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And tentatively back!

We are currently having some issues with our server, Achaea is down right now, but we expect it to be back up soon! We will keep you posted of any developments!

 (Market): Dominius says, "Seeking someone who makes beverages and coat of arms!"

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Occasional raindrops fall on your head as the drizzle continues.

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(Market): You say, "Looking for a drunk person with heraldry."

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An eerily verdant pall lingers across the city, tinting the night sky's horizon.

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With sharp, crackling tones, Dominius tells you, "Thanks."

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You tell Dominius, "That's a better market right there."

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With sharp, crackling tones, Dominius tells you, "Lol."

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Landon's voice quietly thrums in your mind as he tells you, "ThaT's *hic* meEEEEE."

It's not encouraging participation if it's just "if you're a soldier in a city that gets tanked you get minor xp" it's just encouragement to sit on a guard stack until the tank detonates.

Mechanically I think crusades are fine, they're primarily a tool for patrons to stir up conflict and there's not really a problem with most of how they work. Maybe subverted essence rewards need to be looked at so people don't feel obligated to just save for avatar? and something to encourage actually coming up to Nish if you're not the crusading order, but otherwise they work fine for their purpose.

Anything to drive more participation in terms of anything PvP is awesome. I am not the best PvP player but I do enjoy being a part of anything related to combat. The biggest thing I try to get newcomers involved with is large PvP battles like Raids and Crusades, it is just hard to explain the upside if you are on the losing end.

Adding the argument of "you get to learn "x" AND get experience/favours/gold" takes the sting off getting obliterated sometimes.

It also is nice, I would imagine, for the ones who normally have the larger numbers to actually have people to battle and fight. We are usually the smaller numbered group in Targ, and don't have the biggest pockets, so when we do have the numbers plus doing well and the opponents just stop showing up.. it's like, oh..ok so just sit here for two more hours?

Regardless I am always amazed at the veteran combatants and I am sure more feedback will come on both sides of the fence for this, but I think if it all else.. it is a nice discussion to have and think about.

Thanks Astarod

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone has been doing well and enjoying the holiday season.

Today I'd like to broach the idea of buffing the combat system for losers. I'd like to preface that this idea set is not because I feel I personally need to be rewarded for participating in combat/crusades/other possibly losing battles (situations with 5 v 10, so on and so forth). Not all of these ideas are fleshed out 100%, nor are any guaranteed implementations, however, I feel that if we take a look at ways to reward players for participating in raids/raid defenses/shrine conflicts/crusades and other facets of the game where more players involved could possibly equivocate to more fun created.

I've spoken with several players, mostly in light of the recent crusades where one side has considerably more than the other. Not that I'm 'shaming' or 'complaining', as I've been on both sides of the equation- yet because I've had experience with both I know that when nobody (or only a few) contests, it becomes ridiculously boring. By implementing some of the changes below, I think those who are less likely to engage might in the future.

WISHLIST:

Crusades:

• To encourage participation in Crusades and to reward people just for participation, whenever a shardfall happens give everyone on Nishnatoba a small but non-trivial chunk of experience. (not mine, @Penwize's idea).
• Remove experience loss from Nish.
• After 10 minutes (could be any timer) of being present in the plane of Nish, players automatically receive a basic favour from the divine they used to enter into the field of nishnitoba. (or just have it be from matsuhama)
• Shorten the duration (most of us aren't available for 3hrs a crack)

Raids/Raid Defenses:

• When an enemy group detonates a tank explosion, all defending soldiers of a given city receive a non-trivial chunk of experience through a wave of heat- similar to firetank. If necessary, buff the amount you get as an attacker.
• When weaken is activated, attackers do not lose experience or attackers receive a small chunk of experience per tick/5 ticks/etc

I'm sure that plenty of other people have great ideas as well, I just think these are a few ways to balance out and reward people for engaging in conflict. If anyone has ideas for what would make them more likely to engage in a situation that is disadvantageous, then feel free to post.

Found a really cool glass jar while diving, and stupidly forgot to GET it after examining it. Got back into the diving bell, went up and down and a whole new sea floor was waiting for, sans cool thing.

Slowly trying to amass a list of discoverable diving items:

Known/more common:

Key

Corroded key

Long, humanoid bone

Mermaid Chest

Silver shell hand mirror

Tarnished silver bell

Well-worn idol

Rusty steel chains

Strangely inked amphora

Jawless humanoid skull

Stone tablet

Encountered Once:

Clawed gauntlet

Glass Scabbard

Clear glass jar

Rotting Unicorn Figurehead

FINALLY another level.

Edit: of which then I promptly lost, lol. Realized only after I rezzed myself that, A) I forgot to touch my starburst tattoo and, B) I forgot to prep for druid combat, ie. armour and staff flail. Always check your defs people! hahaha.

I'll got the level back.