress, and it's very, very easy to let yourself get worked up in a way that you should try to limit. I also think that's normal for some people, so I don't think it's a big mental health issue.

Edit: Slow typing, missed your edit. Keeping it though. 

Ygia

I know it's just a game. My character is still important to me. You're saying you never cried over the ending of an RPG or the death of a character?
I cried literally one tear. That's it. And posted a forum rant to clear my head.
People think I have a knife to my neck. I'm fine, and I'll be fine. I already feel better-ish.

Minifie

Ygia said:

I know it's just a game. My character is still important to me. You're saying you never cried over the ending of an RPG or the death of a character?
I cried literally one tear. That's it. And posted a forum rant to clear my head.
People think I have a knife to my neck. I'm fine, and I'll be fine. I already feel better-ish.

I cried killing Sif. . . I have no leg to stand on when it comes to emotions

[Deleted User]

Taryius said:

it shouldn't of happened

You need to stop speaking to @Bellis on Discord. You're better than this, Tary.

Adrik

Ygia said:

It wasn't a majority of the population. The decision was made briskly following a meeting with two participants from Targossas.

People can think whatever they want. I'm done with Achaea for now, barring logging in to unwind and stuff because apparently they need all the help they can get now.

---

Edit:

For the inevitable hatetrain, yes I know my limits, yes I'm not seeing this as a second life, as was discussed on the Discord. I TTRPG a lot - saying "I" in place of "<characters name>" is a reflex. Please don't derail into scepticism about my mental state - I am fine, I'm just emotionally invested in this game as it helped me overcome some big things and learn things about myself. It's like seeing a beloved Tamagotchi die after years of perfect care. I'm not in bereavement, I'm just quite upset. Yes, I am stepping away, yes I am fine. Please stop with the speculation on my mental state.

I mean. I already was thinking about QQing Targ. Literally talked w/ Farrah about it the same day she did this.

She made my life better by making me not have to hunt tide. So I can go back to not logging in 2 play games w/ my BF.

But more importantly.

Two people have quit (so far). There are likely more to quit.  I think Deucalion was involved in this decision in some way. I'm happy to see where this goes, and where it'll lead Adrik. He's self doubting right now, and know's he is stupid. He's only good at following orders, and these orders fucking suck. He's trying to put faith into Deuc and Aurora.  He's trying to keep himself together and be a good beacon that Targossians can rally behind.

I was half tempted to just kneel at the meeting afterwards and give earrings back and ask to be slain.

Yen

One of the things that keeps me coming back to Achaea is the excruciating moral choices.  It's never as easy as "okay we are Good and we fight against Evil".  No, there is Chaos too, and Darkness, and you can't accomplish all three objectives but MAYBE you can accomplish one and which one is it going to be.

It's certainly not out of line with Targossas' history though.  After all this is the same city that allied with Zsarachnor during the Underworld rebellion.  Of course, the first reaction was to tell the vampires to get lost, but the possibility of recovering a greater phoenix changed things.  This whole event has been really engaging, I've been logging in and checking news/messages offline every chance I can get.

Telendrieth

I get enjoying the story, this event is just frustratingly draining. Almost every other event I've experienced within Achaea, it felt good and productive to log in and start helping. But hours of trying to badger NPCs without response, constantly fighting the tide (since it's about the most effective thing I can effing contribute), over a week of not having Cyrene and having no effing progress made on pushing it forward, and most of the stuff happening when I'm at work or taking a second away for my sanity.. I can honestly say this is the first time in Achaea where I've felt more relief just not logging in and watching from the sidelines. Right now the only thing keeping me coming back is to try being emotional support for the displaced people of Cyrene, and even then I've noticed I'm too drained to even be productive there. 

And in a way I honestly get Ygia. I don't think I'd retire Telendrieth, but BFA lost my sub and time when they tried to tell the Horde narrative the way they have been butchering it. I'm glad some people are enjoying themselves, and there are some good points during it. But be wary of snubbing the large number of people who are having a damn miserable time with this, because they are going to vent, and if they get the regular dumping on, the game is going to likely end up emptier for it. If that happens, no one really wins. 

Zhedan

Really enjoying the Tsol'teth Events newsposts. It brings me back to highschool, reading a few paragraphs of Shakespeare and understanding parts, with a Sparknotes summary at the end to tie it together. It's fun to try and wrestle with their lingo, then have that "Ahhh" moment at the end. 

Torinn

This all has been crazy interesting from my perspective.  Keep it up!