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Also, what Skye and Milabar said. You can still get those interactions as a rogue, its just more difficult.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Surprisingly, even Lenn has gotten plenty of denizen responses over the years, and even in this event in particular.
What I'm challenging is that these events are "player run" in the general sense. Whenever creative input is required, the input is always taken from the most "important" players around. Everyone else is basically disenfranchised or ignored, because they just don't have enough leverage.
The city leaders and a handful of favourites get to play, and that's about it.
Penwize has cowardly forfeited the challenge to mortal combat issued by Atalkez.
ETA: There are a lot of people who mistake 'clamouring for attention' with 'making an event contribution'. And I can say that it's not always the case. Sometimes it's about making the right guess and getting to the macguffin before anyone else. Even if you get ganked and lose it, both players and admin will remember that you were sharp enough to get the answer first. Other times it's simply about paying attention instead of getting caught up with trying to badger the denizen directly.
The reason why a lot of us are viewed as 'event hogs' or 'favourites' isn't because we're particularly liked. For example, I know I'll always be a mean mouthy bitch and people don't like that. Rather, it's simply that we've observed enough events to have the right hunches or notice the right clues without being spoonfed or distracted. And this isn't something that 'just happens cause admin like me'. I followed other 'event favourites' around for a long time before I learned what to watch for in events.
Years after the fact, my event senses aren't even as sharp as they used to be, but people still remember that people like Krypton and Delphinus and me usually saw viable solutions to problems before others did.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Achaea is indeed a roleplaying game, though my poison of choice is the esteemed goofy catgirl, rather than the contentious old coot route. Fairly unpopular among the serious folk in particular, but that just makes it more fun.
Two main points - 97% of players didn't even try to interact with a big plot point, and an unknown novice was able to get interaction out of that denizen by saying the right thing.
No one in Mhaldor has had trouble talking to denizens, but if the rest of the world is only doing what Keorin did, then Mhaldor has put in like 50x the work to try and figure things out and advance the plot.
Keorin, you've brought this frustration up more than once in the past, have you considered maybe you don't ask the right questions, contact the right denizens, do stuff at the right time, or make sure your character is well known enough to make sure denizens know you and want to talk to you? I know my biggest IC interaction with you makes me not want to deal with you IC at all, and we've met IRL.
Remember that denizens respond ICly. Have you ever talked to them? Helped them? Killed them or their friends & allies? Shown interest in their lives? Was it a one time thing, or did you follow up after?
I've spent 20 years playing Cooper, and I've had solid divine & denizen interactions the entire time I have played, including the first 5 years where I maybe had $100 spent on my character. Yeah, that's definitely anecdotal, but I feel if I can make it work, others should be able to as well!
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Asmodron finds himself in the path of an airborne shrine of the meld, only to be rather abruptly crushed to death.
So this bit of information was passed along to Synthus ICly in game as well a couple days ago, but there is one OOC aspect of it that I'm still a little confused on and might help more than just me if it were clarified a bit.
Does GIVING letters to unique denizens that aren't named - like the city alchemists for example - work in this regard, or do they specifically need to be named denizens that you can MAIL LETTER TO from the post office, like Amadeo or Epicurus?
Since MAIL LETTER TO alchemist316543 doesn't seem to work from what I've tried, I've been having Synthus deliver the letters in person, GIVE them to the alchemists, and then say a little piece and go about his way, but does that trigger any sort of flag for you guys on your end? My initial gut reaction says probably not, but I figured I'd ask anyway.
There is a messenger on the Delos bridge who exists explicitly to deliver letters to (most) denizens, he's the best way to go about it.
...I'm unsure if I want the answer to be yes or no.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
I personally don't mind the lack of response on most of the avenues I've been trying so far. I report my findings and attempts to the city and its leadership. And sometimes my character just keeps a few attempts to himself with his own narrative.
I've found reporting things to other players to be more fun. It usually sparks some discussion, or speculation on what's happening.
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
When you hear about Targ leaving the Coalition:
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."