Achaean Regrets

Jurixe

I regret losing some very good friends through the course of my playing. Most of these could have been avoided or I could've handled it better than I did, but it is what it is.

I regret not trying to be more understanding of Keresis and the unenviable position she was in, perhaps letting myself get too easily influenced by other people. She was a good person who really tried to make the best out of a bad situation, but her situation was very unfortunate. To be honest, I regret joining the Order at all - everyone in it was great, but it was the completely wrong choice for Jurixe and that might have contributed towards the dissent.

I regret burning out and not quite being able to completely follow through on the plans I had for the Naga. This was hampered by not having an active Divine around then as well, I think. That being said, I don't regret stepping down - I think it's far better overall to step down and give other people a chance than to hang on and completely burn out because of a perceived 'I'm the only one who can do this' martyr-like mentality that I seem to see commonly manifest among leadership in general. Orgs are generally much less likely to fall apart than people think.

I regret letting people get to me, and/or caring perhaps too much about what people think. I've always been pretty bad at just letting things 'roll off', and it perhaps caused more anguish than was necessary.

Otherwise, though, it's been a pretty good ride. Right now there are only really minor regrets like not toggling my butler to not wander to start and wasting 50cr -_- and not thinking to take a picture with my disc when I really should have.

Razha

Kayeil said:

Certain relationships and friendships. Every time I've attempted gambling, whether it be at the roulette table or globes of shifting continents. Gambling seriously NEVER pays off for me.

I swear it is rigged.

Santar

I think these great philosophers say it best:

Aktillum

@Santar sorry, can't glean the message of that song over Lars Ulrich's completely shit drumming on that album. Is he banging on pots and pans?

Eld

I regret occasionally clicking on links to recent Metallica songs thinking, "They used to be so good, surely it can't be quite as bad as I'm remembering."

But OT, I regret shying away from involvement in Orders and IG religion for so long. Could have made a lot of Eld's early life quite a bit more interesting if I'd really followed up on some tentative starts.

Jacen

I kinda half regret not moving to Ashtan when Tanris expressed an infinitesimal amount of interest in me as a fighter, within my first IG decade or so of playing. Half of me wants to know what I missed out on, what sort of player I'd be now and such, but I've got some good friends in the Lotus/Hashan and I wouldn't want to have missed that either. 

I also regret leaving Hashan the first time. My reasons were solid, but after leaving I lost all desire to play Jacen and just alted. The second time, I dove in and had a lot of fun with the Eleusian folks. There's a really good crowd of people over there. It was also the first time I got involved with a divine beyond just induction to a preorder, so that was a good experience too. 

This one's sort of a continuous regret, but I really hate that I feel so "invested" in Jacen that I feel like I have to cling tight to all his belongings, including xp. I look at that level and number, and think about the endless hours I've put in to get there, and really just don't want to risk losing it by getting steamrolled by an actual fighting city in some conflict. This one probably hurts Hashan as much as it hurts me, and maybe one day I'll grow out of it, but I just can't pull the trigger right now.

Kayeil

Razha said:

Kayeil said:

Certain relationships and friendships. Every time I've attempted gambling, whether it be at the roulette table or globes of shifting continents. Gambling seriously NEVER pays off for me.

I swear it is rigged.

Last time I went to the casino to play roulette I think I wasted somewhere between 800k or 1 million. Also, I learned my lesson with the globes of shifting continents early on when I first started playing Achaea. I kept buying more and more globes trying to get a crate with a fawn in it, only to be sold one for 30 credits. I've seen then found out things like that are cheaper to buy from people who got them and don't want them than it is gambling for it.

Santar

If you ever get bored, you can just come sit in my room for a couple hours giving me increments of gold. I'll give you back 98% of what you give me. Sound fair?

Mako

I'm regreting working to dragon and now not being able to kill a damn ur vampire by myself

Sarieno

I regret some things that happened between myself OOC and one of the players I played with regularly in Hashan a few years ago. If she's reading this, she knows who she is, and, suffice to say, I miss her friendship.

As far as IC goes, I regret being so angry with Achaea back in the day. I took everything so seriously when I was in leadership then that I didn't have fun with it at all. Nowadays it's all pretty breezy for the most part.

I regret that I'm so heavily invested in Hashan as a character. I'd love to explore what a Mhaldorian or Targossian Sarieno would be like, but he's just so rooted, it's never going to happen.

Nim

I do not regret betting 100k on a single blackjack hand, I was already up by more than that anyway, and it's fun starting with like 2k and ending up betting hands of twenty or even fifty times how much you started with.

I regret mistaking doubling down as splitting, though, and losing 200k in the process, because doubling down is horrible, so horrible.

I also kinda regret writing my first system to be super Nim-specific and super hardcode-y so it's a pain to change or update. I kinda wrote it as I went, and learned a lot of things about combat and curing after I'd started a lot of the work.

That's about it though.

Eld

Nim said:

I do not regret betting 100k on a single blackjack hand, I was already up by more than that anyway, and it's fun starting with like 2k and ending up betting hands of twenty or even fifty times how much you started with.

I regret mistaking doubling down as splitting, though, and losing 200k in the process, because doubling down is horrible, so horrible.

I also kinda regret writing my first system to be super Nim-specific and super hardcode-y so it's a pain to change or update. I kinda wrote it as I went, and learned a lot of things about combat and curing after I'd started a lot of the work.

That's about it though.

Did they up the betting limit?

Seftin

I regret going from Paladin to Sentinel, I regret going from Sentinel to Paladin, I regret going from Paladin to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Runewarden, I regret going from Runewarden to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Sentinel, I regret going from Sentinel to Priest, I regret going from Priest to Paladin, I regret going from Paladin to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Mage, I regret going from Mage to Shaman, I regret going from Shaman to Jester, I regret going from Jester to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Mage, I regret going from Mage to Infernal (lol no I don't), I regret going from Infernal to Apostate, I regret going from Apostate to Shaman, I regret going from Shaman to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Infernal, I regret going from Infernal to Runewarden, I regret going from Runewarden to Mage, I regret going from Mage to Serpent, I regret going from Serpent to Runewarden, to Mage, to Priest, to Paladin, to Priest, to Runewarden, to Mage, to Serpent, to Bard, to Blademaster, to Runewarden, to Occultist, to Runewarden, to Serpent, to Priest, to Bard, to Blademaster, to Paladin, to Runewarden, to Druid, to Sylvan to Sentinel, to Monk, to Sentinel, to Serpent, to Jester, to Jester (yes this happened) etc, etc etc. This isn't even the extensive list....

Orzaansyn

In relation with this thread, I regret some of the "brilliant" ideas I may have had.

Related to it, aswell, I also probably regret not being able to find ideas to interract more with some people I'd like to know better.

Caoimhaen

@Seftin‌ oh my gods! Stop with the class changes! Where do you get the money to do that? I would regret it too if I spent that much money on class changes...

Chiam

My biggest regret is I never got into Achaea earlier. I started playing a small MUD when I was 10 years old and spent over a decade playing in it, and it was very bland compared to Achaea but still fun. After the MUD died, I tried Achaea and was an Eleusian back then mentored by Landon (still remember his name). Got turned off by the need to learn 100000 different herb types and stopped playing. Years later even after I created Chiam, I did the rebirth trial and went dormant. Only came back to play again when Chiam was about 24-25 years old and @Nocroth‌ 's RP made me interested and never looked back.

IF ONLY I STARTED ACHAEA AT 10!

Also, a little regret not bashing to Dragon before getting myself into combat and all sorts of trouble. And a Mark. Now I will never get to gare or bite people.

Tillie

Orzaansyn said:

Related to it, aswell, I also probably regret not being able to find ideas to interract more with some people I'd like to know better.

^ This, as well as regretting not experimenting with all the variety of play types/races/classes/cities I could have over the last - jesus - ten years I've on and off played Achaea. There are so many cool things I've not done or tinkered with in the world over that time, and I'd probably have a  better, more well-rounded and developed character if I had invested time in learning/trying much more...particularly combat, as well as growing more hunting independence and knowledge of the world itself.

That being said, I feel really comfortable in Tillie's skin, and she's only 80 years young! Plenty of time to figure out....something.

Talysin

Also regret class changing so much.

Been mage 4 times, Occie 4-5 times, Sentinel 3 times, Infernal once, Druid once (lel), Monk 6-7 times, Priest 3 times, Apostate 5-6 times, Shaman 2 times, Sylvan 3 times, Serpent once, Jester 3 times, Bard twice.

Back to Jester. Wish I had more to show for my investment in this game, heh.

Silas

I don't regret anything I've done. I do kind of regret not following up with Twilight after a couple of cool interactions when he returned a few years back, when Silas was unattached, because Darkness is still the only other ideal that holds any interest for me, but I'd say it all worked out for the best.

Ourania

Using a warning shot meteor at Mhaldor instead of smashing it proper. So many people think I missed. I don't miss!

Blujixapug

Trading in my sweet dirk, Glimmerfang.

Giving away my sweet ship.

Not being more hardcore.

Herenicus

Donating the Inexorable to Mhaldor before deployment may have been an excess of generosity in hindsight. 

Kinilan

Blujixapug said:

Giving away my sweet ship.

Herenicus said:

Donating the Inexorable to Mhaldor before deployment may have been an excess of generosity in hindsight. 

Really? Because these things worked out pretty damn good for me

Seriously though you both contributed the cornerstones to two navies that have expaned the gameplay options for players in two cities, potentially helped drive credit sales that fund our little fantasy world and helped create innumurable experiences for pretty much anyone that sails.

I regret not leaving Cyrene sooner, I regret not leaving Mhaldor sooner. I regret joining Shaitan's order knowing full well the active people left in it at the time. I regret my written background.

Xer

Having terrible internet and dying because I dc. Otherwise... not really? Oh, I suppose my largest Achaean regret is having to meet with my IRL cousin @Hasar IG for the first time ever. Geez, would have been totally better never meeting that scrub.

Sarapis

I regret:
 * Using obscured and meaningless variable names in all of Achaea's original code, like "minortemp1" and "colour2". Yes, very helpful to later coders.
 * Not using the same root object for players and denizens (though the engine I was using didn't actually give me a choice there).
 * Everything about Lorielan. Duplicitous bitch.

Ulrike

Sarapis said:

 * Everything about Lorielan. Duplicitous bitch.

Oooh, was there OOC drama involving her? Somebody hook me up with juicy details.

Hasar

Sarapis said:

I regret:
 * Using obscured and meaningless variable names in all of Achaea's original code, like "minortemp1" and "colour2". Yes, very helpful to later coders.
 * Not using the same root object for players and denizens (though the engine I was using didn't actually give me a choice there).
 * Everything about Lorielan. Duplicitous bitch.

What about dragon talismans being tradeable!

Ruth

I think my only Achaean regret was my decision to class switch from Sentinel to Alchemist to support the Mhaldorian cause further.

I really enjoyed the Sentinel class and the roleplay opportunities it granted me as one; my class switch to Alchemist, while initially enjoyable as a new niche of roleplay, steadily affected the way I played Ruth. Considering the initial switch to Sentinel was somewhat of a significant personal event, my sudden switch to Alchemist really downplayed my attempts at character building.

Silas

Undivided loyalty to the cause is a good character trait to build on imo.

Makarios

Ever looking at the weather system.